North Carolina Statutes

Chapter 143B Executive Organization Act of 1973

Article 1 - General Provisions.

§ 143B-1 Short title
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Executive Organization Act of 1973." (1973, c. 476, s. 1.)
§ 143B-2 Interim applicability of the Executive Organization Act of 1973
The Executive Organization Act of 1973 shall be applicable only to the following named departments: (1) Department of Cultural Resources (2) Department of Health and...
§ 143B-3 Definitions
As used in the Executive Organization Act of 1973, except where the context clearly requires otherwise, the words and expressions defined in this section shall...
§ 143B-4 Policy-making authority and administrative powers of Governor; delegation
The Governor, in accordance with Article III of the Constitution of North Carolina, shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the State. The Governor shall...
§ 143B-5 Governor; continuation of powers and duties
All powers, duties, and functions vested by law in the Governor or in the Office of Governor are continued except as otherwise provided by the...
§ 143B-6 Principal departments
In addition to the principal departments enumerated in the Executive Organization Act of 1971, all executive and administrative powers, duties, and functions not including those...
§ 143B-7 Continuation of functions
Each principal State department shall be considered a continuation of the former agencies to whose power it has succeeded for the purpose of succession to...
§ 143B-8 Unassigned functions
All functions, duties, and responsibilities established by law that are not specifically assigned to any principal State department may be assigned by the Governor to...
§ 143B-9 Appointment of officers and employees
The head of each principal State department, except those departments headed by popularly elected officers, shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at his...
§ 143B-10 Powers and duties of heads of principal departments
(a) Assignment of Functions. Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, the head of each principal State department may assign or reassign any function vested...
§ 143B-11 Subunit nomenclature
(a) The principal subunit of a department is a division. Each division shall be headed by a director. (b) The principal subunit of a division...
§ 143B-12 Internal organization of departments; allocation and reallocation of duties and functions; limitations
(a) The Governor shall cause the administrative organization of each department to be examined periodically with a view to promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. The...
§ 143B-13 Appointment, qualifications, terms, and removal of members of commissions
(a) Each member of a commission created by or under the authority of the Executive Organization Act of 1973 shall be a resident of the...
§ 143B-14 Administrative services to commissions
(a) The head of the principal State department to which a commission has been assigned is responsible for the provision of all administrative services to...
§ 143B-15 Compensation of members of commissions
The salary of members of full‑time commissions shall be set by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Governor to be submitted as a part...
§ 143B-16 Appointment and removal of members of boards, councils and committees
Unless more restrictive qualifications are provided in this Chapter, the Governor shall appoint each member of a board, council, or committee on the basis of...
§ 143B-17 Commission investigations and orders
Unless otherwise provided for in the Executive Organization Act of 1973, any commission created by the Executive Organization Act of 1973 may order an investigation...
§ 143B-18 Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 418, s. 10
§ 143B-19 Pending actions and proceedings
No action or proceeding pending at the time the Executive Organization Act of 1973 takes effect and brought by or against any State agency whose...
§ 143B-20 Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 418, s. 10
§ 143B-21 Affirmation of prior acts of abolished agencies
The abolition of certain agencies by the Executive Organization Act of 1973 should not be construed as invalidating any lawful prior act of such agency....
§ 143B-22 Terms occurring in laws, contracts and other documents
Any reference or designation in any statute, contract, or other document pertaining to functions, powers, obligations, and duties of a State agency assigned by the...
§ 143B-23 Completion of unfinished business
Any business or other matter undertaken or commenced by any State agency or the commissioners or directors thereof, pertaining to or connected with the functions,...
§ 143B-24 Cooperative agreements
Except as otherwise provided by law, each principal State department may, with the approval of the Department of Administration, enter into cooperative agreements with the...
§ 143B-25 Agencies not enumerated
Any agency not enumerated in the Executive Organization Act of 1973 but established or created by the General Assembly shall continue to exercise all its...
§ 143B-26 Constitutional references
All references to the Constitution of North Carolina in the Executive Organization Act of 1973 refer to the Constitution of North Carolina as effective July...
