North Carolina § 7A-101 - Compensation.

§ 7A-101. Compensation.

The clerk of superior court is a full-time employee of the State and shall receive an annual salary, payable in equal monthly installments, based on the number of State-funded assistant and deputy clerks of court as determined by the Administrative Office of Court's workload formula, according to the following schedule: Repealed by Session Laws 2019-209, s. 3.5(a), effective July 1, 2019. The clerk shall receive no fees or commission by virtue of the clerk's office. The salary set forth in this section is the clerk's sole official compensation. In lieu of merit and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, a clerk of superior court shall receive as longevity pay an amount equal to four and eight-tenths percent (4.8%) of the clerk's annual salary payable monthly after five years of service, nine and six-tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service, fourteen and four-tenths percent (14.4%) after 15 years of service, nineteen and two-tenths percent (19.2%) after 20 years of service, and twenty-four percent (24%) after 25 years of service. Service shall mean service in the elective position of clerk of superior court, as an assistant clerk of court and as a supervisor of clerks of superior court with the Administrative Office of the Courts and shall not include service as a deputy or acting clerk. Service shall also mean service as a justice, judge, or magistrate of the General Court of Justice or as a district attorney. Assistants and Deputies Annual Salary Annual Salary 0-19 $97,375 20-29 107,625 30-49 117,875 50-99 128,125 100 and above 130,688. If the number of State-funded assistant and deputy clerks of court as determined by the Administrative Office of Court's workload formula changes, the salary of the clerk shall be changed, on July 1 of the fiscal year for which the change is reported, to the salary appropriate for that new number, except that the salary of an incumbent clerk shall not be decreased by any change in that number during the clerk's continuance in office. History (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967, c. 691, s. 5; 1969, c. 1186, s. 3; 1971, c. 877, ss. 1, 2; 1973, c. 571, ss. 1, 2; 1975, c. 956, s. 7; 1975, 2nd Sess., c. 983, s. 11; 1977, c. 802, s. 42; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1136, s. 13; 1979, c. 838, s. 85; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1137, s. 12; 1981, c. 964, s. 14; c. 1127, s. 12; 1983, c. 761, ss. 200, 247, 249; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, ss. 86, 87; c. 1109, s. 13.1; 1985, c. 479, s. 211; c. 689, s. 3; c. 698, s. 10(c); 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1014, s. 34; 1987, c. 738, s. 20; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1086, s. 14; c. 1100, ss. 16(a), 17; 1989, c. 752, s. 31; c. 799, s. 27(a); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 900, s. 40; c. 1039, s. 21; 1993, c. 321, s. 57(a); 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 769, s. 7.10(a); 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 28.4; 1997-443, s. 33.9; 1998-153, s. 7; 1999-237, s. 28.4; 2000-67, s. 26.4; 2000-140, s. 93.1(b); 2001-424, ss. 12.2(b), 32.5; 2004-124, s. 31.5(b); 2005-276, ss. 29.5, 29.23B; 2006-66, s. 22.5; 2007-323, ss. 28.5, 28.18A(e); 2008-107, s. 26.5; 2012-142, s. 25.1A(e); 2014-100, s. 35.3(d); 2016-94, s. 36.4; 2017-57, s. 35.4A; 2018-5, s. 35.5; 2019-209, s. 3.5(a), (b).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2013-360, s. 35.8(c), as amended by Session Laws 2014-100, s. 35.7, provides: "The automatic salary step increases for assistant and deputy clerks of superior court and magistrates are suspended for the 2013-2014 fiscal year." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5 is a severability clause. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2014.'" Session Laws 2014-100, s. 38.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2014-2015 fiscal year." Session Laws 2014-100, s. 38.7, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-66, s. 22.5, effective July 1, 2006, updated the Annual Salaries in the first paragraph of subsection (a). Session Laws 2007-323, ss. 28.5 and 28.18A(e), effective July 1, 2007, in subsection (a), increased the annual salaries of the clerks and deleted the former second paragraph which described the percentage of the clerk salaries to the salary of a chief district court judge; in the first sentence of subsection (c), deleted "and" preceding "nineteen" and added "and twenty-four percent (24%) after 25 years of service" at the end. Session Laws 2008-107, s. 26.5, effective July 1, 2008, updated the Annual Salary column in the first paragraph of subsection (a). Session Laws 2012-142, s. 25.1A(e), effective July 1, 2012, updated the Annual Salaries in the first paragraph of subsection (a). Session Laws 2014-100, s. 35.3(d), effective July 1, 2014, rewrote the annual salary values in the table in subsection (a). Session Laws 2016-94, s. 36.4, effective July 1, 2016, in the "Annual Salary" column of the table in subsection (a), substituted "$88,188" for "$84,390," "98,834" for " 94,578," "109,480" for "104,766" and "120,131" for "114,958." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 35.4A, effective July 1, 2017, in the "Annual Salary" column of the table in subsection (a), substituted "$89,188" for "$88,188", "$99,834" for "$98,834", "$110,480" for "$109,480", and "$121,131" for "$120,131". Session Laws 2018-5, s. 35.5, effective July 1, 2018, increased the annual salary amounts in subsection (a). Session Laws 2019-209, s. 3.5(a), effective July 1, 2019, rewrote this section. Session Laws 2019-209, s. 3.5(b), effective July 1, 2020, rewrote the table titled "Annual Salary" in subsection (a).