A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to adjust the COMPENSATION of members of the general assembly.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Effective upon convening of the 2007 Regular Session of the General Assembly, G.S. 120‑3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120‑3.  Pay of members and officers of the General Assembly.
(a)	The Speaker of the House shall be paid an annual salary of forty‑eight thousand one hundred fifty‑one dollars ($48,151) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of one thousand four hundred thirteen dollars ($1,413) per month. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of forty‑eight thousand one hundred fifty‑one dollars ($48,151) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of one thousand four hundred thirteen dollars ($1,413) per month. The Speaker Pro Tempore of the House shall be paid an annual salary of thirty‑one thousand seven hundred thirty‑nine dollars ($31,739) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of eight hundred thirty‑six dollars ($836.00) per month. The Deputy President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of thirty‑one thousand seven hundred thirty‑nine dollars ($31,739) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of eight hundred thirty‑six dollars ($836.00) per month. The majority and minority leaders in the House and the majority and minority leaders in the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of  twenty‑seven thousand forty‑eight dollars ($27,048) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of six hundred sixty‑six dollars ($666.00) per month.
(b)	Upon convening of the 2007 Regular Session of the General Assembly, every other member of the General Assembly shall be paid an annual salary of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of five hundred fifty‑nine dollars ($559.00) per month.
(b1)	Effective upon convening of the 2009 Regular Session and biennially thereafter, the dollar amounts of salary under subsections (a) and (b) of this section are increased by an amount equal to the average salary increases received by employees of the State, as certified by the Legislative Services Officer.
(c)	The salary and expense allowances provided in this section are in addition to any per diem compensation and any subsistence and travel allowance authorized by any other law with respect to any regular or extra session of the General Assembly, and service on any State board, agency, commission, standing committee and study commission."
SECTION 2.  Effective upon convening of the 2007 Regular Session of the General Assembly, G.S. 120‑3.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	In addition to compensation for their services, members of the General Assembly shall be paid the following allowances:
(1)	A weekly travel allowance for each week or fraction thereof that the General Assembly is in regular or extra session. The amount of the weekly travel allowance shall be calculated for each member by multiplying the actual round‑trip mileage from that member's home to the City of Raleigh by the rate per mile which is the business standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service in Rev. Proc. 93‑51, December 27, 1993.
(2)	A travel allowance at the rate which is the business standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service in Rev. Proc. 93‑51, December 27, 1993, whenever the member travels, whether in or out of session, as a representative of the General Assembly or of its committees or commissions, with the approval of the Legislative Services Commission.
(3)	A subsistence allowance for meals and lodging at the rate of one hundred twenty‑five dollars ($125.00) per day while the General Assembly is in session 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 of Representatives 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 Services 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).
(4)	A member may be reimbursed for registration fees as permitted by the Legislative Services Commission."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.