NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1969 SESSION
CHAPTER 807
HOUSE BILL 20
AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The appropriations made herein are intended to be for maximum amounts necessary to provide the services and accomplish the purposes described in The Budget. It is the intent of the General Assembly that savings shall be effected where the total amounts appropriated shall not be required to perform these services and accomplish these purposes, and that such savings shall be reverted to the appropriate fund at the end of the biennium.
GENERAL FUND
Sec. 2. Appropriations from the General Fund of the State for the maintenance of the State departments, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes as enumerated are hereby made for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1970, and June 30, 1971, respectively, according to the following schedule:
I. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1969-70 1970-71
The General Assembly............................................... $ $ 1,729,455
Judicial Department..................................................... 20,911,239 23,366,231
Judicial Council..................................................................... 1,165 1,165
Counsel for Indigent Defendants........................................ 894,864 982,269
The Governor's Office...................................................... 455,075 446,406
The Lieutenant Governor.................................................... 18,912 19,267
Department of Administration......................................... 8,330,270 7,085,604
Department of Personnel................................................... 879,713 898,912
Secretary of State............................................................. 217,996 216,375
State Auditor.................................................................... 935,525 1,016,789
Local Affairs Coordination and Long Range Planning......... 250,000 500,000
State Treasurer:
1. State Treasurer....................................................... 270,673 263,900
2. Local Government Commission............................... 135,123 136,873
Department of Justice:
1. Attorney General.................................................... 642,006 646,212
2. State Bureau of Investigation................................ 1,595,177 1,548,622
3. General Statutes Commission................................. $ 18,732 $ 18,870
Department of Revenue................................................. 9,017,850 9,364,709
Department of Tax Research............................................. 146,714 156,349
State Board of Assessment............................................... 144,572 162,432
North Carolina Tax Review Board........................................ 8,460 9,166
State Board of Elections..................................................... 55,120 55,428
North Carolina Courts Commission..................................... 22,500 11,250
Legislative Research Commission........................................ 16,000 16,000
North Carolina Capital Planning Commission......................... 5,000 5,000
North Carolina Capital Building Authority.............................. 5,000 5,000
Governor's Commission on Law and Order......................... 18,375 18,375
Governor's Committee on Employment
of the Handicapped............................................................ 22,200 22,200
Contingency and Emergency:
1. To provide for contingency and
emergency expenditures for any purpose
authorized by law for which no
specific appropriation is made
hereunder, or for which inadvertently
an insufficient appropriation has been
made under this Section. Allotments
are to be made from this appropriation
under the provisions of G.S. 143-12,
or such other statute as may be applicable......... 1,750,000 1,750,000
Department of Administration — Reserve for Law and
Order Action Programs.................................................... 350,000 -
Salary Increases of State Employees
Subject to the Personnel Act........................................ 17,464,726 21,456,560
Salary Adjustments of State Employees.......................... 2,136,677 3,397,676
SUBTOTAL — General Government....................... $ 66,719,664 $ 75,307,095
II. PUBLIC SAFETY AND REGULATION
The Adjutant General:
1. Adjutant General's Office..................................... $ 687,745 $ 699,291
2. Armory Commission................................................. 41,350 42,000
State Civil Air Patrol........................................................... 19,607 19,617
State Civil Defense Agency............................................... 201,282 205,276
Department of Motor Vehicles:
1. Automobile Drivers' Financial
Responsibility Program............................................ 733,364 689,695
Utilities Commission.......................................................... 624,808 630,958
Insurance Department:
1. Insurance Department....................................... $ 1,023,754 $ 1,061,954
2. State Property Fire
Insurance Fund...................................................... 250,000
3. Firemen's Relief Fund................................................. 1,750 1,750
4. Building Code Council................................................ 3,808 3,808
Department of Labor........................................................ 947,514 961,473
Industrial Commission....................................................... 518,476 525,345
State Board of Alcoholic Control...................................... 929,759 899,229
