A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the wildlife resources commission to increase the salary of employees stationed at the corolla lighthouse.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Wildlife Resources Commission is authorized to, and shall, provide from funds deposited in the Wildlife Resources Fund an increase in annual salary of fifteen percent (15%) to each employee stationed at the Corolla Lighthouse Wildlife Education Center in addition to any other increase authorized by the Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2006.  This increase is justified based upon the remote location of the Center, the scarcity of affordable housing within commuting distance of the Center, and the low salaries of employees stationed there in relation to high housing costs.  This increase shall be awarded to each employee regardless of his/her position within the salary range for the job classification occupied.  Each newly hired or assigned employee of the Center shall be eligible for this increase.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.