GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 829

Short Title:  Utilities/Industrial Commission Salaries.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand and Hobbs.

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Referred to:  Appropriations

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April 25, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE SALARIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION AND THE NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 62-10(h) reads as rewritten:
"(h)	The salary of each commissioner shall be the same as that fixed from time to time for judges of the superior court except that the commissioner designated as chairman shall receive one thousand dollars ($1,000) additional per annum. In lieu of merit and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, each commissioner, including the commissioner designated as chairman, shall receive as longevity pay an amount equal to four and eight-tenths percent (4.8%) of the annual salary set forth in the Current Operations Appropriations Act payable monthly after five years of service, and nine and six-tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service. 'Service' means service as a member of the Utilities Commission."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 97-78(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The salaries of each commissioner shall be the same as that fixed from time to time for judges of the superior court except that the commissioner designated as chairman shall receive one thousand dollars ($1,000) additional per annum. In lieu of merit and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, each commissioner, including the commissioner designated as chairman, shall receive as longevity pay an amount equal to four and eight-tenths percent (4.8%) of the annual salary set forth in the Current Operations Appropriations Act payable monthly after five years of service, and nine and six-tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service. 'Service' means service as a member of the Industrial Commission."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.