NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 86

HOUSE BILL 150

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE FOR EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

 

WHEREAS, Members of the General Assembly necessarily incur many expenses in serving as Members of the General Assembly which expenses they must bear as well as meeting existing obligations at home; and

WHEREAS, living away from home necessarily involves the expenditure of a considerable sum of money for room, board, laundry, dry cleaning, tips, local transportation, parking charges and other expenses; and

WHEREAS, the performance of one's duties as a legislator requires the expenditure of a considerable sum for postage, telephone calls and telegrams; and

WHEREAS, as is well known, the cost of living has steadily risen; and

WHEREAS, the present twelve dollars ($12.00) per day expense allowance is unrealistic and completely fails to reimburse a legislator for his out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of his duties: Now therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (c) of G.S. 120-31, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures "twelve dollars ($12.00)" in the next to the last line and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the maximum amount authorized as subsistence for members of State boards and commissions generally, as provided in G.S. 138-5 (b) (3)".

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect upon its ratification and shall be effective retroactively to the first day of the General Assembly Session in which any change in the subsistence allowance as provided in G.S. 138-5 (b) (3) is made.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of March, 1965.