North Carolina General Assembly 1967 Session

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 1107 SENATE BILL 19

1 AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS OF THE STATE 2 DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 3 4 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: 5 6 Section 1. The appropriations made herein are intended to be for maximum 7 amounts necessary to provide the services and accomplish the purposes described in The 8 Budget. It is the intent of the General Assembly that savings shall be effected where the total 9 amounts appropriated shall not be required to perform these services and accomplish these 10 purposes, and that such savings shall be reverted to the appropriate fund at the end of the 11 biennium. 12 13 GENERAL FUND 14 Sec. 2. Appropriations from the General Fund of the State for the maintenance of 15 the State departments, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes as enumerated are 16 hereby made for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1968, and June 30, 1969, respectively, 17 according to the following schedule: 18 19 I. GENERAL GOVERNMENT 20 1967-68 1968-69 21 The General Assembly $ $ 1,515,900 22 Judicial Department 5,829,892* 13,273,485* 23 Judicial Council 1,165 1,165 24 Counsel for Indigent Defendants 747,830* 816,730* 25 The Governor's Office 311,349* 295,973* 26 The Lieutenant Governor 12,163 12,451 27 Department of Administration 3,815,919* 3,952,799* 28 Department of Personnel 520,282* 529,713* 29 Secretary of State 165,739 169,723 30 State Auditor 491,423 549,996 31 State Treasurer: 32 1. State Treasurer $ 209,138 $ 221,332 33 2. Local Government Commission 115,356 116,303 34 Department of Justice: 35 1. Attorney General 236,287 239,838 36 2. State Bureau of Investigation 675,591* 639,624 37 3. General Statutes Commission 14,787 14,851 38 Department of Revenue 6,946,916* 7,177,783* 39 Department of Tax Research 106,895 116,649 40 North Carolina Tax Review Board 6,480 6,524 41 State Board of Elections 40,612 47,251 42 North Carolina Courts Commission 22,500* 22,500* 43 Legislative Research Commission 16,000* 16,000* 1 North Carolina Capital Planning Commission 35,000 35,000 2 Contingency and Emergency: 3 1. To provide for contingency and 4 emergency expenditures for any purpose 5 authorized by law for which no specific 6 appropriation is made hereunder, or for 7 which inadvertently an insufficient 8 appropriation has been made under this 9 Section. Allotments are to be made 10 from this appropriation under the 11 provisions of G.S. 143-12, or such other 12 statute as may be applicable 1,350,000* 1,350,000* 13 Salary Adjustment Fund 794,075* 1,460,743* 14 Salary Increases — Council of State — 8,000* 15 Subtotal — General Government $ 22,465,399* $ 32,590,333* 16 17 II. PUBLIC SAFETY AND REGULATION 18 The Adjutant General: 19 1. Adjutant General's Office $ 589,981* $ 596,105* 20 2. Armory Commission 51,000 41,600 21 State Civil Air Patrol 18,136 18,352 22 State Civil Defense Agency 159,562 160,778 23 Department of Motor Vehicles: 24 1. Automobile Drivers' Financial 25 Responsibility Program 568,608 603,460 26 Utilities Commission 441,588 442,420 27 Insurance Department: 28 1. Insurance Department 745,564* 766,213* 29 2. State Property Fire Insurance Fund 250,000 250,000 30 3. Firemen's Relief Fund 1,750 1,750 31 4. Building Code Council 3,808 3,808 32 Department of Labor 775,526 795,833 33 Industrial Commission 413,070 439,056* 34 State Board of Alcoholic Control 731,897* 740,972* 35 Department of Agriculture: 36 1. Gasoline and Oil Inspection Service $ 140,957 $ 137,199 37 ______38 Subtotal — Public Safety and Regulation $ 4,891,447* $ 4,997,546* 39 40 III. CORRECTION 41 North Carolina Board of Juvenile Correction: 42 1. General Administration $ 104,432 $ 108,353 43 2. Stonewall Jackson Training School 649,599* 678,809* 44 3. State Home and Industrial School for 45 Girls — Samarcand Manor 609,025* 648,357* 46 4. Morrison Training School 734,063* 755,252* 47 5. Eastern Carolina Training School 451,184* 471,156* 48 6. State Training School for Girls — Dobbs 49 Farm 440,193* 462,811* 50 7. Leonard Training School 516,819* 547,030* 51 8. Juvenile Evaluation Center 891,062* 925,844* 1 9. New Training School 306,359* 366,997* 2 Fugitives from Justice 6,500 6,500 3 Prison Department 14,017,806* 14,566,670* 4 Probation Commission 2,035,068 