NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1200

SENATE BILL 916

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 120-3.1 is amended by rewriting subsection (b) thereof to read as follows:

"(b)      Members and presiding officers of the General Assembly shall be paid a weekly travel allowance for each week or fraction thereof that the General Assembly is in regular or special 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 allowed by statute to State employees for official travel.

In addition to the weekly travel allowance provided in the preceding paragraph of this section, members and presiding officers of the General Assembly shall receive travel allowance at the rate allowed by statute for State employees whenever the members or presiding officers are traveling as representatives of the General Assembly or of its committees or commissions, whether in or out of session, when such travel has been authorized by the Legislative Services Commission."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 120-3.1 is further amended by rewriting subsection (c) thereof to read as follows:

"(c)       Members and presiding officers of the General Assembly shall be paid a subsistence allowance in the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for each day of the period during which the General Assembly remains in session.

When the General Assembly is not in session, members and presiding officers of the General Assembly shall be paid a subsistence allowance in the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for each day spent away from home on official legislative business when traveling as a representative of the General Assembly or of its committees or commissions, with the approval of the Legislative Services Commission."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 120-3.1 is further amended by rewriting subsection (d) thereof as follows:

"(d)      Payment of travel and subsistence allowances shall be made to members and presiding officers of the General Assembly only after certification by the claimant as to the correctness thereof on forms prescribed and furnished by the Legislative Services Commission. Claims for travel and subsistence payments shall be paid at such times as may be prescribed by the Legislative Services Commission."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 120-3.1 is further amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(e)       When the General Assembly by joint action of the two houses adjourns to a day certain, which day certain is more than three days after the date of the adjournment, the period between the date of adjournment and the date of reconvening shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be a period when the General Assembly is not in session, and no member shall be entitled to subsistence and travel allowance during such period except under circumstances which would entitle him to subsistence and travel allowance when the General Assembly is not in session."

Sec. 5.  Subsection (b) of G.S. 120-3 is amended to read as follows:

"(b)      The presiding officers of the two houses shall receive as additional compensation twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for each day of the regular session and for each day of any extra or special session. When the General Assembly by joint action of the two houses adjourns to a day certain, which day certain is more than three days after the date of such adjournment, the presiding officers shall not receive the additional compensation provided in this subsection for the period between the date of adjournment and the date of reconvening."

Sec. 6.  G.S. 120-35 is amended to read as follows:

"§ 120-35.  Payment for expenses. — Actual expenses for the joint operation of the General Assembly shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon authorization of the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Expenses for the operation of the Senate shall be paid upon authorization of the President, pro tempore of the Senate. Expenses for the operation of the House shall be paid upon authorization of the Speaker of the House."

Sec. 7.  G.S. 143-8 is amended by striking from line 5 thereof the words "presiding officer of each House" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House."

Sec. 8.  G.S. 120-32 is amended by adding a new subsection to be designated as subsection (8) and to read as follows:

"(8)      Approve or disapprove the authorization for travel for all members of the General Assembly, when traveling as representatives of the General Assembly or of its committees or commissions, when the expenses of such travel are to be paid from funds appropriated to the General Assembly."

Sec. 9.  As used in this act, the term "presiding officer" shall not include the Lieutenant Governor after December 31, 1972.

Sec. 10.  This act shall take effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.