A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow members of the Northeastern North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission per diems and mileage rates equivalent to other regional commissions.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 158‑8.2(h) reads as rewritten:
"(h)	Members of the Commission who are State employees shall receive travel expenses as provided in G.S. 138‑6. Other Commission members shall receive per diem of one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day for each day of service when the Commission meets and shall be reimbursed for travel and subsistence as provided in G.S. 138‑5. The Commission may adopt policies authorizing additional per diem of one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day for non‑State employee members' additional days of service including Commission subcommittee meetings or other Commission activities, plus reimbursement for related travel and subsistence as provided in G.S. 138‑5."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.