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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 215
February Session, 2022
AN ACT CONCERNING ENGINEERING AND MAINTAINER POSITIONS
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) The Commissioner of 1
Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of 2
Transportation, shall, within available resources, recruit interns for the 3
state's engineer intern job classification, as needed, for selection and 4
appointment by the Department of Transportation. The Commissioners 5
of Administrative Services and Transportation shall, within available 6
resources, promote such recruitment at public and independent 7
institutions of higher education. 8
(b) On and after July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the 9
Commissioner of Administrative Services shall, within available 10
resources, increase the rate of compensation for the state's engineer 11
intern job classification by the percentage increase, if any, in the national 12
consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for 13
the previous twelve-month period. 14
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) On and after July 1, 2022, and 15
until June 30, 2025, (1) the Commissioner of Administrative Services 16
shall, within available resources, place entry-level engineering and 17
maintainer positions and level two maintainer positions at the 18 Substitute Bill No. 215
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Department of Transportation on continuous recruitment, and (2) not 19
later than sixty days after a candidate submits an application for such 20
entry-level engineering or maintainer position or level two maintainer 21
position, the Commissioner of Transportation shall either make an offer 22
of employment to such candidate or reject the application of such 23
candidate. 24
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2022 New section
APP Joint Favorable Subst.