North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H550 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 550
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH40243-MC-1
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5	6
6	7
7	8		Short Title: Modify Mileage and Per Diem. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors: Representatives Logan, Carney, Prather, and Roberson (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11		-	March 31, 2025
12		-	H550 -v-1
	9	+	Sponsors: Representative Logan.
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRH40243 -MC-1
13	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	14		AN ACT TO SET 2027 LEGISLATOR MILEAGE AND PER DIEM AT 2025 FEDERAL 2
15	15		RATES. 3
16	16		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
17	17		SECTION 1. Effective upon the convening of the 2027 General Assembly and 5
18	18		applicable to travel occurring on or after that date, G.S. 120-3.1(a) reads as rewritten: 6
19	19		"(a) In addition to compensation for their services, members of the General Assembly 7
20	20		shall be paid the following allowances: 8
21	21		(1) A weekly travel allowance for each week or fraction thereof that the General 9
22	22		Assembly is in regular or extra session. The amount of the weekly travel 10
23	23		allowance shall be calculated for each member by multiplying the actual 11
24	24		round-trip mileage from that member's home to the City of Raleigh by the rate 12
25	25		per mile which is the business standard mileage rate set by the Internal 13
26	26		Revenue Service in Rev. Proc. 93-51, December 27, 1993.IR-2023-239, 14
27	27		Notice 2024-8, December 14, 2023. 15
28	28		(2) A travel allowance at the rate which is the business standard mileage rate set 16
29	29		by the Internal Revenue Service in Rev. Proc. 93-51, December 27, 1993, 17
30	30		IR-2023-239, Notice 2024-8, December 14, 2023, whenever the member 18
31	31		travels, whether in or out of session, as a representative of the General 19
32	32		Assembly or of its committees or commissions, with the approval of the 20
33	33		Legislative Services Commission. 21
34	34		(3) A subsistence allowance for meals and lodging at a daily rate equal to the 22
35	35		maximum per diem rate for federal employees traveling to Raleigh, North 23
36	36		Carolina, as set out at 58 Federal Register 67959 (December 22, 1993), 89 24
37	37		Federal Register 67093 (August 19, 2024), while the General Assembly is in 25
38	38		session and, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, while the 26
39	39		General Assembly is not in session when, with the approval of the Speaker of 27
40	40		the House of Representatives in the case of Representatives or the President 28
41	41		Pro Tempore of the Senate in case of Senators, the member is: 29
42	42		a. Traveling as a representative of the General Assembly or of its 30
43	43		committees or commissions, or 31
44	44		b. Otherwise in the service of the State. 32
45	45		A member who is authorized to travel, whether in or out of session, 33
46	46		within the United States outside North Carolina, may elect to receive, in lieu 34
47		-	of the amount provided in the preceding paragraph, a subsistence allowance 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48		-	Page 2 House Bill 550-First Edition
49		-	of twenty-six dollars ($26.00) a day for meals, plus actual expenses for 1
50		-	lodging when evidenced by a receipt satisfactory to the Legislative Services 2
51		-	Officer, the latter not to exceed the maximum per diem rate for federal 3
52		-	employees traveling to the same place, as set out at 58 Federal Register 4
53		-	67950-67964 (December 22, 1993) and at 59 Federal Register 23702-23709 5
54		-	(May 6, 1994).89 Federal Register 67093 (August 19, 2024). 6
55		-	(4) A member may be reimbursed for registration fees as permitted by the 7
56		-	Legislative Services Commission." 8
57		-	SECTION 2. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 9
58		-	law. 10
	47	+	of the amount provided in the preceding paragraph, a subsistence allowance 35
	48	+	of twenty-six dollars ($26.00) a day for meals, plus actual expenses for 36
	49	+	H.B. 550
	50	+	Mar 26, 2025
	51	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	52	+	Page 2 DRH40243-MC-1
	53	+	lodging when evidenced by a receipt satisfactory to the Legislative Services 1
	54	+	Officer, the latter not to exceed the maximum per diem rate for federal 2
	55	+	employees traveling to the same place, as set out at 58 Federal Register 3
	56	+	67950-67964 (December 22, 1993) and at 59 Federal Register 23702-23709 4
	57	+	(May 6, 1994).89 Federal Register 67093 (August 19, 2024). 5
	58	+	(4) A member may be reimbursed for registration fees as permitted by the 6
	59	+	Legislative Services Commission." 7
	60	+	SECTION 2. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 8
	61	+	law. 9