GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 959

Short Title:  No Second Paycheck.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Cocklereece; Aldridge, Allred, W. Brown, Davis, Linney, Rayfield, Russell, and Watson.

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

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April 12, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A COMPENSATED ELECTIVE OFFICIAL FROM RECEIVING A SECOND PUBLIC PAYCHECK.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 128-1.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 128-1.1. Dual-office holding allowed.
(a)	Any person who holds an appointive office, place of trust or profit in State or local government is hereby authorized by the General Assembly, pursuant to Article VI, Sec. 9 of the North Carolina Constitution, to hold concurrently one other appointive office, place of trust or profit, or an elective office in either State or local government.
(b)	Any person who holds an elective office in State or local government is hereby authorized by the General Assembly, pursuant to Article VI, Sec. 9 of the North Carolina Constitution to hold concurrently one other appointive office, place of trust or profit, in either State or local government.
(c)	Any person who holds an office or position in the federal postal system or is commissioned as a special officer or deputy special officer of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs is hereby authorized to hold concurrently therewith one position in State or local government.
(c1)	Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this section, no person who receives compensation for service in an elective office in State or local government shall receive compensation from any unit of State or local government for any employment other than the elective office.
(d)	The term 'elective office,' as used herein, shall mean any office filled by election by the people when the election is conducted by a county or municipal board of elections under the supervision of the State Board of Elections."
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective January 1, 1996.