Department of Agriculture:
1. Gasoline and Oil Inspection
Service.................................................................. 150,508 154,146
SUBTOTAL — Public Safety and Regulation....... $ 6,133,725 6,144,542
III. CORRECTION
North Carolina Board of
Juvenile Correction:
1. General Administration......................................... $ 162,765 $ 164.205
2. Stonewall Jackson Training School.......................... 873,588 916,010
3. State Home and Industrial School for Girls —
Samarcand Manor................................................. 853,256 883,553
4. Morrison Training School........................................ 965,001 1,003,411
5. Eastern Carolina Training School............................. 622,949 661,917
6. State Training School for Girls — Dobbs Farm....... 587,477 643.982
7. Leonard Training School......................................... 704,943 744,370
8. Juvenile Evaluation Center.................................... 1,140,522 1,201,471
9. C. A. Dillon School................................................ 444,208 483,278
Fugitives from Justice............................................................ 6,500 6,500
Department of Correction............................................ 19,061,549 21,294,730
Probation Commission................................................... 2,841,254 3,175,545
Board of Paroles........................................................... 1,255,300 1,305,257
SUBTOTAL — Correction................................ $ 29,519,312 $ 32,484,229
IV. PUBLIC WELFARE
Department of Social Services:
1. Department of Social Services........................ $ 22,754,111 $ 25,328,972
2. Child Welfare and Day Care Services.................. 1,484,652 1,536,531
3. Local Confinement Facilities
Improvement Fund................................................. 200,000 -
State Commission for the Blind...................................... 2,182,130 2,429,311
Department of Veterans Affairs:
1. Department of Veterans Affairs............................ $ 673,244 $ 681,539
2. County Service Officers............................................ 94,000 94,000
Confederate Women's Home.............................................. 82,709 84,390
Oxford Orphanage............................................................. 70,250 70,250
Junior Order Children's Home............................................. 63,000 63,000
Central Orphanage of North Carolina.................................. 98,500 98,500
Odd Fellows Home............................................................ 13,500 13,500
Pythian Home..................................................................... 11,000 11,000
Alexander Schools, Inc....................................................... 51,000 51,000
Eliada Homes, Inc.............................................................. 24,000 24,000
Boys Home of North Carolina, Inc...................................... 10,000 10,000
Sipe's Orchard Home, Inc.................................................. 12,593 12,593
SUBTOTAL — Public Welfare.......................... $ 27,824.689 $ 30,508,586
V. EDUCATION
Department of Public Instruction:
1. Administration and Supervision......................... $ 1,447,876 $ 1,468,368
State Board of Education:
1. Nine Months School Fund............................... 423,218,681 465,364,089
2. State Board of Education..................................... 1,133,623 1,368,387
3. Vocational Education......................................... 18,534,229 17,308,983
4. Purchase of Free Textbooks.............................. 11,313,854 8,871,788
5. Vocational Textile School....................................... 215,103 160,663
6. Purchase of School Buses.................................... 3.435,071 3,435,071
7. Division of School Planning..................................... 302,244 309,275
8. Comprehensive School
Improvement Project.............................................. 793,553 795,898
9. Vocational Rehabilitation...................................... 1,928,092 1,939,921
10. Department of Community Colleges —
Equipment......................................................... 6,000,000 1,500,000
11. Instruction and Training for Trainable
Mentally Handicapped Children......................... 2,174,505 2,337,746
12. National Defense Education Program.................... 256,515 262,119
13. Department of Community Colleges................. 34,139,530 42,720,730
14. Program of Education by Television...................... 140.896 142,049
15. Advancement School............................................ 669,011 725,707
16. Professional Improvement of Teachers.................. 611,849 612,741
17. Financial Assistance to Hospital
Programs of Nursing Education............................. 330,000 320,000
State Board of Higher Education:
1. State Board of Higher
Education............................................................ 1.934.310 1.956.086
2. Reserves for Equalization
and Improvement............................................. $ 5,769,456 $ 2.499,354
3. State Education Assistance
Authority.................................................................. 53.500 53,500
Department of Administration —
Reserve for Educational
Benefits — Children
of Veterans................................................................. 975,000 1,000,000
University of North Carolina
(Consolidated):
1. General Administration......................................... 1,391,091 1,424,356
2. University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill:
