NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 807

HOUSE BILL 20

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  The appropriations made herein are intended to be for maximum amounts necessary to provide the services and accomplish the purposes described in The Budget. It is the intent of the General Assembly that savings shall be effected where the total amounts appropriated shall not be required to perform these services and accomplish these purposes, and that such savings shall be reverted to the appropriate fund at the end of the biennium.

GENERAL FUND

Sec. 2.  Appropriations from the General Fund of the State for the maintenance of the State departments, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes as enumerated are hereby made for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1970, and June 30, 1971, respectively, according to the following schedule:

I. GENERAL GOVERNMENT

1969-70                       1970-71

The General Assembly............................................... $                                   $ 1,729,455

Judicial Department..................................................... 20,911,239                  23,366,231

Judicial Council..................................................................... 1,165                           1,165

Counsel for Indigent Defendants........................................ 894,864                       982,269

The Governor's Office...................................................... 455,075                       446,406

The Lieutenant Governor.................................................... 18,912                         19,267

Department of Administration......................................... 8,330,270                    7,085,604

Department of Personnel................................................... 879,713                       898,912

Secretary of State............................................................. 217,996                       216,375

State Auditor.................................................................... 935,525                    1,016,789

Local Affairs Coordination and Long Range Planning......... 250,000                       500,000

State Treasurer:

1. State Treasurer....................................................... 270,673                       263,900

2. Local Government Commission............................... 135,123                       136,873

Department of Justice:

1. Attorney General.................................................... 642,006                       646,212

2. State Bureau of Investigation................................ 1,595,177                    1,548,622

3. General Statutes Commission................................. $ 18,732                      $ 18,870

Department of Revenue................................................. 9,017,850                    9,364,709

Department of Tax Research............................................. 146,714                       156,349

State Board of Assessment............................................... 144,572                       162,432

North Carolina Tax Review Board........................................ 8,460                           9,166

State Board of Elections..................................................... 55,120                         55,428

North Carolina Courts Commission..................................... 22,500                         11,250

Legislative Research Commission........................................ 16,000                         16,000

North Carolina Capital Planning Commission......................... 5,000                           5,000

North Carolina Capital Building Authority.............................. 5,000                           5,000

Governor's Commission on Law and Order......................... 18,375                         18,375

Governor's Committee on Employment

of the Handicapped............................................................ 22,200                         22,200

Contingency and Emergency:

1.                To provide for contingency and

emergency expenditures for any purpose

authorized by law for which no

specific appropriation is made

hereunder, or for which inadvertently

an insufficient appropriation has been

made under this Section. Allotments

are to be made from this appropriation

under the provisions of G.S. 143-12,

or such other statute as may be applicable......... 1,750,000                    1,750,000

Department of Administration — Reserve for Law and

Order Action Programs.................................................... 350,000                             -

Salary Increases of State Employees

Subject to the Personnel Act........................................ 17,464,726                  21,456,560

Salary Adjustments of State Employees.......................... 2,136,677                    3,397,676

SUBTOTAL — General Government....................... $ 66,719,664               $ 75,307,095

II. PUBLIC SAFETY AND REGULATION

The Adjutant General:

1. Adjutant General's Office..................................... $ 687,745                    $ 699,291

2. Armory Commission................................................. 41,350                         42,000

State Civil Air Patrol........................................................... 19,607                         19,617

State Civil Defense Agency............................................... 201,282                       205,276

Department of Motor Vehicles:

1. Automobile Drivers' Financial

Responsibility Program............................................ 733,364                       689,695

Utilities Commission.......................................................... 624,808                       630,958

Insurance Department:

1. Insurance Department....................................... $ 1,023,754                 $ 1,061,954

2. State Property Fire

Insurance Fund...................................................... 250,000

3. Firemen's Relief Fund................................................. 1,750                           1,750

4. Building Code Council................................................ 3,808                           3,808

Department of Labor........................................................ 947,514                       961,473

Industrial Commission....................................................... 518,476                       525,345

State Board of Alcoholic Control...................................... 929,759                       899,229

Department of Agriculture:

1. Gasoline and Oil Inspection

Service.................................................................. 150,508                       154,146

SUBTOTAL — Public Safety and Regulation....... $ 6,133,725                    6,144,542

III. CORRECTION

North Carolina Board of

Juvenile Correction:

