House committee substitute amends the 1st edition as follows.
Qualifies the duty of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to provide either compensatory leave or monetary overtime compensation under GS 106-903 for professional employees of the Forest Service for overtime earned while conducting fire suppression duties, to require that such employees of the Forest Service be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Adds the following content.
Amends Section 3.9 of SL 2020-97, revising one of the authorized uses of unencumbered funds appropriated to the NC Forest Service under Section 4.1 of SL 2016-124 by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to the uses set forth in SL 2020-97 and Section 12.9 of SL 2017-57 to allow the Department to use the funds for the construction authorization and partial construction of a Region One headquarters and training facility for the Forest Services, including an office building with classrooms, an equipment maintenance facility, and multi-bay equipment shelters (previously provided for use for the purchase and renovation of an existing facility for use as a regional headquarters and training facility for the Forest Service). Effective on the date the act becomes law.
Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.
FOREST SERVICE CHANGES.
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AN ACT TO ALLOW MAGISTRATES TO WAIVE TRIALS FOR STATE FOREST RULE OFFENSES; TO EXEMPT CERTAIN FIRES FROM OPEN BURNING LAWS; TO MODIFY OVERTIME POLICY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE; AND TO CLARIFY THE USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FOREST SERVICE HEADQUARTERS.Intro. by McNeely, Greene, Dixon, Strickland.
Bill History:
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Tue, 2 Mar 2021 House: Filed
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Wed, 3 Mar 2021 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Wed, 10 Mar 2021 House: Reptd Fav
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Wed, 10 Mar 2021 House: Re-ref Com On Judiciary 2
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Wed, 14 Apr 2021 House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
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Wed, 14 Apr 2021 House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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Wed, 14 Apr 2021 House: Reptd Fav
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Wed, 14 Apr 2021 House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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Wed, 14 Apr 2021 House: Placed On Cal For 04/15/2021
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Thu, 15 Apr 2021 House: Withdrawn From Cal
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Thu, 15 Apr 2021 House: Re-ref Com On Agriculture
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Wed, 21 Apr 2021 House: Reptd Fav
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Wed, 21 Apr 2021 House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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Thu, 22 Apr 2021 House: Reptd Fav
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Thu, 22 Apr 2021 House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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Thu, 22 Apr 2021 House: Added to Calendar
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Thu, 22 Apr 2021 House: Passed 2nd Reading
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Thu, 22 Apr 2021 House: Passed 3rd Reading
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Fri, 23 Apr 2021 House: Regular Message Sent To Senate
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Mon, 26 Apr 2021 Senate: Regular Message Received From House
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Mon, 26 Apr 2021 Senate: Passed 1st Reading
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Mon, 26 Apr 2021 Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Tue, 28 Jun 2022 Senate: Withdrawn From Com
Bill Summaries:
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Bill H 198 (2021-2022)Summary date: Apr 14 2021 - View Summary
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Bill H 198 (2021-2022)Summary date: Mar 2 2021 - View Summary
Amends GS 7A-273 to authorize magistrates to accept written appearances, waivers of trial or hearing and pleas, and enter judgment and collect fines or penalties and costs, for misdemeanor or infraction cases involving State forest rule offenses under Articles 74 and 75 of GS Chapter 106, which govern State forests including protection and fire control.
Enacts GS 106-950(c) to exclude from the open fire regulations set out in Article 78 any fires started or caused to be started for cooking, warming, or ceremonial events where the fire is confined within an enclosure from which the burning material cannot escape or within a protected areas upon which a watch is being maintained and which is provided with adequate fire protection equipment. Specifies that this exception does not apply when the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services has prohibited all open burning during periods of hazardous forest fire conditions or during air pollution episodes declared under Article 21B of GS Chapter 143.
Makes the above provisions effective December 1, 2021, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.
Amends GS 106-903 to authorize the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to alternatively provide compensatory leave at an hour for hour rate in lieu of the monetary overtime compensation requirement for professional employees of the Forest Service for overtime earned while conducting fire suppression duties, as defined in state law (previously, more generally required monetary overtime compensation for those described employees involved in fighting forest fires). Adds that compensatory leave must be provided in a manner consistent with State policies for exempt employees established by the Office of State Human Resources. Applies to overtime earned on or after the date the act becomes law.
House committee substitute to the 1st edition changed the long title. Original long title was AN ACT TO ALLOW MAGISTRATES TO WAIVE TRIALS FOR STATE FOREST RULE OFFENSES; TO EXEMPT CERTAIN FIRES FROM OPEN BURNING LAWS; AND TO MODIFY OVERTIME POLICY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE.