H.B. 992
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
May 18, 2022
SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH30510-TQz-38
Short Title: OAH Staffing Flexibility. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Stevens.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO GIVE THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GREATER
3 FLEXIBILITY IN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS STAFFING.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. G.S. 7A-760 reads as rewritten:
6 "§ 7A-760. Number and status of employees; staff assignments; role of State Human
7 Resources Commission.assignments.
8 (a) The number of administrative law judges and employees of the Office of
9 Administrative Hearings shall be established by the General Assembly. The Chief Administrative
10 Law Judge may establish subordinate positions within the Office of Administrative Hearings,
11 make appointments to those positions, remove persons appointed to those positions, and set
12 salaries, within the limitations of appropriations to the Office of Administrative Hearings and
13 subject to the State Budget Act and North Carolina Human Resources Act. The Chief
14 Administrative Law Judge is exempt from provisions of the North Carolina Human Resources
15 Act as provided by G.S. 126-5(c1)(27). All other employees of the Office of Administrative
16 Hearings are subject to the North Carolina Human Resources Act.
17 …."
18 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
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Statutes affected:
Filed: 7A-760
Edition 1: 7A-760
Edition 3: 7A-760