A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT reducing the compensation of nonelected department heads and other executive branch officials by five percent for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year; cutting the compensation of members of the general assembly by five percent until the convening of the 2005 session; and urging the governor, lieutenant governor, council of state members, and state justices and judges to waive voluntarily five percent of their state pay for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Effective July 1, 2002, Section 32.2 of S.L. 2001‑424 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 32.2.  In accordance with G.S. 143B‑9, the maximum annual salaries, payable monthly, for the nonelected heads of the principal State departments for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year are:
	Nonelected Department Heads	Annual Salary
	Secretary of Administration		$97,013
	Secretary of Correction		97,013
	Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety		97,013
	Secretary of Cultural Resources		97,013
	Secretary of Commerce		97,013
	Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources		97,013
	Secretary of Health and Human Services		97,013
	Secretary of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention		97,013
	Secretary of Revenue		97,013
	Secretary of Transportation		97,013"
SECTION 1.(b)  Section 32.3 of S.L. 2001‑242 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 32.3.  Effective July 1, 2002, 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 2(a).  Effective upon the convening of the 2003 General Assembly, 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-six thousand two hundred forty-three dollars ($36,243) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of one thousand four hundred thirteen dollars ($1,413) per month. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of  thirty-six thousand two hundred forty-three dollars ($36,243) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of one thousand four hundred thirteen dollars (1,413) per month. The Speaker Pro Tempore of the House shall be paid an annual salary of  twenty thousand six hundred fifty-two dollars ($20,652) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of eight hundred thirty‑six dollars (836.00) per month. The Deputy President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be paid an annual salary of  twenty thousand six hundred fifty-two dollars ($20,652) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of eight hundred thirty‑six dollars ($836.00) 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  sixteen thousand one hundred ninety-six dollars ($16,196) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of six hundred sixty‑six dollars ($666.00) 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  thirteen thousand two hundred fifty-three dollars ($13,253) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of five hundred fifty‑nine dollars ($559.00) 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.(b)  This section expires upon the convening of the 2005 General Assembly.
SECTION 3.(a)  The General Assembly urges the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the members of the Council of State, and the justices and judges of the judicial branch to waive voluntarily five percent (5%) of their State pay for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year as a cost reduction to help defray the State's budget deficit.  The voluntary waiver shall be made in writing to the State Controller as provided by subsection (b) of this section.  The State Controller shall notify the Governor and the General Assembly of each pay waiver filed in the State Controller's office. Each waiver shall be a public record.
SECTION 3.(b)  The written voluntary waiver of pay may be made in the form prescribed by this section or it may be made in any format substantially equivalent hereto that contains at least the following information:

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
VOLUNTARY WAIVER OF STATE PAY

I, _________________________________, the undersigned State official, do hereby waive for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year compensation in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of my annual salary as set by the General Assembly. By this waiver I consent to the stated reduction in compensation, and I authorize the State Controller to implement the reduction accordingly, effective July 1, 2002.
This voluntary waiver is made this the ________ day of _____________________, ______.

	BY: ____________________________________
	Signature
	________________________________________
	Office/Title

________________________	______________________
	Authorized Salary	Amount Waived

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.