2,022,525 5 Board of Paroles 816,298 833,620 6 Subtotal — Correction $ 21,578,408* $ 22,393,924* 7 8 IV. PUBLIC WELFARE 9 Department of Public Welfare: 10 1. Department of Public Welfare $ 18,275,468* $ 19,438,170* 11 2. Child Welfare and Day Care Services 1,060,541 1,099,740 12 State Commission for the Blind 1,980,891* 2,011,830* 13 Veterans Commission: 14 1. Veterans Commission 515,072* 522,573* 15 2. County Service Officers 94,000 94,000 16 Confederate Women's Home 68,092 68,554 17 Oxford Orphanage 62,250 62,250 18 Junior Order Children's Home 55,000 55,000 19 Central Orphanage of North Carolina 86,000 86,000 20 Odd Fellows Home 11,000 11,000 21 Pythian Home 11,000 11,000 22 Alexander Schools, Inc. 40,000 40,000 23 Eliada Homes, Inc. 15,000 15,000 24 Boys Home of North Carolina, Inc. 10,000 10,000 25 Sipe's Orchard Home, Inc. 12,593 12,593 26 Subtotal — Public Welfare $ 22,296,907* $ 23,537,710* 27 28 V. EDUCATION 29 1967-68 1968-69 30 Department of Public Instruction: 31 1. Administration and Supervision $ 1,108,049 $ 1,129,153 32 State Board of Education: 33 1. Nine months School Fund 308,415,173* 337,729,476* 34 2. State Board of Education 766,076 769,494 35 3. Vocational Education 10,174,613* 11,457,721* 36 4. Purchase of Free Textbooks 9,867,240 8,613,445 37 5. Vocational Textile School 116,549 114,682 38 6. Purchase of School Buses 2,843,345 2,843,345 39 7. Division of School Planning 207,286 211,117 40 8. Comprehensive School Improvement Project 785,716 785,716 41 9. Vocational Rehabilitation 1,572,848* 1,586,179* 42 10. Department of Community Colleges — 43 Equipment 4,952,058* 1,602,449* 44 11. Instruction and Training for Trainable 45 Mentally Handicapped Children 1,073,067 1,184,304 46 12. National Defense Education Program 241,357 248,395 47 13. Department of Community Colleges 17,884,494* 22,877,148* 48 14. Program of Education by Television 123,405 124,905 49 15. Professional Improvement of Teachers 154,374 155,322 50 State Board of Higher Education: 51 1. State Board of Higher Education 1,161,515* 1,464,740* 1 2. State Education Assistance Authority 30,600* 30,600* 2 Department of Administration — Reserve for 3 Educational Benefits — Children of Veterans 651,334* 650,844* 4 University of North Carolina (Consolidated): 5 1. General Administration 743,715* 770,399* 6 2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 a. University of North Carolina 8 at Chapel Hill 16,650,406* 18,021,743* 9 b. Division of Health Affairs 5,358,867 5,826,362* 10 3. North Carolina State University at 11 Raleigh 13,200,016* 14,080,694* 12 4. University of North Carolina at 13 Greensboro 5,186,556* 5,783,256* 14 5. University of North Carolina at 15 Charlotte 2,168,633* 2,447,200* 16 East Carolina College 7,031,938* 7,701,739* 17 The Agricultural and Technical College 2,977,340* 3,034,478* 18 Western Carolina College 2,712,919* 3,124,815* 19 Appalachian State Teachers College 3,706,731* 4,073,122* 20 Pembroke State College 1,266,208* 1,221/765* 21 Winston-Salem State College 1,313,164* 1,268,190* 22 Elizabeth City State College 906,856* 918,105* 23 Fayetteville State College 1,005,245* 997,790* 24 1967-68 1968-69 25 North Carolina College at Durham $ 2,793,133* $ 2,926,562* 26 Asheville-Biltmore College 968,405* 1,020,126* 27 Wilmington College 975,224* 1,039,175* 28 North Carolina Board of Science and 29 Technology 490,722* 491,687* 30 North Carolina School for the Deaf 1,419,095* 1,508,155* 31 Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf 554,286* 636,680* 32 The Governor Morehead School 1,525,609* 1,610,324* 33 Student Loan Funds: 34 1. Medical Care Commission — Medical Education 300,000 300,000 35 2. State Board of Education — Teacher Education 747,500 800,000 36 Department of Archives and History 963,661* 974,433* 37 Tryon Palace — Department of Archives and 38 History 96,743 100,032 39 State Library: 40 1. Library 269,459* 267,341* 41 2. State Aid to Public Libraries 792,768 794,579 42 North Carolina Museum of Art 347,571 282,240 43 North Carolina State Art Society 7,000 7,000 44 North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc. 75,000 75,000 45 North Carolina School of the Arts 667,194 749,963 46 Old Salem, Inc. 62,500* 62,500* 47 Highlands Biological Station, Inc. 15,150 15,150 48 Moore's Creek Battleground Association 500 500 49 Parkway Playhouse, Inc. — University of 50 North Carolina at Greensboro 