GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE DRH40053-LB-65  (1/30)

Short Title:        Speaker PT and Deputy Pres PT Salaries.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Blust.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide that the speaker pro TEMPORE and the deputy president pro tempore shall receive the same compensation and allowances as other members.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 120‑3(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)       The Speaker of the House shall be paid an annual salary of thirty‑eight thousand one hundred fifty‑one dollars ($38,151) 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‑eight thousand one hundred fifty‑one dollars ($38,151) 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‑one thousand seven hundred thirty‑nine dollars ($21,739) 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‑one thousand seven hundred thirty‑nine dollars ($21,739) 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 seventeen thousand forty‑eight dollars ($17,048) payable monthly, and an expense allowance of six hundred sixty‑six dollars ($666.00) per month."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective upon convening of the 2011 Regular Session.