Award Magistrates Salary Increases.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 511

Short Title: Award Magistrates Salary Increases. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Moss, Pyrtle, and Miller (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 26, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT AWARDING LEGI SLATIVE SALARY INCRE ASES TO MAGISTRATES AND 2
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund to 5
the Administrative Office of the Courts the sum of eleven million five hundred thousand dollars 6
($11,500,000) in recurring funds in each year of the 2025 -2027 fiscal biennium to be al located 7
for magistrate salary increases authorized by this act. 8
SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2025, G.S. 7A-171.1 reads as rewritten: 9
"§ 7A-171.1. Duty hours, salary, and travel expenses within county. 10
(a) The Administrative Officer of the Courts, after c onsultation with the chief district 11
judge and pursuant to the following provisions, shall set an annual salary for each magistrate: 12
(1) A full-time magistrate shall be paid the annual salary indicated in the table set 13
out in this subdivision. A full-time magistrate is a magistrate who is assigned 14
to work an average of not less than 40 hours a week during the term of office. 15
The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall designate whether a magistrate 16
is full-time. Initial appointment shall be at the entry rate. A magistrate's salary 17
shall increase to the next step every two years on the anniversary of the date 18
the magistrate was originally appointed for increases to Steps 1 through 3, and 19
every four years on the anniversary of the date the magistrate was ori ginally 20
appointed for increases to Steps 4 through 6: 21
Table of Salaries of Full-Time Magistrates 22
Step Level Annual Salary 23
Entry Rate $47,228 24
Step 1 $50,714 25
Step 2 $54,475 26
Step 3 $58,457 27
Step 4 $63,228 28
Step 5 $68,973 29
Step 6 $75,415. 30
Entry Rate $56,674 31
Step 1 $60,857 32
Step 2 $65,370 33
Step 3 $70,148 34
Step 4 $75,874 35
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Step 5 $82,768 1
Step 6 $90,498. 2
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SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 4
law. 5