§ 143B-27 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 717, s. 79
§ 143B-28 Goals of continuing reorganization
Structural reorganization of State government should be a continuing process, accomplished through careful executive and legislative appraisal of the placement of proposed new programs and...
§ 143B-29 Reserved for future codification
§ 143B-29.1 to 143B-29.5 Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 746, s. 7
§ 143B-30 Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 418, s. 5
§ 143B-30.1 Rules Review Commission created
(a) The Rules Review Commission is created. The Commission shall consist of 10 members to be appointed by the General Assembly, five upon the recommendation...
§ 143B-30.2 Purpose of Commission
The Rules Review Commission reviews administrative rules in accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1028, s. 32; 1987,...
§ 143B-30.3 Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 418, s. 5
§ 143B-30.4 Evidence
Evidence of the Commission's failure to object to and delay the filing of a rule or its part shall be inadmissible in all civil or...
§ 143B-31 through 143B-48 Reserved for future codification

Article 2 - Department of Cultural Resources.

§ 143B-49 Department of Cultural Resources - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created a department to be known as the "Department of Cultural Resources," with the organization, duties, functions, and powers defined in the...
§ 143B-50 Duties of the Department
It shall be the duty of the Department to provide the necessary management, development of policy and establishment and enforcement of standards for the furtherance...
§ 143B-51 Functions of the Department
(a) The functions of the Department of Cultural Resources shall comprise, except as otherwise expressly provided by the Executive Organization Act of 1973 or by...
§ 143B-52 Head of the Department
The Secretary of Cultural Resources shall be the head of the Department. (1973, c. 476, s. 32.)
§ 143B-53 Organization of the Department
The Department of Cultural Resources shall be organized initially to include the Art Commission, the Art Museum Building Commission, the North Carolina Historical Commission, the...
§ 143B-53.1 Appropriation, allotment, and expenditure of funds for historic and archeological property
The Department of Cultural Resources may not expend any State funds for the acquisition, preservation, restoration, or operation of historic or archeological real and personal...
§ 143B-53.2 Salaries, promotions, and leave of employees of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
(a), (b) Repealed by Session Laws 2007‑484, s. 9(b), effective August 30, 2007. (c) The exemptions to Chapter 126 of the General Statutes authorized by...
§ 143B-54 through 143B-57 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, 2nd Session, c. 1306, s. 5
§ 143B-58 through 143B-61.1 Repealed by Session Laws 2000-140, s. 78
§ 143B-62 North Carolina Historical Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Historical Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources to give advice and assistance to the Secretary of Cultural...
§ 143B-63 Historical Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Historical Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor. The members of the North Carolina Historical...
§ 143B-64 Historical Commission - officers
The Historical Commission shall have a chairman and a vice‑chairman. The chairman shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of the Commission...
§ 143B-65 Historical Commission - regular and special meetings
The Historical Commission shall meet at least twice per year and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State at the...
§ 143B-66 Repealed by Session Laws 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1028, s. 10
§ 143B-67 Public Librarian Certification Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the Public Librarian Certification Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources with the power and duty to adopt rules and regulations...
§ 143B-68 Public Librarian Certification Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Public Librarian Certification Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources shall consist of five members as follows: (i) the chairman of the North Carolina...
§ 143B-69 Public Librarian Certification Commission - officers
The Public Librarian Certification Commission shall have a chairman and a vice‑chairman. The chairman shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of...
§ 143B-70 Public Librarian Certification Commission - regular and special meetings
The Public Librarian Certification Commission shall meet at least once in each quarter and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the...
§ 143B-71 Tryon Palace Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the Tryon Palace Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources with the power and duty to adopt, amend and rescind rules...
§ 143B-72 Tryon Palace Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Tryon Palace Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources shall consist of the following members: 25 voting members appointed by the Governor, nonvoting members...
§ 143B-73 U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources with the power and duty to adopt, amend, and...
