A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TEMPORARILY reducing the pay AND PER DIEM of members of the general assembly BY TEN PERCENT and lowering the pay of certain other state officers and employees BY FIVE PERCENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 120‑3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120‑3.  Pay of members and officers of the General Assembly.
(a)	The Speaker of the House shall be paid an annual salary of thirty-four thousand three hundred thirty-five dollars ($34,335) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of one thousand two hundred seventy-one dollars ($1,271) per month. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of thirty-four thousand three hundred thirty-five dollars ($34,335) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of one thousand two hundred seventy-one dollars ($1,271) per month. The Speaker Pro Tempore of the House shall be paid an annual salary of nineteen thousand five hundred sixty-five dollars ($19,565) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of seven hundred fifty-two dollars ($752.00) per month. The Deputy President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of nineteen thousand five hundred sixty-five dollars ($19,565) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of seven hundred fifty-two dollars ($752.00) per month. The majority and minority leaders in the House and the majority and minority leaders in the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of fifteen thousand three hundred forty-three dollars ($15,343) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of five hundred ninety-nine dollars ($599.00) per month.
(b)	Every other member of the General Assembly shall receive increases in annual salary only to the extent of and in the amounts equal to the average increases received by employees of the State, effective upon convening of the next Regular Session of the General Assembly after enactment of these increased amounts, except no such increase is granted upon the convening of the 1997 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Accordingly, upon convening of the 1997 Regular Session of the General Assembly, every other member of the General Assembly shall be paid an annual salary of twelve thousand five hundred fifty-six dollars ($12,556) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of five hundred three dollars ($503.00) per month.
(c)	The salary and expense allowances provided in this section are in addition to any per diem compensation and any subsistence and travel allowance authorized by any other law with respect to any regular or extra session of the General Assembly, and service on any State board, agency, commission, standing committee and study commission."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 120‑3.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	In addition to compensation for their services, each member of the General Assembly shall be paid the following allowances:
(1)	A weekly travel allowance for each week or fraction thereof that the General Assembly is in regular or extra session. The amount of the weekly travel allowance shall be calculated for each member by multiplying the actual round‑trip mileage from that member's home to the City of Raleigh by the rate per mile which is the business standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service in Rev. Proc. 93‑51, December 27, 1993.
(2)	A travel allowance at the rate which is the business standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service in Rev. Proc. 93‑51, December 27, 1993, whenever the member travels, whether in or out of session, as a representative of the General Assembly or of its committees or commissions, with the approval of the Legislative Services Commission.
(3)	A subsistence allowance for meals and lodging at a daily rate equal to ninety percent (90%) of the maximum per diem rate for federal employees traveling to Raleigh, North Carolina, as set out at 58 Federal Register 67959 (December 22, 1993), while the General Assembly is in session and, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, while the General Assembly is not in session when, with the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the case of Representatives or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in case of Senators, the member is:
a.	Traveling as a representative of the General Assembly or of its committees or commissions, or
b.	Otherwise in the service of the State.
A member who is authorized to travel, whether in or out of session, within the United States outside North Carolina, may elect to receive, in lieu of the amount provided in the preceding paragraph, a subsistence allowance of twenty‑six dollars ($26.00) a day for meals, plus actual expenses for lodging when evidenced by a receipt satisfactory to the Legislative Services Officer, the latter not to exceed the maximum per diem rate for federal employees traveling to the same place, as set out at 58 Federal Register 67950‑67964 (December 22, 1993) and at 59 Federal Register 23702‑23709 (May 6, 1994).
(4)	A member may be reimbursed for registration fees as permitted by the Legislative Services Commission."
SECTION 3.(a)  Section 32.3 of S.L. 2001‑424 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 32.3. The annual salaries, payable monthly, for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for the following executive branch officials are:
	Executive Branch Officials	Annual Salary
	Chairman, Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission	 $88,299
	State Controller	 123,574
	Commissioner of Motor Vehicles	 88,299
	Commissioner of Banks	 99,297
	Chairman, Employment Security Commission	 123,417
	State Personnel Director	 97,013
	Chairman, Parole Commission	 80,627
	Members of the Parole Commission	 74,438
	Chairman, Utilities Commission	 110,585
	Members of the Utilities Commission	 99,297
	Executive Director, Agency for Public Telecommunications	 74,438
	General Manager, Ports Railway Commission	 67,217
	Director, Museum of Art	 90,478
	Executive Director, North Carolina Housing Finance Agency	 109,279
	Executive Director, North Carolina Agricultural Finance Authority	 85,947
	State Chief Information Officer	 123,500"
SECTION 3.(b)  G.S. 97‑78(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The salary of each commissioner shall be ninety-five percent (95%) of that fixed from time to time for district attorneys except that the commissioner designated as chair shall receive one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) additional per annum."
SECTION 4.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act are effective when it becomes law. The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 2002. This act expires June 30, 2003.