A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to exempt certain positions in the department of transportation, highway division, from the state human resources act for the purposes of compensation and recruitment, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE house Select Committee on Strategic Transportation Planning and Long Term Funding Solutions.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 126‑5 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(c14)	Upon the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and notice to the Director of the Office of State Human Resources, engineering technician positions in the Department of Transportation, Highway Division, are exempt from the following provisions of this Chapter:
(1)	The compensation and recruitment policies, rules, and plans established by the Commission pursuant to G.S. 126‑4(1) through G.S. 126‑4(4).
(2)	The job posting requirements of G.S. 126‑7.1."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 126‑5(d) does not apply to the exemptions from the North Carolina Human Resources Act authorized by Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.