NC STATE HIGHWAY PATROL RETENTION ACT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 836 (Public) Filed Thursday, May 2, 2024
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL.
Intro. by Batch, Smith, Grafstein.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (May 6 2024)

Bill History:

S 836

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: May 2 2024 - View Summary

    Identical to H 928, filed 4/30/24.

    Appropriates $41,218,080 for each year of the 2023-25 biennium from the General Fund to the Reserve for Compensation Increases, effective July 1, 2024, to establish pay rates for the State Highway Patrol (SHP), asset out in the act. 

    Requires, effective July 1, 2024, that SHP employees be paid based on the established experience based or rank-based schedules. Salaries range from $56,000 to $105,000 for experience ranging from 0 years to 8+ years. Salaries range from $120,750 to $224,612 for ranks ranging from Sergeant to Colonel.