A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to provide a one‑time, holiday bonus to teachers and state employees.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  There is created the Holiday Bonus Compensation Fund (Bonus Fund) to provide a one‑time compensation bonus in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable January 31, 2017, to teachers and to State employees subject to the State Human Resources Act.
SECTION 1.(b)  There is appropriated from the General fund to the Bonus Fund for the 2016‑2017 fiscal year the sum of two hundred sixty‑eight million four hundred fifteen thousand one hundred sixty‑five dollars ($268,415,165) in nonrecurring fund for the purposes of this act.
SECTION 1.(c)  There is appropriated from the Highway Fund to the Bonus Fund for the 2016‑2017 fiscal year the sum of seven million two hundred ten million nine hundred thirty‑five dollars ($7,210,935) in nonrecurring funds for the purposes of this act.
SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding G.S. 135‑1(7a) and G.S. 135‑53(5), the bonuses awarded under this act are not compensation under Chapter 135 of the General Statutes.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.