GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 1295
     

 
Short Title:	State Employee Pay Periods.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Luebke;  Wainwright, Weiss, and Jeffus.	
Referred to:	State Government.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT providing that state employees earning less than twenty thousand dollars per year shall be paid once every two weeks.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 2 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 126-8.4. Pay periods.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every State employee earning less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per year shall be paid once every two weeks and every State employee earning twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per year or more shall be paid once per month."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 126‑5 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(c9)	G.S. 126-8.4 shall apply to all State employees, including those employees who would otherwise be exempt from this Chapter."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.