NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1106
HOUSE BILL 1072

AN ACT TO PROVIDE OVERTIME COMPENSATION FOR STATE FORESTRY EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN FIGHTING FOREST FIRES.

Whereas, the professional employees of the Forest Resources Division of the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development devote hundreds of overtime hours each year without adequate compensation in fighting forest fires throughout the State; and
Whereas, professional employees of other State agencies and institutions receive overtime compensation; and
Whereas, the North Carolina General Assembly has determined that the State's forests and woodlands must be adequately protected from the ravages of fire; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development the sum of sixty‑six thousand dollars ($66,000) for the 1981‑82 fiscal year for the purpose of providing overtime compensation to the professional employees of the Forest Resources Division involved in fighting forest fires.
Sec. 2. In the event that any of the funds appropriated in this act are not required to fully compensate such employees for overtime, any remaining balance shall revert to the General Fund at the end of the 1981‑82 fiscal year and shall not be transferred nor expended for any purpose other than the one specified in this act. This act shall not obligate the General Assembly to provide any additional funds at any time.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.