1. General Administration......................................... $ 162,765                    $ 164.205

2. Stonewall Jackson Training School.......................... 873,588                       916,010

3. State Home and Industrial School for Girls —

Samarcand Manor................................................. 853,256                       883,553

4. Morrison Training School........................................ 965,001                    1,003,411

5. Eastern Carolina Training School............................. 622,949                       661,917

6. State Training School for Girls — Dobbs Farm....... 587,477                       643.982

7. Leonard Training School......................................... 704,943                       744,370

8. Juvenile Evaluation Center.................................... 1,140,522                    1,201,471

9. C. A. Dillon School................................................ 444,208                       483,278

Fugitives from Justice............................................................ 6,500                           6,500

Department of Correction............................................ 19,061,549                  21,294,730

Probation Commission................................................... 2,841,254                    3,175,545

Board of Paroles........................................................... 1,255,300                    1,305,257

SUBTOTAL — Correction................................ $ 29,519,312               $ 32,484,229

IV. PUBLIC WELFARE

Department of Social Services:

1. Department of Social Services........................ $ 22,754,111               $ 25,328,972

2. Child Welfare and Day Care Services.................. 1,484,652                    1,536,531

3. Local Confinement Facilities

Improvement Fund................................................. 200,000                             -

State Commission for the Blind...................................... 2,182,130                    2,429,311

Department of Veterans Affairs:

1. Department of Veterans Affairs............................ $ 673,244                    $ 681,539

2. County Service Officers............................................ 94,000                         94,000

Confederate Women's Home.............................................. 82,709                         84,390

Oxford Orphanage............................................................. 70,250                         70,250

Junior Order Children's Home............................................. 63,000                         63,000

Central Orphanage of North Carolina.................................. 98,500                         98,500

Odd Fellows Home............................................................ 13,500                         13,500

Pythian Home..................................................................... 11,000                         11,000

Alexander Schools, Inc....................................................... 51,000                         51,000

Eliada Homes, Inc.............................................................. 24,000                         24,000

Boys Home of North Carolina, Inc...................................... 10,000                         10,000

Sipe's Orchard Home, Inc.................................................. 12,593                         12,593

SUBTOTAL — Public Welfare.......................... $ 27,824.689               $ 30,508,586

V. EDUCATION

Department of Public Instruction:

1. Administration and Supervision......................... $ 1,447,876                 $ 1,468,368

State Board of Education:

1. Nine Months School Fund............................... 423,218,681                465,364,089

2. State Board of Education..................................... 1,133,623                    1,368,387

3. Vocational Education......................................... 18,534,229                  17,308,983

4. Purchase of Free Textbooks.............................. 11,313,854                    8,871,788

5. Vocational Textile School....................................... 215,103                       160,663

6. Purchase of School Buses.................................... 3.435,071                    3,435,071

7. Division of School Planning..................................... 302,244                       309,275

8. Comprehensive School

Improvement Project.............................................. 793,553                       795,898

9. Vocational Rehabilitation...................................... 1,928,092                    1,939,921

10. Department of Community Colleges —

Equipment......................................................... 6,000,000                    1,500,000

11. Instruction and Training for Trainable

Mentally Handicapped Children......................... 2,174,505                    2,337,746

12. National Defense Education Program.................... 256,515                       262,119

13. Department of Community Colleges................. 34,139,530                  42,720,730

14. Program of Education by Television...................... 140.896                       142,049

15. Advancement School............................................ 669,011                       725,707

16. Professional Improvement of Teachers.................. 611,849                       612,741

17. Financial Assistance to Hospital

Programs of Nursing Education............................. 330,000                       320,000

State Board of Higher Education:

1. State Board of Higher

Education............................................................ 1.934.310                    1.956.086

2. Reserves for Equalization

and Improvement............................................. $ 5,769,456                 $ 2.499,354

3. State Education Assistance

Authority.................................................................. 53.500                         53,500

Department of Administration —

Reserve for Educational

Benefits — Children

of Veterans................................................................. 975,000                    1,000,000

University of North Carolina

(Consolidated):

1. General Administration......................................... 1,391,091                    1,424,356

2. University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill:

a. University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill.............................................. 22,617,536                  24,267,059

b. Division of Health Affairs............................... 9,077,610                  10,941,107

3. North Carolina State

University at Raleigh.......................................... 18,476,017                  20,101,234

