GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1438

Short Title:  Legislative Per Diem Reduced.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator McKoy.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 30, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE PER DIEM OF LEGISLATORS LIVING WITHIN FIFTY MILES OF RALEIGH BY THE AMOUNT THAT STATE EMPLOYEES ARE ALLOWED FOR HOTELS ON IN-STATE OFFICIAL TRAVEL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-3.1(a)(3) reads as rewritten:
"(3)	A subsistence allowance for meals and lodging at a daily rate equal to the maximum per diem rate for federal employees traveling to Raleigh, North Carolina, as set out at 58 Federal Register 67959 (December 22, 1993), while the General Assembly is in session(except that for members whose place of residence within the legislative district represented is 50 or fewer miles from the capitol building, the subsistence allowance is reduced by the maximum daily amount that State employees may be reimbursed for in-State overnight lodging under G.S. 138-5) and, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, while the General Assembly is not in session when, with the approval of the Speaker of the House in the case of Representatives or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in case of Senators, the member is:
a.	Traveling as a representative of the General Assembly or of its committees or commissions, or
b.	Otherwise in the service of the State.
		A member who is authorized to travel, whether in or out of session, within the United States outside North Carolina, may elect to receive, in lieu of the amount provided in the preceding paragraph, a subsistence allowance of twenty-six dollars ($26.00) a day for meals, plus actual expenses for lodging when evidenced by a receipt satisfactory to the Legislative Administrative Officer, the latter not to exceed the maximum per diem rate for federal employees traveling to the same place, as set out at 58 Federal Register 67950-67964 (December 22, 1993) and at 59 Federal Register 23702-23709 (May 6, 1994)."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.