25,000* — 51 North Carolina Rhododendron Festival, Inc. 5,000* — 1 North Carolina Apple Festival 2,500* — 2 Department of Administration: 3 1. Reserve for Higher Education — To 4 Replace Contributions by Auxiliary 5 Services to Academic Expense 30,000 30,000 6 Subtotal — Education $ 439,491,713* $ 476,540,140* 7 8 VII. NON-HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION 9 State Ports Authority $ 208,969* $ 208,969* 10 11 VIII. HEALTH AND HOSPITALS 12 State Board of Health $ 6,702,867* $ 6,908,776* 13 Medical Care Commission — Administration 178,257 181,271 14 University of North Carolina: 15 1. Memorial Hospital — Psychiatric Center 881,574* 913,569* 16 2. Memorial Hospital 3,540,093* 3,978,514* 17 1967-68 1968-69 18 Department of Mental Health: 19 1. General Administration $ 3,595,196* $ 4,255,930 20 2. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program 301,271 440,639 21 3. Dorothea Dix Hospital 6,176,675 6,276,322 22 4. Broughton Hospital 5,939,949 5,969,324 23 5. Western Carolina Center 2,605,022* 2,894,294 24 6. Cherry Hospital 6,360,392 6,483,739 25 7. O'Berry Center 3,133,861 3,191,012 26 8. John Umstead Hospital 5,001,461 5,138,556 27 9. Murdoch Center 4,590,430 4,698,688 28 10. Caswell Center 4,150,306 4,235,785 29 11. Wright School 78,277* 145,000* 30 Advisory Council on Mental Retardation 134,211* 135,531* 31 North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital 677,933 679,207 32 North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital 283,941 287,124 33 North Carolina Sanatorium System: 34 1. General Administration 84,412* 83,460 35 2. North Carolina Sanatorium 1,540,884 1,570,223 36 3. Western North Carolina Sanatorium 1,417,979 1,453,148 37 4. Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium 1,787,791 1,824,252 38 5. Gravely Sanatorium 769,460 758,277 39 Asheville Orthopedic Hospital 90,000 90,000 40 North Carolina Cancer Institute, Inc. 26,000 26,000 41 Subtotal — Health and Hospitals $ 60,048,242* $ 62,618,641* 42 43 IX. NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATION 44 Department of Conservation and Development: 45 1. Department of Conservation and Development $ 5,444,652* $ 5,524,719* 46 2. Kerr Reservoir Development 47 Commission — Nutbush Conservation Area 54,321 53,160 48 Department of Water Resources 794,917* 801,794* 49 North Carolina National Park, Parkway and 50 Forests Development Commission 9,916 9,916 51 Industrial Extension Service — 1 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 235,951 287,011 2 Rural Electrification Authority 79,023 80,373 3 North Carolina Recreation Commission 136,677 136,791 4 Confederate Museum — Richmond, Virginia 200 200 5 Confederate Cemetery — Raleigh, North Carolina 350 350 6 Garden Clubs of North Carolina, Inc. — The 7 Elizabethan Garden 5,500 5,500 8 Brevard Music Center 25,000* 25,000* 9 Person-Caswell Lake Authority 25,000* — 10 Subtotal — Natural Resources and 11 Recreation $ 6,811,507* $ 6,924,814* 12 13 X. AGRICULTURE 14 1967-68 1968-69 15 Department of Agriculture $ 3,902,850* $ 4,016,272* 16 Agricultural Experiment Station — North 17 Carolina State University at Raleigh 4,171,027* 4,362,384* 18 Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service — 19 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 4,060,566* 4,187,162* 20 State Soil and Water Conservation 21 Committee 200,706* 201,951* 22 Subtotal — Agriculture $ 12,335,149* $ 12,767,769* 23 24 XII. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS 25 Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System: 26 1. Administration $ 377,952 $ 390,014 27 2. State Contributions 61,553,260* 65,059,826* 28 3. Teachers and State Employees Who 29 Had Attained Age 65 at August 1, 1959 197,000 189,000 30 Law Enforcement Officers' Benefit and 31 Retirement Fund — Contributions from 32 General Fund 68,188 69,125 33 North Carolina Firemen's Pension Fund 517,205 516,779 34 Pensions — Confederate Widows 30,192 21,192 35 Pensions — Widows of Governors 12,000 12,000 36 Subtotal — Retirement and Pensions $ 62,755,797* $ 66,257,936* 37 38 XIII. DEBT SERVICE 39 Interest on Bonds $ 6,295,459* $ 6,293,448* 40 Redemption of Bonds 11,215,000 11,480,000 41 Landscrip Fund 7,500 7,500 42 Subtotal — Debt Service $ 17,517,959* $ 17,780,948* 43 44 XIV. SALARY INCREASES 45 State Employees Subject to Personnel Act $ 6,707,796* $ 6,781,152* 46 TOTAL — GENERAL