4. University of North Carolina

at Greensboro..................................................... 7,537,155                    8,058,874

5. University of North Carolina

at Charlotte......................................................... 3,311,080                    3,953,455

6. University of North Carolina

at Asheville......................................................... 1,408,731                    1,352,622

7. University of North Carolina

at Wilmington...................................................... 1,547,590                    1,627,409

East Carolina University................................................. 9,783,207                  10,117,196

North Carolina Agricultural

and Technical State University.................................. 4,033,924                    4,140,454

Western Carolina University........................................... 4,748,602                    4,982,313

Appalachian State University.......................................... 5,629,781                    5,910,829

Pembroke State University............................................. 1,581,818                    1,680,296

Winston-Salem State College......................................... 1,734,914                    1,757,792

Elizabeth City State College........................................... 1,335,030                    1,408,227

Fayetteville State College............................................... 1,268,355                    1,271,240

North Carolina Central University.................................. 3,730,864                    3,866,528

North Carolina Board of Science

and Technology.......................................................... 511,952                       514,557

North Carolina School for the Deaf................................ 1,857,464                    2,259,890

Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf....................... 851,809                    1,230,596

The Governor Morehead School.................................... 1,899,769                    1,627,214

Student Loan Funds:

1. Medical Care Commission —

Medical Education................................................. 400,000                       400,000

2. State Board of Education —

Teacher Education.............................................. 1,000,000                    1,000,000

Department of Archives and History............................... 1,237,580                    1,262,970

Tryon Palace — Department of

Archives and History.................................................. 147,132                       151,402

State Library:

1. Library................................................................ $ 397,452                    $ 405,912

2. State Aid to Public Libraries................................ 1,377,702                    1,879,754

North Carolina Museum of Art......................................... 354,455                       354,589

North Carolina State Art Society.......................................... 8,000                           8,000

North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc............................... 75,000                         75,000

North Carolina School of the Arts..................................... 916,409                    1,073,684

Old Salem, Inc................................................................... 62,500                         62,500

Highlands Biological Station, Inc......................................... 31,050                         31,050

Moore's Creek Battleground Assoc......................................... 500                              500

SUBTOTAL — Education................................ $625,718,977              $674,351,084

VII. NON-HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION

State Ports Authority..................................................... $ 240,873                    $ 243,736

VIII. HEALTH AND HOSPITALS

State Board of Health................................................. $ 8,334,895                 $ 8,511,578

Medical Care Commission................................................ 223,312                       227,894

University of North Carolina:

1. Memorial Hospital —

Psychiatric Center............................................... 1,252,666                    1,367,517

2. Memorial Hospital............................................... 7,507,316                    7,954,316

Department of Mental Health:

1. General Administration......................................... 6,112,085                    6,823,018

2. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center -

Black Mountain....................................................... 556,903                       583,757

3. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center —

Butner..................................................................... 587,107                       613,093

4. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center —

Greenville................................................................ 551,203                       578,057

5. Dorothea Dix Hospital......................................... 8,683,643                    9,122,736

6. Broughton Hospital.............................................. 7,094,393                    7,400,456

7. Western Carolina Center..................................... 3,868,940                    4,537,085

8. Cherry Hospital................................................... 7,981,692                    8,293,841

9. O'Berry Center.................................................... 4,087,196                    4,215,128

10. John Umstead Hospital...................................... 6,229,476                    6,379,340

11. Murdoch Center................................................ 5,891,198                    6,000,073

12. Caswell Center.................................................. 5,496,069                    5,700,138

13. Wright School...................................................... 235,379                       244,991

Advisory Council on Mental Retardation........................... 220,941                       226,450

North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital.................................. 844,885                       858,894

North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital............................. 354,725                       365,252

North Carolina Sanatorium System:

1. General Administration.............................................. 80,553                         82,346

2. North Carolina Sanatorium.................................. 1,888,184                    1,929,014

3. Western North Carolina Sanatorium..................... 1,775,129                    1,797,325

4. Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium...................... 2,186,007                    2,269,197

5. Gravely Sanatorium............................................. $ 881,943                    $ 897,939

North Carolina Cancer Institute, Inc.................................... 26,000                         26,000

Asheville Orthopedic Hospital........................................... 135,000                       135,000

SUBTOTAL — Health and Hospitals................. $ 83,086,840               $ 87,140,435

IX. NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATION

Department of Conservation and Development:

