AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway Patrol the sum of forty million four hundred eighty‑two thousand four hundred eighty dollars ($40,482,480) in each year of the 2025‑2027 fiscal biennium to establish the pay scales set forth in this act.

SECTION 2.  Effective July 1, 2025, the law enforcement officers of the State Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience‑based annual salary schedule:

Years of Experience                                           2025‑2027 Biennium

0                                                                        $56,000

1                                                                        $62,125

2                                                                        $68,250

3                                                                        $75,375

4                                                                        $80,500

5                                                                        $86,625

6                                                                        $92,750

7                                                                        $98,875

8+                                                                    $105,000

SECTION 3.  Effective July 1, 2025, Sworn State Highway Patrol employees who are not subject to an experience‑based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following rates by rank:

Rank                                                          2025‑2027 Biennium

Sergeant                                                                     $120,750

First Sergeant                                                            $132,825

Lieutenant                                                                 $146,108

Captain                                                                      $160,718

Major                                                                         $176,790

Lieutenant Colonel                                                    $194,469

Deputy Commander                                                  $204,193

Colonel                                                                      $224,612

SECTION 4.  Unless otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.