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. The deputy commissioner/chief engineer must be licensed 
1.9 	as a professional engineer under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.02. The commissioner 
1.10 	may establish four three positions in the unclassified service at the deputy and assistant 
1.11 	commissioner, assistant to commissioner, or personal secretary levels. No more than two 
1.12 	of these positions shall be at the deputy commissioner level.