62-14. Commission staff; structure and function.
(a) The Commission is authorized and empowered to employ hearing examiners; court reporters; a chief clerk and deputy clerk; a commission attorney and assistant commission attorney; transportation and pipeline safety inspectors; and such other professional, administrative, technical, and clerical personnel as the Commission may determine to be necessary in the proper discharge of the Commission's duty and responsibility as provided by law. The chairman shall organize and direct the work of the Commission staff.
(b) The salaries and compensation of all such personnel shall be fixed in the manner provided by law for fixing and regulating salaries and compensation by other State agencies.
(c) The chairman, within allowed budgetary limits and as allowed by law, shall authorize and approve travel, subsistence and related expenses of such personnel, incurred while traveling on official business. (1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1977, c. 468, s. 3.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 2 - Organization of Utilities Commission.
§ 62-12 - Organization of Commission; adoption of rules and regulations therefor.
§ 62-13 - Chairman to direct Commission.
§ 62-14 - Commission staff; structure and function.
§ 62-15 - Office of executive director; Public Staff, structure and function.
§ 62-18 - Records of receipts and disbursements; payment into treasury.
§ 62-19 - Public record of proceedings; chief clerk; seal.
§ 62-20 - Participation by Attorney General in Commission proceedings.