FUND $ 677,109,293* $ 733,399,882* 47 48 HIGHWAY FUND 49 Sec. 3. Appropriations from the Highway Fund of the State for the expense of 50 collecting revenues, for the service of the highway debt, and for the maintenance of the 1 highway activities, are hereby made for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1968, and June 30, 2 1969, respectively, according to the following schedule: 3 4 I. GENERAL GOVERNMENT 5 1967-68 1968-69 6 Salary Adjustments — Highway Fund Employees $ 150,000* $ 350,000* 7 8 II. PUBLIC SAFETY AND REGULATION 9 Department of Motor Vehicles $ 18,669,933* $ 19,440,263* 10 Transportation Inspection (Utilities 11 Commission) 202,247 201,469 12 Gasoline Inspection Service (Department 13 of Agriculture) 367,168 365,108 14 Subtotal — Public Safety and Regulation $ 19,239,348* $ 20,006,840* 15 16 V. EDUCATION 17 Driver Training and Safety Education $ 2,044,389 $ 2,201,987 18 19 VI. HIGHWAYS 20 State Highway Commission: 21 1. Merit Salary Increments $ 1,909,630 $ 3,306,451* 22 2. Reserve for Contingencies 965,819* 939,017* 23 3. General Administration 2,989,954 3,007,675* 24 4. Engineering Administration and 25 Supervision 7,038,571* 6,962,790* 26 5. State Maintenance and Construction: 27 a. Primary System 33,000,000 36,000,000 28 b. Secondary System 50,300,000* 52,729,205* 29 c. Urban System 6,700,000 7,300,000 30 d. Public Service Roads 1,300,000 1,330,000 31 6. State Funds to Match Federal Aid 32 Highway Planning Survey and Highway 33 Planning Research 521,666 521,666 34 7. State Funds to Match Federal Aid 35 Construction 35,300,000 37,500,000 36 8. State Aid to Municipalities 9,937,500 10,265,000 37 Subtotal — Highways $ 149,963,140* $ 159,861,804* 38 39 XII. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS 40 Contributions to Retirement System — 41 Salary Adjustments $ 20,000* $ 40,000* 42 Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement 43 System: 44 Contribution from Highway Fund — 45 Salary Increases 438,758* 448,121* 46 Contribution from State Highway 47 Commission 7,023,033* 7,327,909* 48 Subtotal — Retirement and Pensions $ 7,481,791* $ 7,816,030* 49 50 XIII. DEBT SERVICE 51 1967-68 1968-69 1 Interest on and Redemption of 2 Highway Bonds $ 32,178,187 $ 32,468,250 3 4 XIV. SALARY INCREASES 5 Salary Increases for Highway 6 Fund Employees $ 4,157,580* $ 4,180,273* 7 TOTAL — HIGHWAY FUND $ 215,214,435* $ 226,885,184* 8 9 Transfers and changes may be made in the Highway Fund from Merit Salary Increments, 10 Salary Increases, Salary Adjustments, Contribution to Retirement System — Salary Increases, 11 and Contribution to Retirement System — Salary Adjustments to other operating 12 appropriations in the Highway Fund by authorization of the Director of the Budget. Transfers 13 and changes may be made from Reserve for Contingencies to other operating appropriations in 14 the Highway Fund by authorization of the Governor and Council of State. Transfers and 15 changes may be made to and/ or from Title VI — 3, 4, 5(a), (b), (c), (d), 6 and 7 by 16 authorization of the Director of the Budget: PROVIDED, Title VI — 5(a), (b), (c), (d), 6 or 7 17 shall not be reduced by more than ten per cent (10%). 18 In the event that the revenues accruing to the Highway Fund exclusive of one cent 19 (1¢) gasoline tax for Debt Service, exceed the estimated revenues for each year of the 20 biennium, to wit, one hundred eighty-one million, five hundred fifteen thousand dollars 21 ($181,515,000) for the fiscal year 1967-68 and one hundred eighty-nine million, six hundred 22 seventy-eight thousand dollars ($189,678,000) for the fiscal year 1968-69, such excesses may 23 be allocated in the next succeeding year by the Director of the Budget, to increase the 24 appropriations under Titles II and VI — 3, 4, 5(a), (b), (c), (d), 6 and 7. Increases in Highway 25 Fund surplus from sources other than revenues may be allocated in the next succeeding year by 26 the Director of the Budget, to increase the appropriations under Titles II and VI — 3, 4, 5(a), 27 (b), (c), (d), 6 and 7. 28 Sec. 4. There is hereby appropriated out of funds available in the various Special 29 Funds sufficient amounts to carry on required activities included under each Fund's operations 30 subject to provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Chapter 143, Article I, General Statutes of 31 North Carolina. 