§ 143B-73.1 U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission - duties
The Commission shall have the further duty and authority to select an appropriate site for the permanent berthing of the Battleship U.S.S. North Carolina, taking...
§ 143B-74 U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources shall consist of 18 members including the Secretary of Cultural Resources and the...
§ 143B-74.1 U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission - funds
The Commission shall establish and maintain a "Battleship Fund" composed of the moneys which may come into its hands from admission or inspection fees, gifts,...
§ 143B-74.2 U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission - employees
The Department of Cultural Resources is authorized to hire laborers, artisans, caretakers, stenographic and administrative employees, and other personnel, in accordance with the provisions of...
§ 143B-74.3 U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission - employees not to have interest
It shall be unlawful for any member of the Commission to charge, receive, or obtain, directly or indirectly, any fee, commission, retainer or brokerage other...
§ 143B-75 through 143B-78 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 504, s. 1
§ 143B-79 Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee. The Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee shall have the following functions and duties: (1) To...
§ 143B-80 Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee shall consist of 16 members appointed by the Governor. The initial members of the Committee shall be the appointed...
§ 143B-80.1 Regular and special meetings
The Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee shall meet at least twice per year and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the...
§ 143B-80.2 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-80.3 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-80.4 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-80.5 through 143B-80.14 Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 507, s. 12(a)
§ 143B-81 through 143B-82 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 504, s. 2
§ 143B-83 North Carolina Awards Committee - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Awards Committee with the duty to advise the Secretary of Cultural Resources on the formulation and administration of...
§ 143B-84 North Carolina Awards Committee - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The North Carolina Awards Committee shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor to serve at the Governor's pleasure. The Governor shall designate a...
§ 143B-85 America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee of the Department of Cultural Resources. The Committee shall have the following functions and duties:...
§ 143B-86 America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee shall consist of 14 members as follows: 10 members at large appointed by the Governor and four ex officio...
§ 143B-87 North Carolina Arts Council - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Arts Council with the following duties and functions: (1) To advise the Secretary of Cultural Resources on the...
§ 143B-88 North Carolina Arts Council - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The North Carolina Arts Council shall consist of 24 members appointed by the Governor. The initial members of the Council shall be the appointed members...
§ 143B-89 North Carolina State Art Society, Incorporated
The North Carolina State Art Society, Incorporated, shall continue to be under the patronage of the State as provided in Article 3 of Chapter 140...
§ 143B-90 State Library Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the State Library Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources. The State Library Commission has the following functions and duties: (1)...
§ 143B-91 State Library Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The State Library Commission shall consist of 15 members. All members shall have an interest in the development of library and information services in...
§ 143B-92 Roanoke Island Historical Association - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby recreated the Roanoke Island Historical Association with the powers and duties delineated in Article 19 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes...
§ 143B-93 Roanoke Island Historical Association - status
The Roanoke Island Historical Association is hereby declared not to be a State agency within the meaning of the Executive Organization Act of 1973 and...
§ 143B-94 North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc
The North Carolina Symphony Society, Incorporated, shall continue to be under the patronage of the State as provided in Article 2 of Chapter 140 of...
§ 143B-95 Edenton Historical Commission - creation, purposes and powers
There is hereby recreated the Edenton Historical Commission. The purposes of the Commission are to effect and encourage preservation, restoration, and appropriate presentation of the...
§ 143B-96 Edenton Historical Commission - status
The Edenton Historical Commission is hereby declared not to be a State agency within the meaning of the Executive Organization Act of 1973 and shall...
§ 143B-97 Edenton Historical Commission - reports
The Edenton Historical Commission shall submit an annual report of its activities, holdings, and finances, including an audit of its accounts by a certified public...
§ 143B-98 Edenton Historical Commission - members; selection; compensation; quorum
The Edenton Historical Commission shall consist of 33 members, 22 appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure, four appointed by the President Pro...
§ 143B-99 Historic Bath Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the Historic Bath Commission. The Historic Bath Commission shall have the following powers: (1) To acquire and dispose of title to...