1. Department of Conservation

and Development............................................. $ 8,964,095                 $ 8,492,627

2. Kerr Reservoir Development

Commission — Nutbush

Conservation Area................................................... 86,646                         80,774

Department of Water and Air Resources........................ 1,284,020                    1,341,268

North Carolina National Park, Parkway

and Forests Development Commission........................... 11,292                         11,306

Industrial Extension Service —

North Carolina State University at Raleigh......................... 339,221                       360,340

Rural Electrification Authority.............................................. 94,295                         96,589

North Carolina Recreation Commission............................. 170,867                       174,168

Confederate Museum — Richmond, Virginia............................ 200                              200

Confederate Cemetery — Raleigh, North Carolina................... 350                              350

Garden Clubs of North Carolina, Inc. —

The Elizabethan Garden........................................................ 5,500                           5,500

Brevard Music Center........................................................ 25,000                         25,000

SUBTOTAL — Natural Resources

and Recreation............................................... $ 10,981,486               $ 10,588,122

X. AGRICULTURE

Department of Agriculture........................................... $ 5,127,453                 $ 5,209,393

Agricultural Experiment Station —

North Carolina State

University at Raleigh...................................................... 6,258,011                    6,662,095

Cooperative Agricultural

Extension Service — North

Carolina State University at Raleigh................................ 5,729,246                    6,099,383

State Soil and Water Conservation Committee.................. 284,533                       295,996

SUBTOTAL — Agriculture................................ $ 17,399,243               $ 18,266,867

XII. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS

Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System:

1. Administration..................................................... $ 699,703                    $ 716.600

2. Pension Payments to Retired

State Employees.................................................... 367,000                       339,000

Law Enforcement Officers'

Benefit and Retirement Fund —

Contributions from General Fund........................................ 25,000                         25,000

North Carolina Firemen's Pension Fund............................ 527,587                       528,300

Pensions — Confederate Widows...................................... 31,842                         28,392

Pensions - Widows of Governors........................................ 15,000                         15,000

SUBTOTAL — Retirement and Pensions............. $ 1,666,132                 $ 1,652,292

XIII. DEBT SERVICE

Interest on Bonds....................................................... $ 5,994,222                 $ 5,677,503

Redemption of Bonds.................................................. 11,780,000                  12,080,000

SUBTOTAL — Debt Service............................ $ 17,774,222               $ 17,757,503

XIV. TITLE XIX (MEDICAID)

Reserve for Implementation of Title XIX..................... $ 3,350,000                 $ 4,700,000

TOTAL — GENERAL FUND......................... $890,415,163              $959,144,491

HIGHWAY FUND

SECTION 3.  Appropriations from the Highway Fund of the State for the expense of collecting revenues, for the service of the highway debt, and for the maintenance of the highway activities, are hereby made for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1970, and June 30, 1971, respectively, according to the following schedule:

I. GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Salary Adjustments of Highway

Fund Employees...................................................... $ 932,515                 $ 1,311,212

Salary Increases of Highway

Fund Employees...................................................... 9,958,428                  11,970,769

SUBTOTAL — General Government................. $ 10.890,943               $ 13,281,981

II. PUBLIC SAFETY AND REGULATION

Department of Motor Vehicles.................................. $ 22,255,321               $ 22,952,676

Transportation Inspection (Utilities Commission)................ 221,250                       218,818

Gasoline Inspection Service

(Department of Agriculture).............................................. 476,979                       462,437

Coordinator, Governor's Highway Safety Program......... 1,662,973                    1,763.953

SUBTOTAL — Public Safety and Regulation..... $ 24,616,523               $ 25.397,884

V. EDUCATION

Driver Training and Safety Education........................... $ 2,552,114                 $ 2,472,631

VI. HIGHWAYS

State Highway Commission:

1. Merit Salary Increments.................................... $ 2,622,276                 $ 4,363,050

2. Reserve for Contingencies....................................... 500,000                       500,000

3. General Administration......................................... 3,556,185                    3,527,590

4. Engineering Administration

and Supervision................................................... 7,693,524                    7,639,433

5. State Maintenance and Construction:

a. Primary System............................................ 72,288,420                  76,718,420

b. Secondary System....................................... 59,923,670                  62,678,670

c. Urban System.............................................. 18,597.710                  19,712,710

d. Public Service Roads..................................... 1,400,000                    1,400,000

