GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 90

 
 
Short Title:	GA Compensation Tied to State Employees' COLA.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Sutton;  Barefoot, Bonner, Buchanan, Goodwin, Haire, Hall, Tolson, Wainwright, and Weatherly.	
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	
February 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to tie compensation increases for members of the general assembly to pay raises received by state employees generally.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 120‑3.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	 Effective upon convening of the 2003 Regular Session of the General Assembly, every 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. Such increase is determined by the Legislative Services Officer after calculating the average increase after examining acts of the General Assembly affecting the salary of employees of the State. For the 2001 Regular Session of the General Assembly, every member of the General Assembly other than those listed in subsection (a) of this section shall be paid an annual salary of thirteen thousand nine hundred fifty-one dollars ($13,951) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of five hundred fifty-nine dollars ($559.00) per month."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.