A Bill to be entitled
AN ACt to appropriate funds for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year to award a five percent legislatively mandated salary increase to employees of the university of north carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  UNC Salary Increase. – There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina (UNC) the sum of one hundred fifty‑eight million nine hundred seventeen thousand four hundred seventy‑five dollars ($158,917,475) in recurring funds for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year to provide a legislatively mandated across‑the‑board salary increase of five percent (5%) for all UNC faculty and staff, effective July 1, 2020.
SECTION 2.  Applicability. – The legislative salary increase provided by this act does not apply to persons separated from service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death, or retirement or whose last workday is prior to June 30, 2020. Payroll checks issued to employees after July 1, 2020, that represent payment of services provided prior to July 1, 2020, shall not be eligible for the salary increase provided for in this act.
SECTION 3.  Miscellaneous. – If any provision of this act and G.S. 143C‑5‑4 are in conflict, the provisions of this act shall prevail.
SECTION 4.  Effective Date. – This act becomes effective July 1, 2020.