6. State Funds to Match Federal Aid

Highway Planning Survey and Highway

Planning Research.................................................. 700,000                       700,000

7. State Funds to Match Federal Aid

Construction..................................................... 45,700,000                  45,700,000

8. State Aid to Municipalities................................. 11,000,000                  11,541,667

9. Employer's Contribution — Retirement................ 5,330,493                    5,455,217

10. Employer's Contribution —

Social Security................................................... 3,238,559                    3,452,434

SUBTOTAL — Highways................................ $232,550,837              $243,389,191

XIII. DEBT SERVICE

State Secondary Road Bond Interest

and Redemption................................................... $ 12,386,250               $          -

Bond Fund Act of 1965 Interest

and Redemption...................................................... 18,407,000                  20,147,000

Highway Bond Anticipation Notes — Interest................ 1,200,000                          -

SUBTOTAL — Debt Service............................ $ 31,993,250               $ 20,147,000

TOTAL — HIGHWAY FUND........................ $302,603,667              $304,688,687

Transfers and changes may be made in the Highway Fund from Merit Salary Increments, Salary Increases, and Salary Adjustments to other operating appropriations in the Highway Fund by authorization of the Director of the Budget. Transfers and changes may be made from Reserve for Contingencies to other operating appropriations in the Highway Fund by authorization of the Governor and Council of State. Transfers and changes may be made to and/or from Title VI -3,4,5(a), (b),(c), (d), 6, and 7 by authorization of the Director of the Budget: Provided, Title VI -5(a), (b), (c), (d), shall not be reduced by more than thirty percent (30%) of the appropriations herein stated for State Maintenance and Construction Systems and Title VI-6 and 7 shall not be reduced by more than ten percent (10%) of the appropriations herein stated. In the event that the State revenues accruing to the Highway Fund exclusive of one cent ($.01) gasoline tax for Debt Service exceed the estimated revenues for each year of the biennium, to wit, two hundred sixty-seven million, eight hundred fifty-seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($267,857,500) for the fiscal year 1969-70 and two hundred seventy-seven million, three hundred seventy‑seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($277,377,500) for the fiscal year 1970-71, such excesses may be allocated in the next succeeding year by the Director of the Budget, to increase the appropriations under Titles II and VI-3, 4, 5(a), (b), (c), (d), 6 and 7. Increases in Highway Fund surplus from sources other than revenues may be allocated in the next succeeding year by the Director of the Budget, to increase the appropriations under Titles II and VI -3, 4, 5(a), (b), (c), (d), 6 and 7.

Sec. 4.  There is hereby appropriated out of funds available in the various Special Funds sufficient amounts to carry on required activities included under each Fund's operations subject to provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Chapter 143, Article I, General Statutes of North Carolina.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 5.  All insurance and all official fidelity and surety bonds authorized for the several departments, institutions, and agencies shall be effected and placed by the Insurance Department, and the cost of such placement shall be paid by the department, institution, or agency involved upon bills rendered to and approved by the Insurance Commissioner.

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 6.  The appropriation made out of the General Fund for the Department of Correction includes funds to be transferred or paid to the Dorothea Dix Hospital at Raleigh and Cherry Hospital at Goldsboro for care, custody, and treatment of the criminally insane prisoners, and to the North Carolina Sanatorium for care, custody, and treatment of prisoners who have tuberculosis, with the amount of funds to be determined as follows: At the beginning of each month the Dorothea Dix Hospital at Raleigh, the Cherry Hospital at Goldsboro, and North Carolina Sanatorium shall render to the Department of Correction a bill, on the basis of the per capita cost per day for the preceding fiscal year, as may be determined by the Director of the Budget, for the care, custody, and treatment, during the preceding month, of criminally insane prisoners and prisoners who have tuberculosis and who have been transferred from the Prison System to said institutions, and the Department of Correction shall pay such bills monthly.

Sec. 7.  Appropriations made herein to the various State agencies for the purpose of purchasing medical, dental, optometric and hospital services, including all services provided under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and for care in homes for the aged, will be disbursed on the basis of rates and fee schedules approved by the Advisory Budget Commission.