a. University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.............................................. 22,617,536 24,267,059
b. Division of Health Affairs............................... 9,077,610 10,941,107
3. North Carolina State
University at Raleigh.......................................... 18,476,017 20,101,234
4. University of North Carolina
at Greensboro..................................................... 7,537,155 8,058,874
5. University of North Carolina
at Charlotte......................................................... 3,311,080 3,953,455
6. University of North Carolina
at Asheville......................................................... 1,408,731 1,352,622
7. University of North Carolina
at Wilmington...................................................... 1,547,590 1,627,409
East Carolina University................................................. 9,783,207 10,117,196
North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State University.................................. 4,033,924 4,140,454
Western Carolina University........................................... 4,748,602 4,982,313
Appalachian State University.......................................... 5,629,781 5,910,829
Pembroke State University............................................. 1,581,818 1,680,296
Winston-Salem State College......................................... 1,734,914 1,757,792
Elizabeth City State College........................................... 1,335,030 1,408,227
Fayetteville State College............................................... 1,268,355 1,271,240
North Carolina Central University.................................. 3,730,864 3,866,528
North Carolina Board of Science
and Technology.......................................................... 511,952 514,557
North Carolina School for the Deaf................................ 1,857,464 2,259,890
Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf....................... 851,809 1,230,596
The Governor Morehead School.................................... 1,899,769 1,627,214
Student Loan Funds:
1. Medical Care Commission —
Medical Education................................................. 400,000 400,000
2. State Board of Education —
Teacher Education.............................................. 1,000,000 1,000,000
Department of Archives and History............................... 1,237,580 1,262,970
Tryon Palace — Department of
Archives and History.................................................. 147,132 151,402
State Library:
1. Library................................................................ $ 397,452 $ 405,912
2. State Aid to Public Libraries................................ 1,377,702 1,879,754
North Carolina Museum of Art......................................... 354,455 354,589
North Carolina State Art Society.......................................... 8,000 8,000
North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc............................... 75,000 75,000
North Carolina School of the Arts..................................... 916,409 1,073,684
Old Salem, Inc................................................................... 62,500 62,500
Highlands Biological Station, Inc......................................... 31,050 31,050
Moore's Creek Battleground Assoc......................................... 500 500
SUBTOTAL — Education................................ $625,718,977 $674,351,084
VII. NON-HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION
State Ports Authority..................................................... $ 240,873 $ 243,736
VIII. HEALTH AND HOSPITALS
State Board of Health................................................. $ 8,334,895 $ 8,511,578
Medical Care Commission................................................ 223,312 227,894
University of North Carolina:
1. Memorial Hospital —
Psychiatric Center............................................... 1,252,666 1,367,517
2. Memorial Hospital............................................... 7,507,316 7,954,316
Department of Mental Health:
1. General Administration......................................... 6,112,085 6,823,018
2. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center -
Black Mountain....................................................... 556,903 583,757
3. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center —
Butner..................................................................... 587,107 613,093
4. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center —
Greenville................................................................ 551,203 578,057
5. Dorothea Dix Hospital......................................... 8,683,643 9,122,736
6. Broughton Hospital.............................................. 7,094,393 7,400,456
7. Western Carolina Center..................................... 3,868,940 4,537,085
8. Cherry Hospital................................................... 7,981,692 8,293,841
9. O'Berry Center.................................................... 4,087,196 4,215,128
10. John Umstead Hospital...................................... 6,229,476 6,379,340
11. Murdoch Center................................................ 5,891,198 6,000,073
12. Caswell Center.................................................. 5,496,069 5,700,138
13. Wright School...................................................... 235,379 244,991
Advisory Council on Mental Retardation........................... 220,941 226,450
North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital.................................. 844,885 858,894
