GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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SENATE BILL 790
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/16/92

Short Title:  Board Member Compensation.	(Public)
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April 24, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EQUALIZE PER DIEM PAYMENTS FOR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARD MEMBERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 93B-5(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Board members shall receive as compensation for their services per diem not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each day during which they are engaged in the official business of the board."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-133 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90-133. Fees held by Board; salaries; payment of expenses.
All fees shall be paid in advance to the treasurer of the Board, to be by him held as a fund for the use of the State Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration. The compensation and expenses of the members and officers of said Board, and all expenses proper and necessary, in the opinion of said Board, to discharge its duties under and to enforce the law, shall be in accordance with G.S. 93B-5, shall be paid out of such fund, upon the warrant of the president and secretary of said Board, and no expense shall be created to exceed the income of fees or fines as herein provided.  "
Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-171.21(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	Reimbursement. – Board members are entitled to receive compensation and reimbursement as authorized by G.S. 93B-5."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 90-184 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90-184. Compensation of the Board.
In addition to such reimbursement for travel and other expenses as is normally allowed to State employees, each member of the Board, for each day or substantial portion thereof he is engaged in the work of the Board may receive a per diem allowance, as determined by the Board in accordance with G.S. 93B-5. None of the expenses of the Board or of the members shall be paid by the State."
Sec. 5.  G.S. 90A-56 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90A-56. Compensation of Board members; expenses; employees.
Members of the Board shall receive compensation and be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with G.S. 93B-5.  The Board may employ necessary personnel for the performance of its functions and fix the compensation therefor, within the limits of funds available to the Board. The total expenses of the administration of this Article shall not exceed the total income therefrom and none of the expenses of said Board or the compensation or expenses of any officer thereof or any employee shall ever be paid or payable out of the treasury of the State of North Carolina; and neither the Board nor any officer or employee thereof shall have any power or authority to make or incur any expense, debt, or other financial obligation binding upon the State of North Carolina."
Sec. 6.  G.S. 93-12(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	To elect from its members a president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer.  The members of the Board shall receive compensation and reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with G.S. 93B-5."
Sec. 7.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1992.