GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1058

Short Title:  Administrative Law Judge Salaries.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford, Rand, Hartsell, Ballance, Jordan, and Cooper.

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Referred to:  Appropriations

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May 4, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EQUALIZE THE SALARIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES WITHIN THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AT A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALARY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-753 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-753.  Additional administrative law judges; appointment; specialization.
The Chief Administrative Law Judge shall appoint additional administrative law judges to serve in the Office of Administrative Hearings in such numbers as the General Assembly provides.  No person shall be appointed or designated an administrative law judge except as provided in this Article.
The Chief Administrative Law Judge may designate certain administrative law judges as having the experience and expertise to preside at specific types of contested cases and assign only these designated administrative law judges to preside at those cases.
The salary of an administrative law judge shall be ninety percent (90%) of the salary of the Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings.
In lieu of merit and other increment raises, an administrative law judge shall receive longevity pay on the same basis as is provided to employees of the State who are subject to the State Personnel Act."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.