FILED SENATE
Mar 29, 2023
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 415
SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK
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SENATE BILL DRS35160-LRa-101
Short Title: NC State Highway Patrol Retention Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Britt, Perry, and Lee (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO
3 MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. Effective July 1, 2023, there is appropriated from the General Fund to
6 the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway Patrol the
7 sum of fifty-five million eight hundred thirty-four thousand ninety-three dollars ($55,834,093)
8 in each year of the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium to establish the pay scales set forth is this act.
9 SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2023, the law enforcement officers of the State
10 Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salary schedule:
11 Years of Experience 2023-2025 Biennium
12 0 $56,000
13 1 62,125
14 2 68,250
15 3 75,375
16 4 80,500
17 5 86,625
18 6 92,750
19 7 98,875
20 8+ 105,000
21 SECTION 3. Effective July 1, 2023, State Highway Patrol employees who are not
22 subject to an experience-based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following rates by rank:
23 Rank 2023-2025 Biennium
24 Sergeant $120,750
25 First Sergeant 132,825
26 Lieutenant 146,108
27 Captain 160,718
28 Major 176,790
29 Lieutenant Colonel 194,469
30 Deputy Commander 204,193
31 Colonel 224,612
32 SECTION 4. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes
33 law.
*DRS35160-LRa-101*