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The Daily Bulletin: 2019-10-23
PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS
H 231 (2019-2020) UNC & COMM. COLL. PAY /RETIREE BONUS. (NEW) Filed Feb 27 2QV),AN ACT CONSISTENT WITH HOUSE
BILL 966 OF THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED SALARY
INCREASES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM AND THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM AND TO PROVIDE ONE-TIME COST-OF-LIVING SUPPLEMENTS FOR RETIREES OF THE TEACHERS' AND
STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE CONSOLIDATED JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AND THE LEGISLATIVE
RE TIREMENT SYSTEM.
Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes. Deletes the provisions of the previous edition and
replaces it with the following.
Part I.
Appropriates, effective July 1, 2019, $12.4 million for 2019-20 and $24.8 million for 2020-21 from the General Fund to the
North Carolina Community College System to provide legislative mandated salary increases for State-funded employees.
Appropriates, effective July 1, 2019, $15 million in recurring funds for 20 19-20 and $30 million in recurring funds for 2020-21
from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to provide legislatively mandated salary increases for State employees.
Appropriates, effective July 1, 2019, $6 million in recurring funds for 2019-20 and $1 1,433,413 for 2020-21 from the General
Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to provide funds for faculty retention in the UNC system.
Part II.
Allows the community college boards of trustees to provide personnel a salary increase, for the 2019-2021 biennium,
according to the policies adopted by the State Board of Community Colleges (State Board). Allows compensation increase
funds to be used for merit pay, across-the-board increases, recruitment bonuses, retention increases, and any other
compensation increase pursuant to policies adopted by the State Board. Requires the State Board to report to the NCGA and
specified division on the use of these funds by March 1. 2020. and March 1. 2021 . Effective July 1 . 2019, sets the minimum
salaries for nine-month, full-time curriculum community college faculty for 2019-2021 at the specified amounts, which vary
according to education level. Requires the pro rata hourly rate of the minimum salary for each education level to be used to
determine the minimum salary for part-time faculty members.
Part III.
Allows the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) to provide employees with salary increases, for the 2019-2021 biennium,
according to policies adopted by the BOG. Allows compensation increase funds to be used for merit pay, across-the-board
increases, recruitment bonuses, retention increases, and any other compensation increase according to those policies. Requires
the BOG to report to the NCGA and specified division on the compensation increases by March 1 . 2020. and March 1 . 202 1 .
Part IV.
Awards a one-time additional five days of annual leave, credited on July 1, 2019. to any person who is (1) a full-time
permanent employee of UNC or a community college institution on July I, 2019, and (2) eligible to earn annual leave.
Provides for the accounting of the leave and requires that it remain available during the length of the employee's employment.
Provides for prorating the amount given to part-time permanent employees. Specifies that this additional leave has no cash
value and cannot be cashed in. Requires that any vacation leave remaining on December 31 of each year in excess of 30 days
be reduced by the number of days awarded in this section that were actually used by the employee during the year, such that
the calculation of vacation leave days that would convert to sick leave reflects a deduction of those days of special annual
leave awarded in this section that were used by the employee during the year. Provides that the number of days awarded that
carry forward equals the number of days awarded in this section remaining on December 31 of each year plus the number of
days awarded in this section that were deducted from vacation leave in excess of 30 days for the calculation of sick leave.
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