| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund to 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway Patrol the 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | sum of forty million four hundred eighty-two thousand four hundred eighty dollars ($40,482,480) 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | in each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to establish the pay scales set forth in this act. 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2025, the law enforcement officers of the State 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salary schedule: 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | Years of Experience 2025-2027 Biennium 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | 0 $56,000 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | 1 $62,125 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | 2 $68,250 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | 3 $75,375 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | 4 $80,500 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | 5 $86,625 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | 6 $92,750 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | 7 $98,875 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | 8+ $105,000 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | SECTION 3. Effective July 1, 2025, Sworn State Highway Patrol employees who 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | are not subject to an experience-based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following rates 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | by rank: 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | Rank 2025-2027 Biennium 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | Sergeant $120,750 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | First Sergeant $132,825 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | Lieutenant $146,108 27 |
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| 39 | 40 | | Captain $160,718 28 |
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| 40 | 41 | | Major $176,790 29 |
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| 41 | 42 | | Lieutenant Colonel $194,469 30 |
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| 42 | 43 | | Deputy Commander $204,193 31 |
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| 43 | 44 | | Colonel $224,612 32 |
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| 44 | 45 | | SECTION 4. Unless otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law. 33 |
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