A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to count service as a deputy clerk or as a magistrate in determining longevity pay for clerks of superior court.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑101 reads as rewritten:
"(c)	In lieu of merit and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, a clerk of superior court shall receive as longevity pay an amount equal to four and eight‑tenths percent (4.8%) of the clerk's annual salary payable monthly after five years of service, nine and six‑tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service, fourteen and four‑tenths percent (14.4%) after 15 years of service, and nineteen and two‑tenths percent (19.2%) after 20 years of service. Service shall mean service in the elective position of clerk of superior court, as an assistant clerk of  court, as a supervisor of clerks of superior court with the Administrative Office of the  Courts, as an acting clerk, as a deputy clerk, and as a magistrate. Service shall also mean service as a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice or as a district attorney."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.