GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	2 

SENATE BILL 40
Corrected Copy 2/4/97

Short Title:  Limit Legislative Per Diem.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Horton; Carpenter, Carrington, Clark, Cochrane, East, Forrester, Foxx, Garwood, Hartsell, Kincaid, Ledbetter, McDaniel, Page, Rucho, Shaw of Guilford, and Webster.

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Referred to:  Rules and Operations of the Senate.

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February 3, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO END PAYMENT OF LEGISLATIVE PER DIEM FOR THE REGULAR SESSION AFTER JUNE 30.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-3.1(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	When the General Assembly by joint action of the two houses adjourns to a day certain, which day is more than three days after the date of adjournment, the period between the date of adjournment and the date of reconvening shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be a period when the General Assembly is not in session, and no member shall be entitled to subsistence and travel allowance during that period, except under circumstances which would entitle him to subsistence and travel allowance when the General Assembly is not in session.  No member shall be entitled to subsistence and travel allowance during the period beginning July 1 and ending December 31 of each year based on attendance at the regular session."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.