GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991
CHAPTER 1011
AN ACT TO EQUALIZE PER DIEM PAYMENTS FOR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARD MEMBERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 93B-5(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Board members shall
receive as compensation for their services per diem not to exceed thirty-five
dollars ($35.00) one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each day during
which they are engaged in the official business of the board."
Sec. 2. G.S. 90-133 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90-133. Fees held by Board; salaries; payment of expenses.
All fees shall be paid in advance to the treasurer of the
Board, to be by him held as a fund for the use of the State Board of
Osteopathic Examination and Registration. The compensation and expenses of the
members and officers of said Board, and all expenses proper and necessary, in
the opinion of said Board, to discharge its duties under and to enforce the
law, shall be in accordance with G.S. 93B-5, shall be paid out of such
fund, upon the warrant of the president and secretary of said Board, and no
expense shall be created to exceed the income of fees or fines as herein
provided. The salaries shall be fixed by the Board, but shall not
exceed ten dollars ($10.00) per day per member, and railroad and hotel
expenses."
Sec. 3. G.S. 90-171.21(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g) Reimbursement. -
Board members are entitled to receive compensation and reimbursement as
authorized by G.S. 93B-5, provided that Board members may receive a per diem
not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) per day for each day during which they are
engaged in the official business of the Board."
Sec. 4. G.S. 90-184 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90-184. Compensation of the Board.
In addition to such reimbursement for travel and other
expenses as is normally allowed to State employees, each member of the Board,
for each day or substantial portion thereof he is engaged in the work of the
Board may receive a per diem allowance, as determined by the Board, not to
exceed thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per dayBoard in accordance with G.S.
93B-5. None of the expenses of the Board or of the members shall be paid by
the State."
Sec. 5. G.S. 90A-56 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90A-56. Compensation of Board members; expenses; employees.
Members of the Board shall receive thirty-five dollars
($35.00) per day for each day actually spent in the performance of duties
required by this Chapter, plus all necessary travel expenses in an amount not
to exceed that authorized under G.S. 138-6(a), (1), (2), and (3) for officers
and employees of State departmentscompensation and be reimbursed for
travel expenses in accordance with G.S. 93B-5. The Board may employ
necessary personnel for the performance of its functions and fix the
compensation therefor, within the limits of funds available to the Board. The
total expenses of the administration of this Article shall not exceed the total
income therefrom and none of the expenses of said Board or the compensation or
expenses of any officer thereof or any employee shall ever be paid or payable
out of the treasury of the State of North Carolina; and neither the Board nor
any officer or employee thereof shall have any power or authority to make or
incur any expense, debt, or other financial obligation binding upon the State
of North Carolina."
Sec. 6. G.S. 93-12(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1) To elect from its
members a president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer. The members
of the Board shall be paid, for the time actually expended in pursuance of
the duties imposed upon them by this Chapter, an amount not exceeding ten
dollars ($10.00) per day, and they shall be entitled to necessary traveling
expenses receive compensation and reimbursement for travel expenses in
accordance with G.S. 93B-5."
Sec. 7. This act becomes effective October 1, 1992.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of July, 1992.
James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives