GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 97

Short Title:	Legislator Pay Tied to State Employees.  	(Public)
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Sponsors:	Representatives Sutton, Yongue, Bonner (Primary Sponsors); Barefoot, Bridgeman, Buchanan, Goodwin, Kiser, Saunders, and Wainwright.
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Referred to:	Appropriations.
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February 17, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE STATUTE PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATORS TO RECEIVE THE SAME ACROSS-THE-BOARD PAY INCREASES AS STATE EMPLOYEES BEGINNING WITH THE 2001 SESSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-3(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Every other member of the General Assembly shall receive increases in annual salary only to the extent of and in the amounts equal to the average increases received by employees of the State, effective upon convening of the next Regular Session of the General Assembly after enactment of these increased amounts. Accordingly, upon convening of the  2001 Regular Session of the General Assembly, every other member of the General Assembly shall be paid an annual salary of thirteen thousand nine hundred fifty-one dollars ($13,951) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of five hundred fifty-nine dollars ($559.00) per month."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.