North Carolina § 106-903 - Overtime compensation for forest fire fighting.
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§ 106-903. Overtime compensation for forest fire fighting.
The Department shall, within funds appropriated to the Department, provide either monetary overtime compensation or compensatory leave at an hour-for-hour rate, at its discretion, to the employees of the North Carolina Forest Service who are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act and involved in fighting forest fires for overtime earned while conducting fire suppression duties as defined in G.S. 106-955 . If the Department provides compensatory leave for overtime earned, it shall be provided in a manner consistent with the State's general compensatory time policy for exempt employees established by the Office of State Human Resources. History (1983, c. 761, s. 119; 1989, c. 727, s. 66; 2005-386, s. 1.5; 2011-145, s. 13.25(p); 2013-155, s. 13; 2021-78, s. 4(a).) Editor's Note. - This section was formerly codified as G.S. 113-56.1. It was recodified as G.S. 106-868 by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(p), effective July 1, 2011, and renumbered as G.S. 106-903 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5 is a severability clause. Session Laws 2021-78, s. 4(b), made the rewriting of this section by Session Laws 2021-78, s. 4(a), effective July 2, 2021, and applicable to overtime earned on or after that date. Session Laws 2021-78, s. 14(a), is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-386, s. 1.5, effective September 13, 2005, substituted "Division of Forest Resources" for "Forest Resources Division." Session Laws 2013-155, s. 13, effective July 1, 2013, substituted "North Carolina Forest Service" for "Division of Forest Resources." Session Laws 2021-78, s. 4(a), rewrote the section. For effective date and applicability, see editor's note.
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