GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 662 Short Title:
662 Apr 1, 2025 SESSION 2025 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH30272-MRap-73A Short Title:
RepresentativeRepresentatives Logan.Logan, K.
Brown, G.
Pierce, and Price (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 2, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING COMPENSATION INCREASES TO MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, DIRECTING THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO DEVELOP SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, ENCOURAGING RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO RETURN TO SERVICE WITH THE STATE, SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS.
SECTION 1.1.(b) Effective July 1, 2025, the law enforcement officers of the State HighwayHighwayPatrol Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salarysalaryschedule: schedule:
Rank 2025-2027 Biennium Sergeant $120,750 First*H662-v-1* Sergeant $132,825 *DRH30272-MRap-73A* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 First Sergeant $132,825 Lieutenant $146,108 Captain $160,718 Major $176,790 Lieutenant Colonel $194,469 Deputy Commander $204,193 Colonel $224,612 89 ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO WORK OTHER JOBS SECTION 1.2.(a) The Commander of the State Highway Patrol shall develop and maintain secondary employment policies that allow members of the State Highway Patrol to engage in permanent or temporary secondary employment so long as that employment meets each of the following criteria:
SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND BULLETPROOF GLASS IN VEHICLES OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SECTION2.1.(a) There is appropriatedfrom the General Fund to theState Highway Patrol thesum ofthreemillion two hundredfiftythousanddollars($3,250,000)in recurringrecurringfunds funds and twenty million one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($20,150,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used to purchase, install, and maintain bulletproof glass on all State Highway Patrol vehicles.
SECTION2.1.(b) Thereis appropriatedfrom the General Fundto thetheStateHighway StateHighway Patrol the sum of two hundred twenty-one thousand dollars ($221,000) in recurring funds and one million three hundred seventy-eight thousand dollars ($1,378,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used to purchase, install, and maintain bulletproof glass on all State Capitol Police vehicles.
FUNDS TO SUPPORT HUNTERSVILLE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL STATION SECTION2.2.(a) There is appropriatedfrom the General Fund to theState Highway Patrol the sum of six hundred forty-three thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($643,150) in Page 2 DRH30272-MRap-73AHouse Bill 662-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used for the following purposes at the State Highway Patrol Station in Huntersville, North Carolina:
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