Section 1.1
Appropriates $40,482,480 for each year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium from the General Fund to the Reserve for Compensation Increases, to be used for pay raises for the State Highway Patrol (SHP) & Law Enforcement Support Staff and to establish the pay scales set for in this section. Effective July 1, 2025.
Provides lists for an experience-based annual salary schedule for SHP law enforcement officers and for rank-based pay rates for those sworn SHP employees not subject to the experience-based annual salary schedule for the 2025-27 biennium. Effective July 1, 2025.
Section 1.2
Requires the SHP Commander to develop and maintain secondary employment policies by July 1, 2025, to allow SHP to work other permanent or temporary jobs as long as the second position will not have an adverse effect on a member’s work at SHP or the mission of SHP and will not create a conflict of interest. Provides policies should permit active, non-probationary law enforcement certified members to use the certification at secondary employment if it does not conflict with the secondary employment policies.
Section 1.3
Requires SHP to update internal hiring policies or practices to ensure they encourage retired SHP members to return to work in a way that does not impact their retirement allowances to the extent state law allows.
Section 2.1
Appropriates $3.25 million in recurring funds and $20.15 million in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-26 fiscal year from the General Fund to the SHP, to purchase, install, and maintain bulletproof glass on all SHP vehicles. Appropriates $221,000 in recurring funds and $1,378,000 in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-26 fiscal year from the General Fund to the SHP, to purchase, install, and maintain bulletproof glass on all State Capitol Police vehicles. Both appropriations are effective July 1, 2025.
Section 2.2
Appropriates $643,150 in for the 2025-26 fiscal year from the General Fund to the SHP to be used for the listed purposes at the SHP Station in Huntersville, NC. Purposes include $640,000 to be used for fuel infrastructure; $3,000 for an air compressor; and $150 for a vehicle vacuum. Requires the SHP to enter a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Transportation for the creation, use, and maintenance of the items funded by this section. Effective July 1, 2025.