GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 117
HOUSE BILL 243

AN ACT TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ELECT TO RECEIVE A LOWER MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT SO AS TO NOT EXCEED THE STANDARD MILEAGE RATE FOR BUSINESS USE SET BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 120-3.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d)	In lieu of the rate per mile allowed to State employees for travel, members of the General Assembly may elect to be reimbursed at twenty-four cents (24¢) per mile for the first 15,000 miles and eleven cents (11¢) per mile for the excess.  To be effective for a calendar year, an election must be made no later than December 20 of the preceding year.  The election shall be made on a form prescribed by the Legislative Services Office, and shall be irrevocable for the calendar year."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of May, 1989.