North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital............................. 354,725 365,252
North Carolina Sanatorium System:
1. General Administration.............................................. 80,553 82,346
2. North Carolina Sanatorium.................................. 1,888,184 1,929,014
3. Western North Carolina Sanatorium..................... 1,775,129 1,797,325
4. Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium...................... 2,186,007 2,269,197
5. Gravely Sanatorium............................................. $ 881,943 $ 897,939
North Carolina Cancer Institute, Inc.................................... 26,000 26,000
Asheville Orthopedic Hospital........................................... 135,000 135,000
SUBTOTAL — Health and Hospitals................. $ 83,086,840 $ 87,140,435
IX. NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATION
Department of Conservation and Development:
1. Department of Conservation
and Development............................................. $ 8,964,095 $ 8,492,627
2. Kerr Reservoir Development
Commission — Nutbush
Conservation Area................................................... 86,646 80,774
Department of Water and Air Resources........................ 1,284,020 1,341,268
North Carolina National Park, Parkway
and Forests Development Commission........................... 11,292 11,306
Industrial Extension Service —
North Carolina State University at Raleigh......................... 339,221 360,340
Rural Electrification Authority.............................................. 94,295 96,589
North Carolina Recreation Commission............................. 170,867 174,168
Confederate Museum — Richmond, Virginia............................ 200 200
Confederate Cemetery — Raleigh, North Carolina................... 350 350
Garden Clubs of North Carolina, Inc. —
The Elizabethan Garden........................................................ 5,500 5,500
Brevard Music Center........................................................ 25,000 25,000
SUBTOTAL — Natural Resources
and Recreation............................................... $ 10,981,486 $ 10,588,122
X. AGRICULTURE
Department of Agriculture........................................... $ 5,127,453 $ 5,209,393
Agricultural Experiment Station —
North Carolina State
University at Raleigh...................................................... 6,258,011 6,662,095
Cooperative Agricultural
Extension Service — North
Carolina State University at Raleigh................................ 5,729,246 6,099,383
State Soil and Water Conservation Committee.................. 284,533 295,996
SUBTOTAL — Agriculture................................ $ 17,399,243 $ 18,266,867
XII. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS
Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System:
1. Administration..................................................... $ 699,703 $ 716.600
2. Pension Payments to Retired
State Employees.................................................... 367,000 339,000
Law Enforcement Officers'
Benefit and Retirement Fund —
Contributions from General Fund........................................ 25,000 25,000
North Carolina Firemen's Pension Fund............................ 527,587 528,300
Pensions — Confederate Widows...................................... 31,842 28,392
Pensions - Widows of Governors........................................ 15,000 15,000
SUBTOTAL — Retirement and Pensions............. $ 1,666,132 $ 1,652,292
XIII. DEBT SERVICE
Interest on Bonds....................................................... $ 5,994,222 $ 5,677,503
Redemption of Bonds.................................................. 11,780,000 12,080,000
SUBTOTAL — Debt Service............................ $ 17,774,222 $ 17,757,503
XIV. TITLE XIX (MEDICAID)
Reserve for Implementation of Title XIX..................... $ 3,350,000 $ 4,700,000
TOTAL — GENERAL FUND......................... $890,415,163 $959,144,491
HIGHWAY FUND
SECTION 3. Appropriations from the Highway Fund of the State for the expense of collecting revenues, for the service of the highway debt, and for the maintenance of the highway activities, are hereby made for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1970, and June 30, 1971, respectively, according to the following schedule:
I. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Salary Adjustments of Highway
Fund Employees...................................................... $ 932,515 $ 1,311,212
Salary Increases of Highway
Fund Employees...................................................... 9,958,428 11,970,769
SUBTOTAL — General Government................. $ 10.890,943 $ 13,281,981
II. PUBLIC SAFETY AND REGULATION
Department of Motor Vehicles.................................. $ 22,255,321 $ 22,952,676
Transportation Inspection (Utilities Commission)................ 221,250 218,818
Gasoline Inspection Service
(Department of Agriculture).............................................. 476,979 462,437
Coordinator, Governor's Highway Safety Program......... 1,662,973 1,763.953
SUBTOTAL — Public Safety and Regulation..... $ 24,616,523 $ 25.397,884
V. EDUCATION
Driver Training and Safety Education........................... $ 2,552,114 $ 2,472,631
VI. HIGHWAYS
State Highway Commission:
1. Merit Salary Increments.................................... $ 2,622,276 $ 4,363,050
2. Reserve for Contingencies....................................... 500,000 500,000
