AN ACT providing for a review of the application of the State personnel act to employees of the university of north carolina.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  The President of The University of North Carolina (UNC) shall appoint a Task Force to examine the application of the State Personnel Act to the University of North Carolina with a goal of making recommendations that will:
(1)	Improve the ability of the University to attract, reward, and retain high quality employees;
(2)	Enable the University to better meet the needs of its employees; and
(3)	Improve the efficiency of UNC personnel operations.
The Task Force membership shall include chancellors, representatives of the UNC Staff Assembly who are subject to the State Personnel Act, human resources professionals, other UNC employees exempt from the State Personnel Act, and a representative of the Office of State Personnel.
SECTION 1.(b)  The Task Force shall report to the President of The University of North Carolina and to the UNC Board of Governors by January 15, 2008. By March 24, 2008, the UNC Board of Governors shall forward the recommendations that it approves, as presented or as modified, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee of the General Assembly for consideration of any legislative proposals during the 2008 Regular Session.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of July, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 2:50 p.m. this 21st day of August, 2007