NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 877
HOUSE BILL 220

AN ACT TO REVISE G.S. 7A-101 CONCERNING THE SALARIES OF CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURT AND G.S. 7A-172 CONCERNING SALARIES OF MAGISTRATES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-101(a) is amended by rewriting the first paragraph thereof and the salary schedule therein to read as follows:
"§ 7A-101.  Compensation. — (a) The clerk of superior court is a full-time employee of the State and shall receive an annual salary, payable in equal monthly installments, based on the population of the county, as determined by the 1970 federal decennial census, according to the following schedule:
Population	Salary
Less than 10,000	$ 7,704.00
10,000 to 19,999	8,424.00
20,000 to 49,999.	11,220.00
50,000 to 99,999	12,660.00
100,000 to 149,999	14,520.00
150,000 to 199,999	17,052.00
200,000 to 274,999	18,504.00
275,000 to 349,999	19,800.00
350,000 and above	21,000.00"
Sec. 2.  G.S. 7A-101(b) is amended by rewriting the first paragraph thereof to read as follows:
"At the beginning of each fiscal year the Administrative Officer of the Courts may, in his discretion, authorize an increase in the annual salary of any clerk of superior court, but the salary of any clerk, so increased, shall not exceed the salary set forth in subsection (a) for clerks in the next higher population group. A salary increase for any clerk in the 350,000 and above population group shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the salary set out in subsection (a) for that group."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 7A-172 is amended by deleting "seventy-two hundred dollars ($7,200.00)" from the third line thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "seven thousand, nine hundred and forty-four dollars ($7,944.00)", to raise the maximum salary limit for magistrates so that the section shall read as follows:
"§ 7A-172.  Minimum and maximum salaries. — Magistrates shall receive not less than one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) and not more than seven thousand, nine hundred and forty-four dollars ($7,944.00) per year."
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1971.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of July, 1971.