3. General Administration......................................... 3,556,185 3,527,590
4. Engineering Administration
and Supervision................................................... 7,693,524 7,639,433
5. State Maintenance and Construction:
a. Primary System............................................ 72,288,420 76,718,420
b. Secondary System....................................... 59,923,670 62,678,670
c. Urban System.............................................. 18,597.710 19,712,710
d. Public Service Roads..................................... 1,400,000 1,400,000
6. State Funds to Match Federal Aid
Highway Planning Survey and Highway
Planning Research.................................................. 700,000 700,000
7. State Funds to Match Federal Aid
Construction..................................................... 45,700,000 45,700,000
8. State Aid to Municipalities................................. 11,000,000 11,541,667
9. Employer's Contribution — Retirement................ 5,330,493 5,455,217
10. Employer's Contribution —
Social Security................................................... 3,238,559 3,452,434
SUBTOTAL — Highways................................ $232,550,837 $243,389,191
XIII. DEBT SERVICE
State Secondary Road Bond Interest
and Redemption................................................... $ 12,386,250 $ -
Bond Fund Act of 1965 Interest
and Redemption...................................................... 18,407,000 20,147,000
Highway Bond Anticipation Notes — Interest................ 1,200,000 -
SUBTOTAL — Debt Service............................ $ 31,993,250 $ 20,147,000
TOTAL — HIGHWAY FUND........................ $302,603,667 $304,688,687
Transfers and changes may be made in the Highway Fund from Merit Salary Increments, Salary Increases, and Salary Adjustments to other operating appropriations in the Highway Fund by authorization of the Director of the Budget. Transfers and changes may be made from Reserve for Contingencies to other operating appropriations in the Highway Fund by authorization of the Governor and Council of State. Transfers and changes may be made to and/or from Title VI -3,4,5(a), (b),(c), (d), 6, and 7 by authorization of the Director of the Budget: Provided, Title VI -5(a), (b), (c), (d), shall not be reduced by more than thirty percent (30%) of the appropriations herein stated for State Maintenance and Construction Systems and Title VI-6 and 7 shall not be reduced by more than ten percent (10%) of the appropriations herein stated. In the event that the State revenues accruing to the Highway Fund exclusive of one cent ($.01) gasoline tax for Debt Service exceed the estimated revenues for each year of the biennium, to wit, two hundred sixty-seven million, eight hundred fifty-seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($267,857,500) for the fiscal year 1969-70 and two hundred seventy-seven million, three hundred seventy‑seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($277,377,500) for the fiscal year 1970-71, such excesses may be allocated in the next succeeding year by the Director of the Budget, to increase the appropriations under Titles II and VI-3, 4, 5(a), (b), (c), (d), 6 and 7. Increases in Highway Fund surplus from sources other than revenues may be allocated in the next succeeding year by the Director of the Budget, to increase the appropriations under Titles II and VI -3, 4, 5(a), (b), (c), (d), 6 and 7.
Sec. 4. There is hereby appropriated out of funds available in the various Special Funds sufficient amounts to carry on required activities included under each Fund's operations subject to provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Chapter 143, Article I, General Statutes of North Carolina.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 5. All insurance and all official fidelity and surety bonds authorized for the several departments, institutions, and agencies shall be effected and placed by the Insurance Department, and the cost of such placement shall be paid by the department, institution, or agency involved upon bills rendered to and approved by the Insurance Commissioner.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 6. The appropriation made out of the General Fund for the Department of Correction includes funds to be transferred or paid to the Dorothea Dix Hospital at Raleigh and Cherry Hospital at Goldsboro for care, custody, and treatment of the criminally insane prisoners, and to the North Carolina Sanatorium for care, custody, and treatment of prisoners who have tuberculosis, with the amount of funds to be determined as follows: At the beginning of each month the Dorothea Dix Hospital at Raleigh, the Cherry Hospital at Goldsboro, and North Carolina Sanatorium shall render to the Department of Correction a bill, on the basis of the per capita cost per day for the preceding fiscal year, as may be determined by the Director of the Budget, for the care, custody, and treatment, during the preceding month, of criminally insane prisoners and prisoners who have tuberculosis and who have been transferred from the Prison System to said institutions, and the Department of Correction shall pay such bills monthly.
Sec. 7. Appropriations made herein to the various State agencies for the purpose of purchasing medical, dental, optometric and hospital services, including all services provided under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and for care in homes for the aged, will be disbursed on the basis of rates and fee schedules approved by the Advisory Budget Commission.
