STUDY COMMITTEE ON ADA/APD/PAC PAY.

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House Bill 953 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 10, 2025
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE STUDY COMMITTEE ON ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER, AND PRIVATE ASSIGNED COUNSEL PAY RATES.
Intro. by Budd, Carson Smith, T. Brown.
Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (May 7 2025)

Bill History:

H 953

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 953 (2025-2026)
    Summary date: May 6 2025 - View Summary

    House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

    Amends the membership of the Study Committee on Assistant District Attorney, Assistant Public Defender, and Private Assigned Counsel Pay Rates (Committee) so that it includes only one member (was, two members) appointed by the Conference of District Attorneys and adds the Executive Director of the Conference of District Attorneys or their designee; reduces the number of members appointed by the Office of Indigent Defense Services from two to one and adds the Executive Director of Indigent Defense Services or their designee. Instead of naming those two Executive Directors as co-chairs of the Committee, requires that the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives each designate a co-chair from their appointees.

    Courts/Judiciary, Employment and Retirement, Government, State Government, State Personnel
    STUDY
  • Bill H 953 (2025-2026)
    Summary date: Apr 10 2025 - View Summary

    Establishes the 12-member Study Committee on Assistant District Attorney, Assistant Public Defender, and Private Assigned Counsel Pay Rates (Committee). Provides for membership and member appointment, officers, vacancies, meetings, staff, and member expenses. Charges the Committee with studying and advising on the pay rates of ADAs, assistant public defenders, and private assigned counsel. Lists seven required components of the study, including their current pay throughout the State separated by three cost-of-living categories, their current pay structure, and comparisons of their existing pay and pay structures in comparison to comparable positions in neighboring and nearby states. Includes a catchall component for the Committee to study any other relevant subject. Requires the Committee to submit an interim report by March 1, 2026, and a final report by March 1, 2027, to specified NCGA committees. 

    Courts/Judiciary, Employment and Retirement, Government, State Government, State Personnel
    STUDY
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