Sec. 8.  Funds appropriated herein to the State Department of Social Services and in the Special Reserve for the purpose of implementing Title XIX (Medicaid) effective January 1, 1970, are intended to provide for the following:

(a)        Persons eligible for services will be limited to (1) public assistance recipients and (2) individuals who are over 65 years of age, or are permanently and totally disabled, or are blind, or are members of families with dependent children, and whose incomes are insufficient to provide necessary medical care, as determined by the Board of Social Services.

(b)        The services provided will be limited to hospital care (in-patient and out‑patient), x-ray, laboratory, physicians services (practitioners of medicine or surgery, podiatry, and osteopathy), home health services, nursing home care, drugs, dental care and dentures, optometric services and eyeglasses.

(c)        Eligible patients in State mental and tuberculosis hospitals will be included.

(d)        The Department of Social Services is designated as the administering agency for a single state plan covering all public assistance categories including aid to the blind.

(e)        The State Board of Health will have the responsibility and authority for establishing and maintaining standards for institutions in which beneficiaries may receive services.

(f)         Administrative costs, as approved by the Advisory Budget Commission required for the Department of Social Services, the State Board of Health, and the county departments of welfare will be provided from funds appropriated and otherwise available for this program. The non-federal share of the costs of administration in the Department of Social Services and the State Board of Health will be borne by the State. The non-federal share of payments in behalf of patients in mental and tuberculosis hospitals will be borne by the State. The non-federal share of all other program costs will be divided equally between the State and counties.

(g)        The Department of Social Services will develop the State Plan for Title XIX to meet State and Federal requirements and establish policies to assure adequate program control subject to the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission.

Sec. 9.  The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to transfer, as between the three institutions, the appropriations made in this Act for the North Carolina School for the Deaf, the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, and the Governor Morehead School, and as between the eight training schools under the jurisdiction of the Board of Juvenile Correction, the appropriations made to any of them, when in his opinion it shall be deemed to be in the best interest of the State.

Sec. 10.  It is the intention of this Act that, as to new units except those herein authorized, no recommendations for establishment of additional units shall be made by the Department of Community Colleges in the absence of a showing of a clear and urgent need in a particular area of the State. It is the further intention of this Act that it shall be the announced policy of the Department of Community Colleges that, as to capital improvement projects, no construction contracts may be let until it has been clearly established that funds are available for the related permanent equipment.

Funds appropriated herein to the State Board of Education, Department of Community Colleges, to purchase equipment for the Community College Institutions, (Code 18057) shall be permanent appropriations, and unexpended portions of these appropriations shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of the biennium.

Sec. 11.  The Director of the Budget shall require that the Highway Fund, other special funds employing personnel, and other operations employing personnel which are designated by the resolution of the Governor and Advisory Budget Commission as self‑supporting operations shall budget as a line item object of expenditure sufficient funds to pay their employer proportion of contributions to the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System as required by the Act creating said system.

No part of the appropriations made in Section 2 of this Act shall be used to supply the State's or employer's contribution for retirement system purposes or Social Security purposes with respect to the compensation of any State employee (1) whose compensation is paid out of receipts of any state institution or agency (other than gifts, including foundation funds), which receipts are deposited in institutional funds for the specific purpose of paying the compensation of such employee or (2) who performs his duties for an operation or activity designated by the Director of the Budget as a self-supporting operation or activity, or (3) who performs his duties for an operation or activity not supported by an appropriation from the State General Fund. In those instances in which an employee's salary is paid in part from the General Fund or from gifts (including foundations) and in part from receipts of the State institution or agency (other than gifts, including foundation funds), which receipts are deposited in institutional funds for the specific purpose of paying part of the compensation of such State employee, the appropriations described above shall be used to pay a portion of the employer's contribution for retirement and social security equal to that proportion of the employee's total salary paid from the General Fund or from gifts (including foundations), and the remainder of the employer's contribution shall be paid from the same sources as supply the remainder of such employee's salary. It is the intent and purpose of this Act that, when retirement system or social security matching funds are required to be made on behalf of the State as an employer in the situations described above in this paragraph, such matching funds to the extent necessary shall be paid out of the funds of the institution or operation or activity described above in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the restrictions in this paragraph, the Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to apply to receipts-supported operations of a central services nature where the payments for services originate from appropriations, to the end that the effective purchasing power of such appropriations shall not be materially reduced as a result of payment of the employer's contribution for retirement and social security. Any question as to the applicability of this paragraph shall be resolved by the Director of the Budget and the Advisory Budget Commission.

