NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 1040

SENATE BILL 886

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO CONTINUE FUNDING FOR OSHA CONSULTANT POSITIONS EXPIRING ON JUNE 30, 1977.

Whereas, the North Carolina Department of Labor is responsible for the State administration of OSHA; and

Whereas, the North Carolina Department of Labor favors and has stressed voluntary compliance with OSHA standards; and

Whereas, consultants are essential to continued emphasis on voluntary compliance; and

Whereas, five OSHA consultants are currently being paid with highway funds which expire on June 30, 1977; and

Whereas, these five consultants are senior career employees who have been trained at State expense and possess invaluable experience; and

Whereas, one statistician position in the OSHA Division was set up on an emergency basis and the position expires on June 30, 1977, and this position is essential for providing necessary backup for the total operations of the OSHA Division; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Department of Labor the sum of sixty-eight thousand six hundred fifty three dollars ($68,653) for the 1977-78 fiscal year and seventy-one thousand sixty-seven dollars ($71,067) for the 1978-79 fiscal year for the continuation of five OSHA consultant positions and four thousand five hundred seventy-six dollars ($4,576) for the 1977-78 fiscal year and four thousand seven hundred eighty-two ($4,782) for the 1978-79 fiscal year for the continuation of one statistician assistant III position.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.