NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1186

HOUSE BILL 79

AN ACT TO RAISE THE SALARY OR PER DIEM OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS OF THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-43.1 is amended by deleting from the last sentence the words and figures "forty-five dollars ($45.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifty-five dollars ($55.00)".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 7A-43.2 is amended by deleting from subsection (b) the words and figures "thirty-five dollars ($35.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty-five dollars ($45.00)".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 7A-101 is amended by rewriting the table in subparagraph (a) to read as follows:

"Population                                                                                                              Salary

Less than 10,000........................................................................................      $ 7,000.00

10,000 to 19,999.......................................................................................         7,650.00

20,000 to 49,999.......................................................................................       10,200.00

50,000 to 99,999.......................................................................................       11,500.00

100,000 to 149,999...................................................................................       13,200.00

150,000 to 199,999...................................................................................       15,500.00

200,000 and above.....................................................................................     18,000.00"

Sec. 4.  G.S. 7A-163 is amended by deleting from the last sentence of the second paragraph the words and figures "forty-five dollars ($45.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00)".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 7A-165 is amended by deleting from the second paragraph the words and figures "thirty-five dollars ($35.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty-five dollars ($45.00)".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 7A-172 is amended by deleting the words and figures "six thousand dollars ($6,000.00)", and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "seventy-two hundred dollars ($7,200.00)".

Sec. 7.  G.S. 7-44 is hereby amended by rewriting the first sentence thereof to read as follows: 'Effective July 1, 1969, solicitors shall receive as full compensation for their services fourteen thousand five hundred dollars ($14,500.00) per year, except that solicitors who qualified July 1, 1967, or who qualify July 1, 1969, as full-time solicitors under G.S. 7‑45(6) shall receive sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($16,500.00) per year'.

Sec. 8.  Partial invalidity. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 9.  Effective Date. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act shall become effective July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1969.