AN ACT authorizing the north carolina social work certification and licensure board to employ personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of the social work certification and licensure act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90B‑6 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:
"(j)	The Board shall have the power to employ or retain professional personnel, including legal counsel, subject to G.S. 114‑2.3, or clerical or other special personnel deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of June, 2005.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 1:18 p.m. this 29th day of June, 2005