GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 774

Short Title:  DHR Secretary Salary Flexibility.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand; Dalton, Lucas, and Martin of Guilford.

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Referred to:  Children & Human Resources.

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April 9, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT REGARDING THE SALARY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143B-9 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-9.  Appointment of officers and employees.
The head of each principal State department, except those departments headed by popularly elected officers, shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at his pleasure.
The salary of the head of each of the principal State departments and of elected officials shall be set by the General Assembly; provided, however, if the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources is a licensed physician, the Governor may, after consultation with the Advisory Budget Commission, set the salary of the Secretary at a level comparable to that of physicians employed by the Department of Human Resources.
The head of a principal State department shall appoint a chief deputy or chief assistant, and such chief deputy or chief assistant shall not be subject to the State Personnel Act. The salary of such chief deputy or chief assistant shall, upon the recommendation of the  Governor, be set by the General Assembly. Unless otherwise provided for in the Executive Organization Act of 1973, and subject to the provisions of the Personnel Act, the head of each principal State department shall designate the administrative head of each transferred agency and all employees of each division, section, or other unit of the principal State department."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.