Sec. 8. Funds appropriated herein to the State Department of Social Services and in the Special Reserve for the purpose of implementing Title XIX (Medicaid) effective January 1, 1970, are intended to provide for the following:
(a) Persons eligible for services will be limited to (1) public assistance recipients and (2) individuals who are over 65 years of age, or are permanently and totally disabled, or are blind, or are members of families with dependent children, and whose incomes are insufficient to provide necessary medical care, as determined by the Board of Social Services.
(b) The services provided will be limited to hospital care (in-patient and out‑patient), x-ray, laboratory, physicians services (practitioners of medicine or surgery, podiatry, and osteopathy), home health services, nursing home care, drugs, dental care and dentures, optometric services and eyeglasses.
(c) Eligible patients in State mental and tuberculosis hospitals will be included.
(d) The Department of Social Services is designated as the administering agency for a single state plan covering all public assistance categories including aid to the blind.
(e) The State Board of Health will have the responsibility and authority for establishing and maintaining standards for institutions in which beneficiaries may receive services.
(f) Administrative costs, as approved by the Advisory Budget Commission required for the Department of Social Services, the State Board of Health, and the county departments of welfare will be provided from funds appropriated and otherwise available for this program. The non-federal share of the costs of administration in the Department of Social Services and the State Board of Health will be borne by the State. The non-federal share of payments in behalf of patients in mental and tuberculosis hospitals will be borne by the State. The non-federal share of all other program costs will be divided equally between the State and counties.
(g) The Department of Social Services will develop the State Plan for Title XIX to meet State and Federal requirements and establish policies to assure adequate program control subject to the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission.
Sec. 9. The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to transfer, as between the three institutions, the appropriations made in this Act for the North Carolina School for the Deaf, the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, and the Governor Morehead School, and as between the eight training schools under the jurisdiction of the Board of Juvenile Correction, the appropriations made to any of them, when in his opinion it shall be deemed to be in the best interest of the State.
Sec. 10. It is the intention of this Act that, as to new units except those herein authorized, no recommendations for establishment of additional units shall be made by the Department of Community Colleges in the absence of a showing of a clear and urgent need in a particular area of the State. It is the further intention of this Act that it shall be the announced policy of the Department of Community Colleges that, as to capital improvement projects, no construction contracts may be let until it has been clearly established that funds are available for the related permanent equipment.
Funds appropriated herein to the State Board of Education, Department of Community Colleges, to purchase equipment for the Community College Institutions, (Code 18057) shall be permanent appropriations, and unexpended portions of these appropriations shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of the biennium.
Sec. 11. The Director of the Budget shall require that the Highway Fund, other special funds employing personnel, and other operations employing personnel which are designated by the resolution of the Governor and Advisory Budget Commission as self‑supporting operations shall budget as a line item object of expenditure sufficient funds to pay their employer proportion of contributions to the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System as required by the Act creating said system.
No part of the appropriations made in Section 2 of this Act shall be used to supply the State's or employer's contribution for retirement system purposes or Social Security purposes with respect to the compensation of any State employee (1) whose compensation is paid out of receipts of any state institution or agency (other than gifts, including foundation funds), which receipts are deposited in institutional funds for the specific purpose of paying the compensation of such employee or (2) who performs his duties for an operation or activity designated by the Director of the Budget as a self-supporting operation or activity, or (3) who performs his duties for an operation or activity not supported by an appropriation from the State General Fund. In those instances in which an employee's salary is paid in part from the General Fund or from gifts (including foundations) and in part from receipts of the State institution or agency (other than gifts, including foundation funds), which receipts are deposited in institutional funds for the specific purpose of paying part of the compensation of such State employee, the appropriations described above shall be used to pay a portion of the employer's contribution for retirement and social security equal to that proportion of the employee's total salary paid from the General Fund or from gifts (including foundations), and the remainder of the employer's contribution shall be paid from the same sources as supply the remainder of such employee's salary. It is the intent and purpose of this Act that, when retirement system or social security matching funds are required to be made on behalf of the State as an employer in the situations described above in this paragraph, such matching funds to the extent necessary shall be paid out of the funds of the institution or operation or activity described above in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the restrictions in this paragraph, the Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to apply to receipts-supported operations of a central services nature where the payments for services originate from appropriations, to the end that the effective purchasing power of such appropriations shall not be materially reduced as a result of payment of the employer's contribution for retirement and social security. Any question as to the applicability of this paragraph shall be resolved by the Director of the Budget and the Advisory Budget Commission.