§ 143B-100 Historic Bath Commission - status
The Historic Bath Commission is hereby declared not to be a State agency within the meaning of the Executive Organization Act of 1973 and shall...
§ 143B-101 Historic Bath Commission - reports
The Historic Bath Commission shall submit an annual report of its activities, holdings, and finances, including an audit of its accounts by a certified public...
§ 143B-102 Historic Bath Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Historic Bath Commission shall consist of 25 members appointed by the Governor plus, ex officio, the mayor of the Town of Bath, the Chairman...
§ 143B-103 Historic Hillsborough Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby recreated the Historic Hillsborough Commission. The Historic Hillsborough Commission shall have the following powers: (1) In cooperation with the Hillsborough Historical Society,...
§ 143B-104 Historic Hillsborough Commission - status
The Historic Hillsborough Commission is hereby declared not to be a State agency within the meaning of the Executive Organization Act of 1973 and shall...
§ 143B-105 Historic Hillsborough Commission - reports
The Historic Hillsborough Commission shall submit an annual report of its activities, holdings, and finances, including an audit of its accounts by a certified public...
§ 143B-106 Historic Hillsborough Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Historic Hillsborough Commission shall consist of not fewer than 25 members appointed by the Governor plus, ex officio, the mayor of the Town of...
§ 143B-107 Historic Murfreesboro Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby recreated the Historic Murfreesboro Commission. The Historic Murfreesboro Commission shall have the following powers: (1) To acquire and dispose of title to...
§ 143B-108 Historic Murfreesboro Commission - status
The Historic Murfreesboro Commission is hereby declared not to be a State agency within the meaning of the Executive Organization Act of 1973 and shall...
§ 143B-109 Historic Murfreesboro Commission - reports
The Historic Murfreesboro Commission shall submit an annual report of its activities, holdings, and finances, including an audit of its accounts by a certified public...
§ 143B-110 Historic Murfreesboro Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Historic Murfreesboro Commission shall consist of 30 members appointed by the Governor plus, ex officio, the mayor of the Town of Murfreesboro, the Chairman...
§ 143B-111 John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby recreated the John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission. The John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission shall have the following powers: (1) To acquire title...
§ 143B-112 John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission - status
The John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission is hereby declared not to be a State agency within the meaning of the Executive Organization Act of 1973...
§ 143B-113 John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission - authorization for counties to assist
The special approval of the General Assembly is hereby given to all appropriations of surplus or non‑ad‑valorem tax funds that should be made and paid...
§ 143B-114 John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission - reports
The John Motley Morehead Commission shall submit to the Secretary of Cultural Resources an annual report of its activities, holdings, and finances, including an audit...
§ 143B-115 John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission shall consist of 19 members as follows: nine members appointed by the Governor; three members appointed by the Board...
§ 143B-116 through 143B-120 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-121 Program established
The Department of Cultural Resources shall establish a program to be known as the Grassroots Arts Program, by which funds shall be distributed among the...
§ 143B-122 Distribution of funds
Of the funds available under the Grassroots Arts Program, twenty percent (20%) of the total shall be distributed among the counties equally, and the remaining...
§ 143B-123 Rules and procedures; standards for qualification for funds
The Department of Cultural Resources shall be authorized to adopt rules and procedures necessary to implement this program and shall adopt standards which must be...
§ 143B-124 Designation of organization as official distributing agent; duties
Guided by the standards set out in G.S. 143B‑123, the board of county commissioners of each county shall designate to the Department of Cultural Resources...
§ 143B-125 Disposition of funds for counties without organizations meeting Department standards
Funds for counties without organizations which meet the necessary standards set by the Department of Cultural Resources shall be retained by the department and used...
§ 143B-126 Voluntary registration; designation of names; registration symbol
The Department of Cultural Resources shall establish a program for the voluntary registration of historical military reenactment groups. The Department shall require, as part of...
§ 143B-127 Contracts with registered groups
The Department of Cultural Resources, Office of Archives and History shall sign contracts for the performance of military historical dramas on State‑owned property only with...
