GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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SENATE BILL 171

Short Title:  Longevity for ADAs and APDs.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand; Carpenter, Cooper, Kinnaird, Miller, Perdue, and Soles.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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February 25, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LONGEVITY FOR ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-65(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	In lieu of merit and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, an assistant district attorney shall receive as longevity pay an amount equal to four and eight-tenths percent (4.8%) of the annual salary set forth in the Current Operations Appropriations Act payable monthly after five years of service, nine and six-tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service, fourteen and four-tenths percent (14.4%) after 15 years of service, and nineteen and two-tenths percent (19.2%) after 20 years of service.  "Service"means service as an assistant district attorney or as a district attorney."
Section 2.  G.S. 7A-467(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	In lieu of merit and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, an assistant public defender shall receive as longevity pay an amount equal to four and eight-tenths percent (4.8%) of the annual salary set forth in the Current Operations Appropriations Act payable monthly after five years of service, nine and six-tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service, fourteen and four-tenths percent (14.4%) after 15 years of service, and nineteen and two-tenths percent (19.2%) after 20 years of service.  "Service"means service as an assistant public defender."
Section 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to provide the additional longevity established in this act.
Section 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.