AN ACT providing for the designated appointment of a veteran of the armed forces to the state personnel commission.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 126‑2(b)(3) reads as rewritten:
"(3)	Two State employees subject to the State Personnel Act serving in nonexempt positions, appointed by the Governor, including one of whom is a veteran of the armed forces appointed upon the nomination of the Veterans' Affairs Commission. One employee shall serve in a State government position having supervisory duties, and one employee shall serve in a nonsupervisory position. Neither employee may be a human resources professional. The Governor shall consider nominations submitted by the State Employees Association of North Carolina. The initial members appointed under this subdivision shall serve terms expiring June 30, 2001; the terms of subsequent appointees shall be six years."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies upon the next vacancy arising under G.S. 126‑2(b)(3) on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2007.

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		 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2007