Amends GS 120-3.1, which concerns subsistence and travel allowances for General Assembly members as follows. Prohibits paying a subsistence allowance for meals and lodging to a member as compensation for services rendered after the twenty‑second legislative week of the session during a regular session of the General Assembly in odd‑numbered years. Prohibits paying a subsistence allowance for meals and lodging to a member as compensation for services rendered after the eighth week of the session during a regular session of the General Assembly in even‑numbered years. Specifies that the term "legislative week" does not include periods when the General Assembly is not in session, as provided in the statute. These prohibitions on payment do not apply to: (1) any extra session called under Section 11(2) of Article II (extra sessions on legislative call) or Section 5(7) of Article III (extra session called by the Governor) of the North Carolina Constitution or (2) any reconvened session called under Section 5(11) of Article III (session reconvened by the Governor for consideration of a vetoed bill) of the North Carolina Constitution. Effective when the act becomes law and applies to the 2016 Regular Session of the 2015 General Assembly.

Effective July 1, 2016, reduces the funds appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly for 2016-17 by $1 million.