NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 204

HOUSE BILL 521

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 127-79 TO PROVIDE THAT THE DAILY MINIMUM PAY OF ANY OFFICER OR ENLISTED MAN OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHILE ON STATE DUTY SHALL BE TWELVE TIMES THE MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 127-79 is rewritten so that the same shall hereafter read as follows:

"§ 127-79.  Rate of Pay for service. — The Governor may, whenever the public service requires it, order upon special or regular duty any officer or enlisted man of the National Guard or naval militia, and the expenses and compensation therefore of such officer and enlisted man shall be paid out of the appropriations made to the Adjutant General's Department. Such officer and enlisted man shall receive the same pay as officers and enlisted men of the same grade and like service of the regular service, provided that no such officer or enlisted man shall receive less than 12 times the minimum hourly wage per day as provided for in G.S. 95-87, that officers and enlisted men when on duty in connection with examining boards, efficiency boards, advisory boards, and courts of inquiry shall be allowed per diem and subsistence prescribed for lawful state boards and commissions generally for such duty. Officers and enlisted men serving on general or special courts-martial shall receive the base pay of their rank. No staff officer or enlisted man who receives a salary from the State as such shall be entitled to any additional compensation other than actual and necessary expenses incurred while traveling upon orders issued by the proper authority."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of April, 1971.