Section 120-79 - Commission staffing(a) The Commission shall use available secretarial employees of the General Assembly, or may employ, and may remove, such professional and clerical employees as the Commission deems proper. The chairmen may assign and direct the activities of the employees of the Commission, subject to the advice of the Commission.(b) The employees of the Commission shall receive salaries that shall be fixed by the Legislative Services Commission and shall receive travel and subsistence allowances fixed by G.S. 138-6 and 138-7 when such travel is approved by either chairman, subject to the advice of the Commission. The employees of the Commission shall not be subject to the Executive Budget Act or to the North Carolina Human Resources Act.(c) Repealed by 2021 N.C. Sess. Laws 180,s. 27.2-a, eff. 7/1/2021.(d) The Commission shall assure that sufficient funds are available within its appropriations before employing professional and clerical employees.Amended by 2021 N.C. Sess. Laws 180,s. 27.2-a, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 382,s. 9.1-c, eff. 8/21/2013. 1975, c. 490; 1981, c. 859, ss.88, 89.