Bill Text: NC H461 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Judicial Department Travel Reimbursement
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-15 - Re-ref Com On Appropriations [H461 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H461-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
H 2
HOUSE BILL 461
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/15/13
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Short Title: Judicial Department Travel Reimbursement. |
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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. For purposes of this subsection, the term "official
business" does not include regular, daily commuting between a judge's home
and the court, unless the court is located outside the judge's county of residence.
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.court, unless the court is located outside the judge's
county of residence. 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.
