A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO GIVE THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS STAFFING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑760 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A‑760.  Number and status of employees; staff assignments.
(a)	The number of administrative law judges of the Office of Administrative Hearings shall be established by the General Assembly. The Chief Administrative Law Judge may establish subordinate positions within the Office of Administrative Hearings, make appointments to those positions, remove persons appointed to those positions, and set salaries, within the limitations of appropriations to the Office of Administrative Hearings and subject to the State Budget Act and North Carolina Human Resources Act. The Chief Administrative Law Judge is exempt from provisions of the North Carolina Human Resources Act as provided by G.S. 126‑5(c1)(27). All other employees of the Office of Administrative Hearings are subject to the North Carolina Human Resources Act.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.