GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1406

Short Title:  Equalize DEHNR LEO Pay.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Preston, J. Robinson; Barbee, Barnes, Beall, Brawley, Buchanan, Crawford, Culpepper, Cummings, Dickson, Eddins, Edwards, Fox, Grady, Hackney, Hensley, R. Hunter, Locke, Luebke, G. Miller, Nichols, Nye, Pulley, Ramsey, Rayfield, Rogers, Russell, Weatherly, and G. Wilson.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 30, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO EQUALIZE THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources the sum of one million four hundred seventy-one thousand three hundred seventy-three dollars ($1,471,373)  for the 1996-97 fiscal year to equalize the salaries of law enforcement officers in the Department as provided by Section 2 of this act.
Sec. 2. (a)	The Office of State Personnel shall adjust the grades of law enforcement positions in the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources so that the grades of law enforcement positions in the Division of Parks and Recreation are equal to the grades of law enforcement positions in the Division of Marine Fisheries and Wildlife Resources Commission.
	(b) The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall adjust the average salaries of law enforcement positions in the Division of Parks and Recreation to the average salaries of law enforcement positions in the Division of Marine Fisheries and Wildlife Resources Commission.  Within each salary grade, each position shall receive the same percentage increase, except that no salary shall be increased above the top range.  The law enforcement officers of the Division of Parks and Recreation with a good or better job performance rating, shall receive the same annual salary increases granted law enforcement officers in the Division of Marine Fisheries and Wildlife Resources Commission.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996.