GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 173

Short Title:  GPAC-Division-Based Staff Reduced.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Guilford.
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Referred to:  Government Performance Audit.
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February 16, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO ELIMINATE THE "DISTRICT" LAYER OF MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE DIVISION HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE SECTIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The General Assembly finds that eliminating the district layer of management will increase the span of control of the Division Maintenance Engineer in each Division.  Each Division should have a Division Operations Engineer, with the Traffic Services unit, the Roadside Environment unit, the Equipment unit, and the Bituminous Operations unit reporting to that Division Operations Engineer.
Sec. 2.  The Secretary of Transportation shall report to the General Assembly, no later than September 1, 1993, on the elimination of all positions within the "district" layer of management.  
Sec. 3.  The Secretary of Transportation shall report to the General Assembly, no later than September 1, 1993, on the creation of the position of "Division Operations Engineer" in Divisions 1 and 12 and the realignment of responsibilities so that the Traffic Services unit, the Roadside Environment unit, the Equipment unit, and the Bituminous Operations unit shall report to the Division Operations Engineer in each Division.
Sec. 4.  The base budget of the Department of Transportation is reduced by three million four hundred thousand dollars ($3,400,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and by four million five hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($4,575,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year due to the decrease in personnel positions mandated by Section 2 of this act.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.