Bill Text: NC S835 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Legislator Subsistence/Travel - IRS Rate
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-11 - Ref To Com On Finance [S835 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-S835-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
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SENATE BILL 835*
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Short Title: Legislator Subsistence/Travel - IRS Rate. |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Hartsell, Waddell (Primary Sponsors); Bryant and Curtis. |
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Referred to: |
Finance |
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May 11, 2016
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase legislator subsistence and travel allowances to match 2015 IRs rates, 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 2017 General Assembly, G.S. 120‑3.1(a) 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‑205‑137, 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‑205‑137,
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 maximum per diem rate for
federal employees traveling to Raleigh, North Carolina, as set out at 58
Federal Register 67959 (December 22, 1993), 80 Federal Register 52753, September
1, 2015, 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‑nine dollars ($59.00) 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 the 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).80 Federal Register 52753,
September 1, 2015.
(4) A member may be reimbursed for registration fees as permitted by the Legislative Services Commission."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) for the 2016‑2017 fiscal year to be used for legislator subsistence and travel allowances.
SECTION 3. Section 2 of this act becomes effective July 1, 2016. Except as otherwise provided, the remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.
