A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall be under the Merit System. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, all offices, positions and personnel shall be classified and subject to the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration and rules promulgated hereunder. This section shall supersede and repeal any and all executive orders issued pursuant to this act to place the agency or its predecessors under the Merit System.
B. In addition to offices, positions and personnel that are unclassified pursuant to Section 840-5.5 of this title, the following offices, positions and personnel shall be in the unclassified service:
1. Division Directors;
2. General Counsel;
3. Attorneys;
4. Director of Public Information and Education;
5. Customer Service Specialists;
6. Senior Coordinator of Rural Solid Waste Systems Development;
7. Director of Support Services; and
8. Director of the Office of Waste Planning and Systems Development.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 15. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 327, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.