GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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SENATE DRS15068-LL-29  (01/13)

Short Title:        Clerk of Court Longevity.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Cook (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the provisions for longevity pay for clerks of superior court.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑101(c) reads as rewritten:

"(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, nineteen and two‑tenths percent (19.2%) after 20 years of service, and twenty‑four percent (24%) after 25 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, judge, or magistrate of the General Court of Justice orJustice, as a district attorney.attorney, or as probation or parole officer."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2015.