Sec. 12.  Subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Administration and approved by the Director of the Budget, any State department, institution, or agency of the State is hereby authorized to expend, from appropriations made in this Act, funds to pay the expenses of transporting the household goods and furniture of an employee and members of his household when such an employee is directed by the employing agency to transfer from one location to another.

Sec. 13.  Subject to a recommendation of the Director of the Budget, funds not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each year of the biennium 1969-71 may be allotted out of the Contingency and Emergency Appropriation for use by the State Department of Agriculture, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, for a witch weed control program; and, subject to a recommendation by the Director of the Budget, funds not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) each year may be allotted out of the Contingency and Emergency Fund for use by the State Department of Agriculture for payment of hog cholera indemnities.

Of the total amount appropriated herein to the Agricultural Experiment Station, the sum of one hundred one thousand, two hundred fifty two dollars ($101,252) shall be solely for research in the mechanization of blueberry harvesting, and the sum of sixty seven thousand, eight hundred dollars ($67,800) shall be used solely for research in post harvest physiology of fruits.

Sec. 14.  Appropriations made herein to the Department of Social Services for the purpose of providing State matching funds to cities and counties for improvements in local jail facilities will be disbursed on the basis of a State plan for such assistance. The State plan shall be developed by the Department of Social Services subject to the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission.

Sec. 15.  It is the intention of this Act that the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) unobligated Bureau Reserve Funds held by the State Commission for the Blind be transferred into General Fund Operating Code 16041 during fiscal 1969-70 to support authorized additional expenditures as provided for in this Act.

SALARIES AND WAGES

Sec. 16.  The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to transfer from the appropriations for Salary Increases of State Employees Subject to the Personnel Act, such amounts, including the retirement and social security contributions, as may be required to increase salaries in effect on June 30, 1969, for all full-time permanent employees in accordance with a graduated scale of increases ranging from approximately thirteen and nine-tenths percent (13.9%) at the lowest step to approximately seven and one-half percent (7.5%) at higher levels, rounded to conform to the steps in such salary ranges as may be adopted by the State Personnel Board. For an employee whose salary is not equal to a specific pay rate within the present salary schedule, the annual increase will be the amount applicable to the next lower pay rate. The increases hereby provided for shall be based on salaries in effect on June 30, 1969, except that for certain employees whose salaries, by direction of the Governor, were adjusted to the annual rate of three thousand, seven hundred and fifty-six dollars ($3,756) effective April 1, 1969, the increases hereby provided for shall be based on the salaries such employees would have received on June 30, 1969, if such adjustment had not been made. Salary increases hereby provided for shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

Annual Salary                                          %                                    Annual Salary

As of June 30, 1969                               Increase                          As of July 1, 1969

$ 3,024                                         13.89                                       $ 3,444

3,168                                            13.64                                         3,600

3,336                                            12.59                                         3,756

3,468                                            12.80                                         3,912

3,636                                            12.21                                         4,080

3.804                                            11.99                                         4,260

3,984                                            11.75                                         4,452

4,176                                            11.49                                         4,656

4,380                                            11.23                                         4,872

4,584                                            10.99                                         5,088

4,812                                            10.72                                         5,328

5.040                                            10.71                                         5,580

5,280                                            10.68                                         5,844

5,556                                            10.15                                         6,120

5.832                                             9.88                                          6,408

6,108                                             9.82                                          6,708

6,408                                             9.55                                          7,020

6.708                                             9.48                                          7,344

7,044                                             9.03                                          7,680

7,380                                             8.78                                          8,028

7,752                                             8.51                                          8,412

8,124                                             8.42                                          8,808

8,520                                             8.17                                          9,216

8,940                                             8.05                                          9,660

9,384                                             7.80                                         10,116

9,852                                             7.67                                         10,608

10,320                                           7.56                                         11,100

10.848                                           7.52                                         11,664

11,376                                           7.59                                         12,240

11.940                                           7.54                                         12,840

12,528                                           7.57                                         13,476

13,128                                           7.59                                         14,124

13,800                                           7.57                                         14,844

14,472                                           7.55                                         15,564

15,192                                           7.50                                         16,332

15,936                                           7.53                                         17,136

16,728                                           7.53                                         17,988

17,556                                           7.52                                         18,876

18,420                                           7.56                                         19,812

19.344                                           7.51                                         20,796

20,292                                           7.51                                         21,816

21,312                                           7.55                                         22,920

