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, 2023, 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 fifty‑five million eight hundred thirty‑four thousand ninety‑three dollars ($55,834,093) in each year of the 2023‑2025 fiscal biennium to establish the pay scales set forth is this act.

SECTION 2.  Effective July 1, 2023, the law enforcement officers of the State Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience‑based annual salary schedule:

Years of Experience                             2023‑2025 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, 2023, 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                                       2023‑2025 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.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.