GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
H 1
HOUSE BILL 461
Short Title: Judicial Department Travel Reimbursement. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Baskerville, Jordan, and Glazier (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Judiciary, if favorable, Appropriations. |
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April 1, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to repeal the restriction on travel reimbursement to superior court and district court judges, district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, public defenders, and assistant public defenders for travel within the county of residence and to make the reimbursement language for those offices consistent.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A-44(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) A judge of the
superior court, regular or special, shall receive the annual salary set forth
in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, and in addition shall be paid the
same travel allowancereimbursement as State employees generally
by G.S. 138-6(a), provided that no travel allowance be paid for travel
within his county of residence. G.S. 138-6(a) when traveling on
official business. The Administrative Officer of the Courts may also
reimburse superior court judges, in addition to the above funds for travel, for
travel and subsistence expenses incurred for professional education."
SECTION 2. G.S. 7A-65(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) The annual salary of:
(1) District attorneys shall be as provided in the Current Operations Appropriations Act.
(2) Full-time assistant district attorneys shall be as provided in the Current Operations Appropriations Act.
When traveling on official business, each district attorney
and assistant district attorney is entitled to reimbursement for his or her
subsistence expenses to the same extent as State employees generally.
When traveling on official business outside his or her county of residence,
each district attorney and assistant district attorney is entitled to
reimbursement for travel expenses to the same extent as State employees
generally. generally under G.S. 138-6(a). For purposes of this
subsection, the term "official business" does not include regular, daily
commuting between a person's home and the district attorney's office. Travel
distances, for purposes of reimbursement for mileage, shall be determined
according to the travel policy of the Administrative Office of the
Courts."
SECTION 3. G.S. 7A-144(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Each judge
shall receive the annual salary provided in the Current Operations
Appropriations Act, and reimbursement on the same basis as State employees generally,
for his or her necessary subsistence expenses and for travel expenses generally
under G.S. 138-6(a) when traveling on official business
outside the judge's county of residence.business. For purposes of
this subsection, the term "official business" does not include
regular, daily commuting between a judge's home and the court. Travel
distances, for purposes of reimbursement for mileage, shall be determined
according to the travel policy of the Administrative Office of the
Courts."
SECTION 4. G.S. 7A-498.7(c1) reads as rewritten:
"(c1) When traveling on official
business, each public defender and assistant public defender is entitled to
reimbursement for his or her subsistence expenses to the same extent as
State employees generally. When traveling on official business outside his
or her county of residence, each public defender and assistant public defender
is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses to the same extent as State
employees generally. generally under G.S. 138-6(a). For
purposes of this subsection, the term "official business" does not
include regular, daily commuting between a person's home and the public
defender's office. Travel distances, for purposes of reimbursement for mileage,
shall be determined according to the travel policy of the Administrative Office
of the Courts."
SECTION 5. This act becomes effective July 1, 2013.