NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 536
SENATE BILL 224

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 143‑36 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNOR, TO PROVIDE FOR A LONGEVITY, MERIT SALARY INCREASE PROGRAM FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 143‑36 is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of the last paragraph of the Section:
"Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, the State Personnel Director, with the approval of the Council and the Governor, shall be empowered to prescribe uniform provisions for a system of salary increases, together with amounts, time and manner of payment, over and above any maximum hereinbefore authorized with respect to standard salary scales, which increases shall be paid State employees on a basis of a combination of longevity of service and of merit in the performance of duties; provided, however, such increases shall not be taken into account in applying or construing any other portion of this Article relating to annual salary increments."
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective July 1, 1961.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of May, 1961.