Environmental Management Commission Staffing.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 1000

Short Title: Environmental Management Commission Staffing. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Barnes, Johnson, and Sanderson (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
May 4, 2026
*S1000-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PERMIT THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRO NMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2
COMMISSION TO HIRE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE TEMPORARY 3
SOLUTIONS PROGRAM. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 143B-283(b4) reads as rewritten: 6
"(b4) Commission Staff, Structure, and Function. – 7
(1) The chair is authorized and empowered to employ professional, 8
administrative, technical, and clerical personnel as the chair may determine to 9
be necessary in the proper discharge of the Comm ission's duty and 10
responsibility as provided by law. The chair shall organize and direct the work 11
of the Commission staff. staff and may use the Temporary Solutions Program 12
administered by the Office of State Human Resources at the chair's discretion 13
to ac quire new temporary employees. Any additional clerical and other 14
services required by the Commission shall be supplied by the Secretary of the 15
Department at the direction of the chair. 16
(2) The salaries and compensation of all such personnel shall be fixed in the 17
manner provided by law for fixing and regulating salaries and compensation 18
by other State agencies. 19
(3) The chair, within allowed budgetary limits and as allowed by law, shall 20
authorize and approve travel, subsistence, and related expenses of such 21
personnel incurred while traveling on official business." 22
SECTION 2. The General Fund appropriation to the Department of Environmental 23
Quality for the purpose of providing dedicated staff for the Environmental Management 24
Commission is reduced on a recurring basis by five thousand dollars ($5,000). 25
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 26