32 GENERAL PROVISIONS 33 Sec. 5. All insurance and all official fidelity, and surety bonds authorized for the 34 several departments, institutions, and agencies shall be effected and placed by the Insurance 35 Department, and the cost of such placement shall be paid by the department, institution, or 36 agency involved upon bills rendered to and approved by the Insurance Commissioner. 37 38 SPECIAL PROVISIONS 39 Sec. 6. The appropriation made out of the General Fund for the Prison Department 40 includes funds to be transferred or paid to the Dorothea Dix Hospital at Raleigh and Cherry 41 Hospital at Goldsboro for care, custody, and treatment of the criminally insane prisoners, and to 42 the North Carolina Sanatorium for care, custody, and treatment of prisoners who have 43 tuberculosis; with the amount of funds to be determined as follows: At the beginning of each 44 month the Dorothea Dix Hospital at Raleigh, the Cherry Hospital at Goldsboro, and North 45 Carolina Sanatorium shall render to the Prison Department a bill, on the basis of the per capita 46 cost per day for the preceding fiscal year, as may be determined by the Director of the Budget, 47 for the care, custody, and treatment, during the preceding month, of criminally insane prisoners 48 and prisoners who have tuberculosis and who have been transferred from the Prison System to 49 said institutions, and the Prison Department shall pay such bills monthly. 50 Sec. 7. Appropriations made herein to the various State agencies for the purpose of 51 purchase of medical, dental, and optometric care, services and treatment, including 1 hospitalization, will be disbursed on the basis of fee schedules and rates approved by the 2 Advisory Budget Commission. 3 Sec. 8. The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to transfer, as 4 between the three institutions, the appropriations made in this Act for the North Carolina 5 School for the Deaf, the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, and the Governor 6 Morehead School, when in his opinion it shall be deemed to be in the best interest of the State. 7 Sec. 9. Funds appropriated herein to the State Board of Education to provide for 8 additional teachers and/or for specified purposes shall be used for those purposes, and may not 9 be diverted to any other use, except in emergency situations as determined by the Governor and 10 the Advisory Budget Commission. 11 Sec. 10. It is the intention of this Act that, as to new units except those herein 12 authorized, no recommendations for establishment of additional units shall be made by the 13 Department of Community Colleges in the absence of a showing of a clear and urgent need in a 14 particular area of the State, to the end that during the 1969-71 biennium adequate support may 15 be provided for equipping and upgrading the operations, and for providing State matching 16 funds for capital improvements, at existing institutions. 17 It is the further intention of this Act that it shall be the announced policy of the 18 Department of Community Colleges that, as to capital improvement projects, no construction 19 contracts may be let until it has been clearly established that funds are available for the related 20 permanent equipment. 21 In order to assure a fair and equitable apportionment of teaching salary funds to 22 each institution of the Community College System, the funds appropriated to the State Board of 23 Education, Department of Community Colleges, (Budget Code 18062) in this Act may be used 24 by the State Board of Education to establish a State-wide salary schedule making available to 25 each institution an average curriculum teacher salary for 12 months service of eight thousand 26 nine hundred dollars ($8,900) in fiscal year 1967-68 and of nine thousand six hundred dollars 27 ($9,600) in fiscal year 1968-69, or so near such State-wide average salary each year as may be 28 possible within the funds herein appropriated for operation of the institutions of the Community 29 College System. 30 Sec. 11. The Director of the Budget shall require that the Highway Fund, other 31 special funds employing personnel, and other operations employing personnel and which are 32 designated by the resolution of the Governor and Advisory Budget Commission as self- 33 supporting operations shall budget as a line item object of expenditure sufficient funds to pay 34 their employer proportion of contributions to the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement 35 System as required by the Act creating said system. 