A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize a weekly travel allowance for appellate judges.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑10(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The Chief Justice and each of the associate justices shall receive the annual salary provided in Current Operations Appropriations Act. Each justice is entitled to reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses at the rate allowed State employees generally. In addition, each justice shall be paid a weekly travel allowance for each week the court is in session. The weekly travel allowance shall be calculated for each justice by multiplying the actual round‑trip mileage from that justice's home to the city of Raleigh at the rate allowed State employees generally."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 7A‑18(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The Chief Judge and each associate judge of the Court of Appeals shall receive the annual salary provided in the Current Operations Appropriations Act. Each judge is entitled to reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses at the rate allowed State employees generally. In addition, each judge shall be paid a weekly travel allowance for each week the court is in session. The weekly travel allowance shall be calculated for each judge by multiplying the actual round‑trip mileage from that judge's home to the city of Raleigh by the rate allowed State employees generally."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.