1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; modifying provisions relating to certain positions 
1.3 	in Department of Transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 
1.4 	174.02, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Unclassified positions. The commissioner shall appoint a deputy 
1.8 	commissioner/chief engineer who must be licensed as a professional engineer under 
1.9 	section 326.02. The commissioner may establish four positions in the unclassified service 
1.10 	at the deputy and assistant commissioner, assistant to commissioner, or personal secretary 
1.11 	levels. No more than two of these positions shall be at the deputy commissioner level.