GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1528

Short Title:  Wildlife Comm. Director/Salary.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Pitt.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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June 1, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADJUST THE SALARY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-246 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-246. Executive Director; appointment, qualifications and duties.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission as soon as practicable after its organization shall select and appoint a competent person qualified as hereinafter set forth as Executive Director of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The Executive Director shall be charged with the supervision of all activities under the jurisdiction of the Commission and shall serve as the chief administrative officer of the said Commission. Subject to the approval of the Commission and the Director of the Budget, he is hereby authorized to employ such clerical and other assistants as may be deemed necessary. The person selected as Executive Director shall have had training and experience in conservation, protection and management of wildlife resources. The salary of such Director shall be fixed by the Wildlife Resources Commission, in an amount at least equal to the salary of the Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries.  The Director shall be allowed actual expenses incurred while on official duties away from resident headquarters.  The salary and expenses of the Director shall be paid from the Wildlife Resources Fund subject to the provisions of the Executive Budget Act. The term of office of the Executive Director shall be at the pleasure of the Commission. Such bond shall be made as part of the blanket bond of State officers and employees provided for in G.S. 128-8."
Section 2.  Section 33.2 of S.L. 1997-443 reads as rewritten:
"Section 33.2.  The annual salaries, payable monthly, for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 fiscal years, beginning July 1, 1997, for the following executive branch officials are:

Executive Branch Officials	Annual Salary

Chairman, Alcoholic Beverage Control
  Commission	$ 84,080
State Controller	117,669
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles	84,080
Commissioner of Banks	94,552
Chairman, Employment Security Commission	117,520
State Personnel Director	92,378
Chairman, Parole Commission	76,775
Members of the Parole Commission	70,881
Chairman of the Utilities Commission	95,592
Commissioners of the Utilities Commission	94,552
Executive Director, Agency for Public
  Telecommunications	70,881
General Manager, Ports Railway Commission	64,005
Director, Museum of Art	86,155
	Executive Director, North Carolina Housing
  Finance Agency	104,057
Executive Director, North Carolina Agricultural
Finance Authority	81,839
Director, Office of Administrative Hearings	83,141."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.