House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.

Revises and adds to the proposed changes to GS 7A-760, providing for the authority of the Chief Administrative Law Judge to take the following actions related to Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) employees, now subject to the State Budget Act, the Human Resources Act, and the limitations of appropriations to OAH and GS 7A-751 (relating to the Chief's powers and duties): establish or abolish subordinate positions (previously did not provide authority to abolish positions); make appointments; remove appointees; transfer employees between subordinate positions (previously did not provide authority to transfer employees); and change the duties, titles, and compensation of existing subordinate positions (previously only provided for setting salaries within the Budget Act and Human Resources Act). Eliminates the legislative history of the statute from the lead-in language of the proposed changes.