36 No part of the appropriation made in Section 2 of this Act to the Teachers' and State 37 Employees' Retirement System as "contributions" under Title XII-2 shall be used to supply the 38 State's or employer's contribution for retirement system purposes or Social Security purposes 39 with respect to the compensation of any State employee (1) whose compensation is paid out of 40 receipts of any state institution or agency (other than gifts, including foundation funds), which 41 receipts are deposited in institutional funds for the specific purpose of paying the compensation 42 of such employee, or (2) who performs his duties for an operation or activity designated by the 43 Director of the Budget as a self-supporting operation or activity, or (3) who performs his duties 44 for an operation or activity not directly supported by an appropriation from the State General 45 Fund. In those instances in which an employee's salary is paid in part from the General Fund or 46 from gifts (including foundations) and in part from receipts of the State institution or agency 47 (other than gifts, including foundation funds), which receipts are deposited in institutional 48 funds for the specific purpose of paying part of the compensation of such State employee, the 49 appropriation described above shall be used to pay a portion of the employer's contribution for 50 retirement and social security equal to that proportion of the employee's total salary paid from 51 the General Fund or from gifts (including foundations), and the remainder of the employer's 1 contribution shall be paid from the same sources as supply the remainder of such employee's 2 salary. It is the intent and purpose of this Act that, when retirement system or social security 3 matching funds are required to be made on behalf of the State as an employer in the situations 4 described above in this paragraph, such matching funds to the extent necessary shall be paid out 5 of the funds of the institution or operation or activity described above in this paragraph. Any 6 question as to the applicability of this paragraph shall be resolved by the Director of the Budget 7 and the Advisory Budget Commission. 8 Sec. 12. Subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of 9 Administration and approved by the Director of the Budget any State department, institution, or 10 agency of the State is hereby authorized to expend, from appropriations made in this Act, funds 11 to pay the expenses of transporting the household goods and furniture of an employee and 12 members of his household when such an employee is directed by the employing agency to 13 transfer from one location to another. 14 Sec. 13. Subject to a recommendation of the Advisory Budget Commission, funds 15 not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each year of the biennium 1967-69 16 may be allotted out of the Contingency and Emergency Appropriation for use by the State 17 Department of Agriculture, North Carolina Experiment Station, and the U.S. Department of 18 Agriculture, for a witch weed control program; and, subject to a recommendation by the 19 Advisory Budget Commission, funds not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) each year 20 may be allotted out of the Contingency and Emergency Fund for use by the State Department 21 of Agriculture for payment of hog cholera indemnities. 22 23 SALARIES AND WAGES 24 Sec. 14. The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to transfer from 25 the appropriations for salary increases of State employees subject to the Personnel Act, such 26 sums as may be required to increase salaries in effect on June 30, 1967 under the salary 27 schedule established by the State Personnel Board. The Director of the Budget is further 28 authorized to transfer any unexpended balance which may remain at the end of each fiscal year, 29 after the provisions of this Section have been fully met, from the appropriations for Salary 30 Increases of State Employees Subject to the Personnel Act, to the appropriations for Salary 31 Adjustments of State Employees. 