Sec. 12. Subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Administration and approved by the Director of the Budget, any State department, institution, or agency of the State is hereby authorized to expend, from appropriations made in this Act, funds to pay the expenses of transporting the household goods and furniture of an employee and members of his household when such an employee is directed by the employing agency to transfer from one location to another.
Sec. 13. Subject to a recommendation of the Director of the Budget, funds not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each year of the biennium 1969-71 may be allotted out of the Contingency and Emergency Appropriation for use by the State Department of Agriculture, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, for a witch weed control program; and, subject to a recommendation by the Director of the Budget, funds not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) each year may be allotted out of the Contingency and Emergency Fund for use by the State Department of Agriculture for payment of hog cholera indemnities.
Of the total amount appropriated herein to the Agricultural Experiment Station, the sum of one hundred one thousand, two hundred fifty two dollars ($101,252) shall be solely for research in the mechanization of blueberry harvesting, and the sum of sixty seven thousand, eight hundred dollars ($67,800) shall be used solely for research in post harvest physiology of fruits.
Sec. 14. Appropriations made herein to the Department of Social Services for the purpose of providing State matching funds to cities and counties for improvements in local jail facilities will be disbursed on the basis of a State plan for such assistance. The State plan shall be developed by the Department of Social Services subject to the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission.
Sec. 15. It is the intention of this Act that the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) unobligated Bureau Reserve Funds held by the State Commission for the Blind be transferred into General Fund Operating Code 16041 during fiscal 1969-70 to support authorized additional expenditures as provided for in this Act.
SALARIES AND WAGES
Sec. 16. The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to transfer from the appropriations for Salary Increases of State Employees Subject to the Personnel Act, such amounts, including the retirement and social security contributions, as may be required to increase salaries in effect on June 30, 1969, for all full-time permanent employees in accordance with a graduated scale of increases ranging from approximately thirteen and nine-tenths percent (13.9%) at the lowest step to approximately seven and one-half percent (7.5%) at higher levels, rounded to conform to the steps in such salary ranges as may be adopted by the State Personnel Board. For an employee whose salary is not equal to a specific pay rate within the present salary schedule, the annual increase will be the amount applicable to the next lower pay rate. The increases hereby provided for shall be based on salaries in effect on June 30, 1969, except that for certain employees whose salaries, by direction of the Governor, were adjusted to the annual rate of three thousand, seven hundred and fifty-six dollars ($3,756) effective April 1, 1969, the increases hereby provided for shall be based on the salaries such employees would have received on June 30, 1969, if such adjustment had not been made. Salary increases hereby provided for shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
Annual Salary % Annual Salary
As of June 30, 1969 Increase As of July 1, 1969
$ 3,024 13.89 $ 3,444
3,168 13.64 3,600
3,336 12.59 3,756
3,468 12.80 3,912
3,636 12.21 4,080
3.804 11.99 4,260
3,984 11.75 4,452
4,176 11.49 4,656
4,380 11.23 4,872
4,584 10.99 5,088
4,812 10.72 5,328
5.040 10.71 5,580
5,280 10.68 5,844
5,556 10.15 6,120
5.832 9.88 6,408
6,108 9.82 6,708
6,408 9.55 7,020
6.708 9.48 7,344
7,044 9.03 7,680
7,380 8.78 8,028
7,752 8.51 8,412
8,124 8.42 8,808
8,520 8.17 9,216
8,940 8.05 9,660
9,384 7.80 10,116
9,852 7.67 10,608
10,320 7.56 11,100
10.848 7.52 11,664
11,376 7.59 12,240
11.940 7.54 12,840
12,528 7.57 13,476
13,128 7.59 14,124
13,800 7.57 14,844
14,472 7.55 15,564
15,192 7.50 16,332
15,936 7.53 17,136
16,728 7.53 17,988
17,556 7.52 18,876
18,420 7.56 19,812
19.344 7.51 20,796
20,292 7.51 21,816
21,312 7.55 22,920
22,368 7.51 24,048
23.472 7.52 25,236
24,648 7.50 26,496
25,884 7.51 27,828
27,180 7.51 29,220
28,536 7.53 30,684
29.964 7.53 32.220
The Director of the Budget is further authorized and empowered to transfer from the appropriations for the fiscal year 1970-71 for Salary Increases of State Employees Subject to the Personnel Act, such amounts, including the retirement and social security contributions, as may be required to increase salaries by an amount equal to two per cent (2% l of the salaries in effect on June 30, 1969, rounded to conform to the steps in such salary ranges as may be adopted by the State Personnel Board.
