A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT reducing the compensation of the governor, the council of state, and the legislative leadership positions to 1994 compensation levels.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  General Assembly. – G.S. 120‑3(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The Speaker of the House shall be paid an annual salary of thirty‑five thousand six hundred twenty‑two dollars ($35,622) 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‑five thousand six hundred twenty‑two dollars ($35,622) 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 two hundred ninety‑eight dollars ($20,298) 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 two hundred ninety‑eight dollars ($20,298) 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 fifteen thousand nine hundred eighteen dollars ($15,918) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of six hundred sixty‑six dollars ($666.00) per month."
SECTION 2.(a)  Governor. – Effective when the next Governor elected takes office, G.S. 147‑11(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The salary of the Governor shall be ninety‑seven thousand six hundred dollars ($97,600) annually, payable monthly."
SECTION 2.(b)  Council of State. – Effective when the next Council of State elected takes office, the annual salaries for the members of the Council of State, payable monthly, for the 2009‑2010 and 2010‑2011 fiscal years shall be as follows:
	Council of State	Annual Salary
	Lieutenant Governor	$87,000
	Attorney General	87,000
	Secretary of State	87,000
	State Treasurer	87,000
	State Auditor	87,000
	Superintendent of Public Instruction	87,000
	Agriculture Commissioner	87,000
	Insurance Commissioner	87,000
	Labor Commissioner	87,000
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.