GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1639

Short Title:  Increase Judicial Salaries.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Hensley; Baddour, Church, Cromer, Fitch, Flaherty, Fussell, Hackney, Hill, Holt, R. Hunter, Jarrell, Jeffus, Kennedy, Kuczmarski, Luebke, McCrary, McLawhorn, Michaux, Moore, Nesbitt, Oldham, Sutton, Wainwright, Wilkins, and Yongue.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE SALARIES OF CERTAIN JUDICIAL BRANCH OFFICERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 56 of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 56.  (a)	The annual salaries, payable monthly, for specified judicial branch officials for fiscal year 1994-95 are:
Judicial Branch Officials	Annual Salary								District Attorney		 $71,965
Assistant District Attorney - an
average of  	 46,738
Administrative Officer of the Courts	 79,823
Assistant Administrative Officer
of the Courts	 65,160
Public Defender	 71,965
Assistant Public Defender - an average of	 46,738.If an acting senior regular resident superior court judge is appointed under the provisions of G.S. 7A-41, he shall receive the salary for Judge, Senior Regular Resident, Superior Court, until his temporary appointment is vacated, and the judge he replaces shall receive the salary indicated for Judge, Superior Court.
The district attorney or public defender of a judicial district, with the approval of the Administrative Officer of the Courts, shall set the salaries of assistant district attorneys or assistant public defenders, respectively, in that district such that the average salaries of assistant district attorneys or assistant public defenders in that district do not exceed forty-six thousand seven hundred thirty-eight dollars ($46,738), and the minimum salary of any assistant district attorney or assistant public defender is at least twenty-three thousand eight hundred sixty-two dollars ($23,862) effective July 1, 1993.
(a1)	The annual salaries, payable monthly, for specified judicial branch officials for fiscal year 1994-95 are:
Judicial Branch Officials	Annual Salary
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$97,600
Associate Justice, Supreme Court96,000
Chief Judge, Court of Appeals93,600
Judge, Court of Appeals92,000
Judge, Senior Regular Resident
Superior Court89,600
Judge, Superior Court88,000
Chief Judge, District Court	81,600
Judge, District Court	80,000.
If an acting senior regular resident superior court judge is appointed under the provisions of G.S. 7A-41, he shall receive the salary for Judge, Senior Regular Resident, Superior Court, until his temporary appointment is vacated, and the judge he replaces shall receive the salary indicated for Judge, Superior Court.
(b)	The salaries in effect for fiscal year 1992-93 for permanent, full-time employees of the Judicial Department, except for those whose salaries are itemized in this act, shall be increased by two percent (2%), commencing July 1, 1993.
(c)	The salaries in effect for fiscal year 1992-93 for all permanent, part-time employees of the Judicial Department shall be increased on and after July 1, 1993, by pro rata amounts of the two percent (2%)."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.