32 The appropriations for salary increases of State employees who are subject to the 33 State Personnel Act shall be transferred by the Director of the Budget to departments, 34 institutions and agencies in such amounts as may be required to increase salaries, commencing 35 July 1, 1967, for all full-time, permanent employees in accordance with the following 36 provisions: For granting a six per cent (6%) Legislative salary increase to each permanent full- 37 time employee who is subject to the provisions of the State Personnel Act. This six per cent 38 (6%) increase shall be based on each employee's monthly salary in effect on June 30, 1967, and 39 may be rounded to conform to the steps in the salary ranges adopted by the State Personnel 40 Board. 41 The provisions of this Section shall be applied to increase salaries paid out of 42 special funds or from sources other than tax revenues; provided, the necessary funds are made 43 available from operations or from sponsoring agents. The Director of the Budget is authorized 44 and empowered to allocate out of special operating funds, under which personnel are 45 employed, sufficient funds to conform with the provisions of this Section; provided, funds are 46 available or made available by the sponsoring agents. 47 Salaries for positions which are paid from funds which are partially from the 48 General Fund and partially from sources other than the General Fund shall be increased from 49 the General Fund appropriation only to the extent of the proportionate part paid from the 50 General Fund. 1 The salary increases for employees whose salaries are paid from receipts received 2 from self-supporting activities shall be contingent upon availability of funds out of receipts, 3 which shall be determined by the Director of the Budget. The salary increases shall not affect 4 the status of eligibility for automatic and/or merit salary increments for which the employee 5 may be eligible for the fiscal years 1967-69 notwithstanding the granting of the Legislative 6 salary increase. 7 The salary ranges for all employees under the Personnel Act shall be increased, so 8 far as the maximum is concerned, by an amount equal to this Legislative salary increase to the 9 end that, after the salary increase provided for in this Act is made, every employee will 10 continue to have the same relative position with respect to salary increase and future increments 11 as he would have had if the salary increases provided by this Act had not been made. 12 The salary increase provided in this Act shall not apply to persons separated from 13 State service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death or retirement, whose last 14 work day is prior to July 1, 1967. 15 Sec. 14.1. The salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be twenty- 16 eight thousand dollars ($28,000) per annum, and the salaries of each of the Associate Justices 17 of the Supreme Court shall be twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000) per annum; the salary 18 of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per 19 annum, and the salaries of each of the Judges of said Court shall be twenty-four thousand 20 dollars ($24,000) per annum; the salaries of the Judges of the Superior Court shall be twenty 21 thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum; the salary of the Chief Judge of each District Court shall 22 be fifteen thousand five hundred dollars ($15,500) per annum, and the salary of each District 23 Court Judge shall be fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum. The salary of the 24 Administrative Officer of the Courts shall be twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars 25 ($22,500) per annum and the salary of the Assistant Administrative Officer of the Courts shall 26 be sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($16,500) per annum. 27 28 EFFECTIVE 29 Sec. 15. The provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Chapter 143, Article 2 of the 30 General Statutes, are re-enacted and shall remain in full force and effect, and are incorporated 31 in this Act by reference. 32 Sec. 16. If any Section or provision of this Act be declared unconstitutional or 33 invalid by the courts, the same shall not affect the validity of the Act as a whole or any part 34 other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid. 35 Sec. 17. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. 36 Sec. 18. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1967. 37 In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of July, 1967.