22,368                                           7.51                                         24,048

23.472                                           7.52                                         25,236

24,648                                           7.50                                         26,496

25,884                                           7.51                                         27,828

27,180                                           7.51                                         29,220

28,536                                           7.53                                         30,684

29.964                                           7.53                                         32.220

The Director of the Budget is further authorized and empowered to transfer from the appropriations for the fiscal year 1970-71 for Salary Increases of State Employees Subject to the Personnel Act, such amounts, including the retirement and social security contributions, as may be required to increase salaries by an amount equal to two per cent (2% l of the salaries in effect on June 30, 1969, rounded to conform to the steps in such salary ranges as may be adopted by the State Personnel Board.

The Director of the Budget is further authorized to transfer any unexpended balance which may remain, after the provisions of this Section have been fully met, from the appropriations for Salary Increases of State Employees Subject to the Personnel Act, to the appropriations for Salary Adjustments of State Employees.

The provisions of this Section shall be applied to increase salaries paid out of special funds or from sources other than tax revenues; provided, the necessary funds are made available from operations or from sponsoring agents. The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to allocate out of special operating funds, under which personnel are employed, sufficient funds to conform with the provisions of this Section; provided, funds are available or made available by the sponsoring agents.

Salaries for positions which are paid from funds which are partially from the General Fund and partially from sources other than the General Fund shall be increased from the General Fund appropriation only to the extent of the proportionate part paid from the General Fund.

The salary increases for employees whose salaries are paid from receipts received from self-supporting activities shall be contingent upon availability of funds out of receipts, except that for employees whose salaries are paid from receipts-supported operations of a central-services nature, where the payments for services originate from appropriations, the Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to provide for the salary increases of these employees to the end that the effective purchasing power of such appropriations for services shall not be materially reduced.

The salary increases shall not affect the status of eligibility for automatic and/or merit salary increments for which the employee may be eligible for the fiscal years 1969-71 notwithstanding the granting of the Legislative salary increase.

The salary ranges for all employees under the Personnel Act shall be increased, so far as the maximum is concerned to the end that, after the salary increase provided for in this Act is made, every employee will continue to have the same relative position with respect to salary increases and future increments as he would have had if the salary increases provided by this Act had not been made.

The salary increase provided in this Act to be effective July 1, 1969, shall not apply to persons separated from State service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death or retirement, whose last work day is prior to July 1, 1969; and the salary increase provided in this Act to be effective July 1, 1970, shall not apply to persons separated from State service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death or retirement, whose last work day is prior to July 1, 1970.

Sec. 17.  The amounts appropriated herein to the State Board of Education for salaries of instructional personnel shall be used to provide salaries according to the Index Salary Schedule established by the State Board of Education and approved by the 1969 General Assembly.

Sec. 18.  The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to transfer from the General Fund Salary Adjustment appropriation, and from the Highway Fund Salary Adjustment appropriation to the various departments, institutions and agencies, such amounts as are necessary to support approved salary adjustments made necessary by changes in the labor market which create difficulties in recruiting and holding qualified employees in State Government. These funds are to supplement salary reserve funds in individual operating budgets, and may not be allocated to a department, institution or agency until its appropriate salary reserves are exhausted.

Sec. 18.1.  The salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) per annum, and the salaries of each of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court shall be twenty-nine thousand dollars ($29,000) per annum; the salary of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000) per annum, and the salaries of the Judges of said Court shall be twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) per annum; the salaries of the Judges of the Superior Court shall be twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000) per annum; the salary of the Chief Judge of each District Court shall be eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) per annum, and the salary of each District Court Judge shall be seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000) per annum, the salary of each District Court Prosecutor shall be thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000) per annum and the salary of each District Court Assistant Prosecutor shall be eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) per annum. The salary of the Administrative Officer of the Courts shall be twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars ($24,500) per annum and the salary of the Assistant Administrative Officer of the Courts shall be seventeen thousand five hundred dollars ($17,500) per annum.

EFFECTIVE

Sec. 19.  The provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Chapter 143, Article 2 of the General Statutes, are re-enacted and shall remain in full force and effect, and are incorporated in this Act by reference.

Sec. 20.  If any section or provision of this Act be declared unconstitutional or invalid by the courts, the same shall not affect the validity of the Act as a whole or any part other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.

Sec. 21.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 22.  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1969.