§ 143B-128 Advisory Committee on Abandoned Cemeteries; members; selections; compensation; terms; vacancy; duties
(a) There is created the Advisory Committee on Abandoned Cemeteries to be composed of 17 members appointed as follows: (1) Two by the Governor; (2)...
§ 143B-129 through 143B-131 Repealed by Session Laws 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 769, s. 12.5(c)
§ 143B-131.1 Commission established
There is established the Roanoke Island Commission. The Commission shall be an independent commission, but shall be located within the Department of Cultural Resources for...
§ 143B-131.2 Roanoke Island Commission - Purpose, powers, and duties
(a) The Commission is created to combine various existing entities in the spirit of cooperation for a cohesive body to protect, preserve, develop, and interpret...
§ 143B-131.3 Assignment of property; offices
Upon request of the Commission, the head of any State agency may assign property, equipment, and personnel of such agency to the Commission to assist...
§ 143B-131.4 Commission reports
Before July 1, 1995, the Commission shall submit to the General Assembly a comprehensive report incorporating specific recommendations of the Commission for development and promotion...
§ 143B-131.5 Roanoke Island Commission - Additional powers and duties; transfer of assets and liabilities
(a) The Commission shall also have the powers and duties established by Chapter 1194, Session Laws of 1981, as amended. (b) Effective October 1, 1994,...
§ 143B-131.6 Roanoke Island Commission - Members; terms; vacancies; expenses; officers
(a) The Commission shall consist of 24 voting members appointed as follows: (1) Six members appointed by the Governor; (2) Six members appointed by the...
§ 143B-131.7 Roanoke Island Commission - Counsel
The Attorney General shall assign legal counsel to the Commission. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 769, s. 12.5(a).)
§ 143B-131.8 Roanoke Island Commission Fund; Roanoke Island Commission Endowment Fund
(a) The Roanoke Island Commission Fund is established as a nonreverting Fund and shall be administered by the Roanoke Island Commission. Seventy‑five percent (75%) of...
§ 143B-131.9 Roanoke Island Commission staff
The Commission shall appoint and fix the salary of an Executive Director to serve at its pleasure and may hire other employees. Employees of the...
§ 143B-131.10 Exceptions
Notwithstanding G.S. 143C‑1‑1, the following provisions do not apply to this Part: G.S. 143C‑6‑4, 143C‑6‑5, and 143C‑6‑9. (1995, c. 507, s. 12.6(c); 2006‑203, s. 102.)
§ 143B-132 Andrew Jackson Historic Memorial Committee
(a) The State of North Carolina and its citizens have long noted and recognized the origins and early life of Andrew Jackson, the nation's seventh...
§ 143B-133 Commission established
(a) There is created within the Department of Cultural Resources the Veterans' Memorial Commission. (b) The Veterans' Memorial Commission shall consist of 15 members, none...
§ 143B-133.1 Powers of Commission
(a) The Commission shall cause to be erected on the Capitol Grounds a monument to the veterans of World War I, World War II, and...
§ 143B-134 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-135 Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services.

§ 143B-136 Repealed by Session Laws 1997-443, s. 11A.2
§ 143B-136.1 Department of Health and Human Services - creation
There is created a department to be known as the "Department of Health and Human Services," with the organization, duties, functions, and powers defined in...
§ 143B-137 Repealed by Session Laws 1997-443, s. 11A.2
§ 143B-137.1 Department of Health and Human Services - duties
It shall be the duty of the Department to provide the necessary management, development of policy, and establishment and enforcement of standards for the provisions...
§ 143B-138 Repealed by Session Laws 1997-443, s. 11A.2
§ 143B-138.1 Department of Health and Human Services - functions and organization
(a) All functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the following commissions, boards, councils, committees, or subunits of the Department of Human Resources are...
§ 143B-139 Department of Health and Human Services - head
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall be the head of the Department. (1973, c. 476, s. 120; 1997‑443, s. 11A.122.)
§ 143B-139.1 Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt rules applicable to local health and human services agencies
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may adopt rules applicable to local health and human services agencies for the purpose of...