The Director of the Budget is further authorized to transfer any unexpended balance which may remain, after the provisions of this Section have been fully met, from the appropriations for Salary Increases of State Employees Subject to the Personnel Act, to the appropriations for Salary Adjustments of State Employees.
The provisions of this Section shall be applied to increase salaries paid out of special funds or from sources other than tax revenues; provided, the necessary funds are made available from operations or from sponsoring agents. The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to allocate out of special operating funds, under which personnel are employed, sufficient funds to conform with the provisions of this Section; provided, funds are available or made available by the sponsoring agents.
Salaries for positions which are paid from funds which are partially from the General Fund and partially from sources other than the General Fund shall be increased from the General Fund appropriation only to the extent of the proportionate part paid from the General Fund.
The salary increases for employees whose salaries are paid from receipts received from self-supporting activities shall be contingent upon availability of funds out of receipts, except that for employees whose salaries are paid from receipts-supported operations of a central-services nature, where the payments for services originate from appropriations, the Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to provide for the salary increases of these employees to the end that the effective purchasing power of such appropriations for services shall not be materially reduced.
The salary increases shall not affect the status of eligibility for automatic and/or merit salary increments for which the employee may be eligible for the fiscal years 1969-71 notwithstanding the granting of the Legislative salary increase.
The salary ranges for all employees under the Personnel Act shall be increased, so far as the maximum is concerned to the end that, after the salary increase provided for in this Act is made, every employee will continue to have the same relative position with respect to salary increases and future increments as he would have had if the salary increases provided by this Act had not been made.
The salary increase provided in this Act to be effective July 1, 1969, shall not apply to persons separated from State service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death or retirement, whose last work day is prior to July 1, 1969; and the salary increase provided in this Act to be effective July 1, 1970, shall not apply to persons separated from State service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death or retirement, whose last work day is prior to July 1, 1970.
Sec. 17. The amounts appropriated herein to the State Board of Education for salaries of instructional personnel shall be used to provide salaries according to the Index Salary Schedule established by the State Board of Education and approved by the 1969 General Assembly.
Sec. 18. The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to transfer from the General Fund Salary Adjustment appropriation, and from the Highway Fund Salary Adjustment appropriation to the various departments, institutions and agencies, such amounts as are necessary to support approved salary adjustments made necessary by changes in the labor market which create difficulties in recruiting and holding qualified employees in State Government. These funds are to supplement salary reserve funds in individual operating budgets, and may not be allocated to a department, institution or agency until its appropriate salary reserves are exhausted.
Sec. 18.1. The salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) per annum, and the salaries of each of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court shall be twenty-nine thousand dollars ($29,000) per annum; the salary of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000) per annum, and the salaries of the Judges of said Court shall be twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) per annum; the salaries of the Judges of the Superior Court shall be twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000) per annum; the salary of the Chief Judge of each District Court shall be eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) per annum, and the salary of each District Court Judge shall be seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000) per annum, the salary of each District Court Prosecutor shall be thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000) per annum and the salary of each District Court Assistant Prosecutor shall be eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) per annum. The salary of the Administrative Officer of the Courts shall be twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars ($24,500) per annum and the salary of the Assistant Administrative Officer of the Courts shall be seventeen thousand five hundred dollars ($17,500) per annum.
EFFECTIVE
Sec. 19. The provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Chapter 143, Article 2 of the General Statutes, are re-enacted and shall remain in full force and effect, and are incorporated in this Act by reference.
Sec. 20. If any section or provision of this Act be declared unconstitutional or invalid by the courts, the same shall not affect the validity of the Act as a whole or any part other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
Sec. 21. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 22. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1969.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1969.