N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-903

Current through Session Law 2024-58

Section 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.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-903

Amended by 2021 N.C. Sess. Laws 78,s. 4-a, eff. 7/2/2021.

Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 155,s. 13, eff. 7/1/2013.

Amended without change by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145,s. 13.25-q, eff. 7/1/2011.

Renumbered from § 113-56.1 by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145,s. 13.25-p, eff. 7/1/2011, (subsequently renumbered from 106-868 by the state reviser).

Amended by 2005 N.C. Sess. Laws 386, s. 1.5, eff. 9/13/2005.

1983, c. 761, s. 119; 1989, c. 727, s. 66.