North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S1000: Environmental Management Commission Staffing.
Status: In committee, May 4, 2026
What the bill says
An act to permit the chair of the environmental management commission to hire temporary employees through the temporary solutions program.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PERMIT THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TO HIRE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS PROGRAM. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 143B-283(b4) reads as rewritten: "(b4) Commission Staff, Structure, and Function. - (1) The chair is authorized and empowered to employ professional, administrative, technical, and clerical personnel as the chair may determine to be necessary in the proper discharge of the Commission's duty and responsibility as provided by law. The chair shall organize and direct the work of the Commission staff. staff and may use the Temporary Solutions Program administered by the Office of State Human Resources at the chair's discretion to acquire new temporary employees. Any additional clerical and other services required by the Commission shall be supplied by the Secretary of the Department at the direction of the chair. (2) The salaries and compensation of all such personnel shall be fixed in the manner provided by law for fixing and regulating salaries and compensation by other State agencies. (3) The chair, within allowed budgetary limits and as allowed by law, shall authorize and approve travel, subsistence, and related expenses of such personnel incurred while traveling on official business." SECTION 2. The General Fund appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality for the purpose of …
Sponsors
- Barnes, Lisa S. (R, 11) · primary sponsor
- Johnson, Todd (R, 35) · primary sponsor
- Sanderson, Norman W. (R, 2) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN., GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYMENT, STATE EMPLOYEES, PUBLIC, COMMISSIONS, ENVIRONMENT
Common questions
- What is S1000?
- S1000 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Environmental Management Commission Staffing.
- What does S1000 do?
- In its own words: An act to permit the chair of the environmental management commission to hire temporary employees through the temporary solutions program.
- What is the status of S1000?
- In committee as of May 4, 2026. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (May 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1000?
- Barnes, Lisa S. (R, 11), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S1000?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S1000
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