GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 15

Short Title:        Session Limits.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Rand;  Allran, Apodaca, Berger of Rockingham, Bingham, Blake, Boseman, Brown, Brunstetter, Dannelly, Don Davis, Dorsett, Foriest, Forrester, Garrou, Goss, Hartsell, Hunt, Jacumin, Jenkins, Jones, Kinnaird, Malone, Preston, Purcell, Queen, Rouzer, Rucho, Shaw, Snow, Soles, Stevens, Swindell, Tillman, Vaughan, and Weinstein.
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate.

February 2, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO LIMIT THE LENGTH OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS by limiting per diem to a maximum number of days.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 120‑3.1(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c)       When the General Assembly by joint action of the two houses adjourns to a day certain, which day is more than three days after the date of 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 that period, except under circumstances which would entitle him to subsistence and travel allowance when the General Assembly is not in session. In any odd‑numbered year, no member may receive more than 135 days of per diem on account of the regular session. In any even‑numbered year, no member may receive more than 60 days of per diem on account of the regular session."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.