Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amends GS 58-84-5 to clarify that the definitions in this section apply in Articles 84, 85, 85A, 87, and 88 of GS Chapter 58. Amends the definition of fire districtto include any federally recognized Native American tribe within the state that meets conditions as specified in GS 58-84-5(3).

Deletes change to the definition of eligible firefighterin GS 58-86-2, which provided that the term means all persons meeting the requirements in GS 58-86-5(3a) as enacted in this act.

Amends GS 58-86-10, which authorizes the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Local Government Employees' Retirement System (Board of Trustees) to administer the Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund (Pension Fund). Provides that if any change or error due to the submission of fraudulent information results in any member or beneficiary receiving more or less from the Retirement System than he or she would have been entitled to receive had the member or beneficiary's records been correct, the Board of Trustees will correct the error, and to the extent practicable, will adjust the payment in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which the member or beneficiary was correctly entitled will be paid.

Amends GS 58-86-25, Determination and certification of eligible firefighters, and GS 58-86-30, Determination and certification of eligible rescue squad worker, to clarify that each eligible fire department and rescue or emergency medical services squad must annually report (was, amended to file in 1st edition) a certified roster of the names of those individuals meeting eligibility qualifications and submit the list to the NC State Firemen's Association or NC Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Service Inc. Declares that submission constitutes a certification of its accuracy under accounting standards set forth by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation. Reinstates language defining the governing body of a fire department.

Amends GS 58-88-5 to add "legal guardian or legal guardians" to the requirement that the parent or parents must maintain active membership in the rescue or EMS service for the continuation of child educational benefits.

Amends GS 58-88-10 regarding membership eligibility for the fund by members of the North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services Inc. (Association) to specify that the required 36 hours consist of training sessions only and not training and meetings.

Amends GS 58-88-25 to increase the amount of time to 180 days (was, 30 days) that the chief or chief officer of the local department has to notify the Secretary-Treasurer that the person applying for benefits is a member of the fund and request that the necessary forms be submitted for benefits.

Amends GS 143-166.2 (Definitions) to delete each occurrence offiremanand replace it withfirefighter.Provides that the termfiremenmeans bothfirefighterorfiremenas defined in GS 58-84-5(3a) (was, as defined in GS 58-84-5(5)). Amends the definition forspouseto remove the requirement that surviving spouses prove that they have remained unmarried during the time after the death of the member while the benefits are forthcoming in order to remain eligible to receive a benefit derived from a deceased's service.

Amends GS 143-166.3(b) to make the full $50,000 benefit payable after certification of the death instead of spreading the payments over four years.

Requires the charter or articles of incorporation of fire departments to include a provision allowing the local government unit with which they have their largest service contract to remove 50% plus one member of the fire department's governing board in order for the department to participate in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System after October 1, 2015. Provides that this section only applies to fire departments that began participation in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System between 1977 and 1992 pursuant to GS Chapter 316 of the Session Laws of 1977 and have contracts to provide fire protection to a city, county, or instrumentality of the state.

Changes the short and long titles of this bill to reflect the amended bill content.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Deletes the proposed change to GS 122C-54. 

Makes technical and clarifying changes to GS 122C-54.1.

Amends the act's long title. 

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Amends the long title, replacing the word "parent" with "parenting" in the phrase, "reasonable and prudent parent standard."

Amends GS 131D-10.2A, enacted in this act, to make an organizational change, dividing the content of subsection (f) of this section into subsections (f) and (g). Further amends subsection (f) by adding the provision that the burden of proof for a breach of the reasonable and prudent parenting standard would be by clear and convincing evidence. Also requires a county department of social services (was,the Department of Health and Human Services) to use the reasonable and prudent parenting standard.

Recodifies GS 58-36-43, regarding personal liability insurance for foster parents, as GS 58-36-44.

Amends GS 48A-4 and GS 20-11(i) to provide that the provisions regarding the competency of certain minors to contract for the purchase of a vehicle insurance policy and apply for a permit or license, apply to minors at least 16 years of age or older who are in the legal custody of the county department of social services (was, the legal custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services). Amends GS 20-11(i)(4) to specify that if the applicant for a drivers permit or license is a minor in the legal custody of the county department of social services, then an acceptable co-signer under this section is the director or his designee (was, a case manager) or other type of caseworker assigned to work with the minor.

Amends GS 20-309(a2), enacted in this act, to allow a foster parent to meet the financial responsibility requirements for vehicle registration, even if a foster child residing in the household is excluded under the parent's policy, as long as the child is insured under some other policy of liability insurance or a named non-owner's liability policy. Directs the North Carolina Rate Bureau to establish, with the Commissioner's approval, a named driver exclusion endorsement for foster children. Makes a conforming change to GS 20-279.21(b) ("Motor vehicle liability policy" defined) to make it consistent with GS 20-309(a2), as amended.

Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 2nd edition:

Provides that no person can be elected to more than three full four-year terms to the UNC Board of Governors (previously, no more than three terms).