GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
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HOUSE BILL 71
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Short Title: Legislator Subsistence/Travel Rates - PED. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Hurley, Dollar, R. Turner, and Lucas (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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Referred to: |
Appropriations |
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February 9, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase legislator subsistence and travel allowances to match the 2017 fiscal year General services administration maximum per diem rate, the department of defense maximum per diem rate as revised on June 30, 2016, and the 2016 internal revenue service Business standard mileage rate, as recommended by the Joint Legislative Program evaluation oversight committee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Effective upon the convening of the 2019 General Assembly, G.S. 120‑3.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120‑3.1. Subsistence and travel allowances for members of the General Assembly.
(a) In addition to compensation for their services, members of the General Assembly shall be paid the following allowances:
(1) A weekly travel allowance
for each week or fraction thereof that the General Assembly is in regular or
extra session. The amount of the weekly travel allowance shall be calculated
for each member by multiplying the actual round‑trip mileage from that
member's home to the City of Raleigh by the rate per mile which is the business
standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service in Rev. Proc. 93‑51,
December 27, 1993.IR‑2015‑137, December 17, 2015.
(2) A travel allowance at the
rate which is the business standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue
Service in Rev. Proc. 93‑51, December 27, 1993, IR‑2015‑137,
December 17, 2015, whenever the member travels, whether in or out of
session, as a representative of the General Assembly or of its committees or commissions,
with the approval of the Legislative Services Commission.
(3) A subsistence allowance
for meals and lodging at a daily rate equal to the 2017 fiscal year maximum
per diem rate for federal employees traveling to Raleigh, North Carolina, as set
out at 58 Federal Register 67959 (December 22, 1993), noticed by the
General Services Administration at 81 Federal Register 54805 (August 17, 2016),
while the General Assembly is in session and, except as otherwise provided
in this subdivision, while the General Assembly is not in session when, with
the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the case of
Representatives or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in case of Senators,
the member is:
a. Traveling as a representative of the General Assembly or of its committees or commissions, or
b. Otherwise in the service of the State.
A member
who is authorized to travel, whether in or out of session, within the United
States outside North Carolina, may elect to receive, in lieu of the amount
provided in the preceding paragraph, a subsistence allowance of twenty‑six
dollars ($26.00) fifty‑one dollars ($51.00) a day for meals,
plus actual expenses for lodging when evidenced by a receipt satisfactory to
the Legislative Services Officer, the latter not to exceed either the 2017
fiscal year maximum per diem rate for federal employees traveling to the
same place, as set out at 58 Federal Register 67950‑67964 (December
22, 1993) and at 59 Federal Register 23702‑23709 (May 6, 1994).noticed
by the General Services Administration at 81 Federal Register 54805 (August 17,
2016) for locations within the contiguous United States or the maximum per diem
rate as set out by the Department of Defense at 81 Federal Register 42673 (June
30, 2016) for locations within the United States but outside the contiguous
United States.
(4) A member may be reimbursed for registration fees as permitted by the Legislative Services Commission.
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SECTION 2. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.