GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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SENATE BILL 76

Short Title:  Legislative Compensation.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Winner of Buncombe.
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Referred to:  Rules and Operation of the Senate.
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February 8, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ELIMINATE EXPENSE ALLOWANCES FOR LEGISLATORS, AND TO SET THEIR SALARIES AT A PERCENTAGE OF THAT OF SENIOR RESIDENT SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective upon convening of the 1995 Regular Session of the General Assembly, G.S.120-3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120-3.  Pay of members and officers of the General Assembly.
(a)	The Speaker of the House shall be paid an annual salary of two-thirds of the salary for a Senior Regular Resident Superior Court Judge, as set in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of two-thirds of the salary for a Senior Regular Resident Superior Court Judge, as set in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly.  The Speaker Pro Tempore of the House shall be paid an annual salary of forty percent (40%) of the salary for a Senior Regular Resident Superior Court Judge, as set in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly; and the Deputy President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of forty percent (40%) of the salary for a Senior Regular Resident Superior Court Judge, as set in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly.  The majority and minority leaders in the House and the majority and minority leaders in the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of thirty-five percent (35%) of the salary for a Senior Regular Resident Superior Court Judge, as set in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly.
(b)	Every other member of the General Assembly shall receive increases in annual salary only to the extent of and in the amounts equal to the average increases received by employees of the State, effective upon convening of the next Regular Session of the General Assembly after enactment of these increased amounts.  Accordingly, upon convening of the Regular Session of the General Assembly, every other member of the General Assembly shall be paid an annual salary of one-third of the salary for a Senior Regular Resident Superior Court Judge, as set in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly.
(b1)	No increase in salary for a Senior Regular Resident Superior Court Judge shall increase any salary under this section until the convening of the next Regular Session of the General Assembly.
(c)	The salary and expense allowances provided in this section are in addition to any per diem compensation and any subsistence and travel allowance authorized by any other law with respect to any regular or extra session of the General Assembly, and service on any State board, agency, commission, standing committee and study commission."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon convening of the 1995 Regular Session of the General Assembly.