GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 577

Short Title:  Clerks' Salary in Budget Act.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Jordan.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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March 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALARY OF CLERKS OF COURT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE CURRENT OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-101 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-101. Compensation.
(a)	The clerk of superior court is a full-time employee of the State and shall receive 

					
the annual salary set by the General Assembly in the Current Operations Appropriations Act.
	(b)	The clerk shall receive no fees or commission by virtue of his office. The salary set forth in the Current Operations Appropriations Act is the clerk's sole official compensation, but if, on June 30, 1975, the salary of a particular clerk, by reason of previous but no longer authorized merit increments, is higher than that set forth in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, that higher salary shall not be reduced during his continuance in office.
(c)	In lieu of merit and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, a clerk of superior court shall receive as longevity pay an amount equal to four and eight-tenths percent (4.8%) of the clerk's annual salary 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 shall mean service in the elective position of clerk of superior court, as an assistant clerk of court and as a supervisor of clerks of superior court with the Administrative Office of the Courts and shall not include service as a deputy or acting clerk. Service shall also mean service as a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice or as a district attorney."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.