§ 143B-139.2 Secretary of Health and Human Services requests for grants-in-aid from non-State agencies
It is the intent of this General Assembly that non‑State health and human services agencies submit their appropriation requests for grants‑in‑aid through the Secretary of...
§ 143B-139.3 Department of Health and Human Services - authority to contract with other entities
(a) The Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to contract with any governmental agency, person, association, or corporation for the accomplishment of its...
§ 143B-139.4 Department of Health and Human Services; authority to assist private nonprofit organizations
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may allow employees of the Department or provide other appropriate services to assist any...
§ 143B-139.5 Department of Health and Human Services; adult care State/county share of costs
State funds available to the Department of Health and Human Services shall pay fifty percent (50%), and the counties shall pay fifty percent (50%) of...
§ 143B-139.5A Collaboration between Division of Social Services and Commission of Indian Affairs on Indian Child Welfare Issues
The Division of Social Services, Department of Health and Human Services, shall work in collaboration with the Commission of Indian Affairs, Department of Administration, and...
§ 143B-139.5B Department of Health and Human Services - provision for joint training
The Department of Health and Human Services shall offer joint training of Division of Health Service Regulation consultants, county DSS adult home specialists, and adult...
§ 143B-139.6 Confidentiality of records
All privileged patient medical records in the possession of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be confidential and shall not be public records...
§ 143B-139.6A Secretary's responsibilities regarding availability of early intervention services
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall ensure, in cooperation with other appropriate agencies, that all types of early intervention services...
§ 143B-139.6B Department of Health and Human Services; authority to deduct payroll for child care services
Notwithstanding G.S. 143‑3.3 and pursuant to rules adopted by the State Controller, an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services may, in writing,...
§ 143B-139.7 Consolidated county human services funding
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt rules and policies to provide that: (1) Any dedicated funding streams for...
§ 143B-140 Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 174
§ 143B-141 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 494, effective June 10, 1983
§ 143B-142 through 143B-146 Recodified as §§ 130A-29 through 130A-33 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 175
§ 143B-146.1 Mission of schools; definitions
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the mission of the residential school community is to challenge with high expectations each child...
§ 143B-146.2 ABC's Program in residential schools
(a) The Governor Morehead School and the schools for the deaf shall participate in the ABC's Program. The Secretary, in consultation with the General Assembly...
§ 143B-146.3 Annual performance goals
The ABC's Program shall (i) focus on student performance in the basics of reading, mathematics, and communications skills in elementary and middle schools, (ii) focus...
§ 143B-146.4 Performance recognition
(a) The personnel in participating schools that achieve a level of expected growth greater than one hundred percent (100%) at a level to be determined...
§ 143B-146.5 Identification of low-performing schools
(a) The State Board shall design and implement a procedure to identify low‑performing schools on an annual basis. Low‑performing schools are those participating schools in...
§ 143B-146.6 Assistance teams; review by State Board
(a) The State Board may assign an assistance team to any school identified as low‑performing under this Part or to any other school that the...
§ 143B-146.7 Consequences for personnel at low-performing schools
(a) Within 30 days of the initial identification of a school as low‑performing, whether by the Secretary under G.S. 143B‑146.5(b) or by the State Board...
§ 143B-146.8 Evaluation of certificated personnel and principals; action plans; State Board notification
(a) Annual Evaluations; Low‑Performing Schools. The principal shall evaluate at least once each year all certificated personnel assigned to a participating school that has been...
§ 143B-146.9 Assessment teams
The State Board shall develop guidelines for the Secretary to use to create assessment teams. The Secretary shall assign an assessment team to every low‑performing...
§ 143B-146.10 Development of performance standards and criteria for certificated personnel
The State Board, in consultation with the Secretary, shall revise and develop uniform performance standards and criteria to be used in evaluating certificated personnel, including...
§ 143B-146.11 School calendar
Each school shall adopt a school calendar that includes a minimum of 180 days and 1,000 hours of instruction covering at least nine calendar months....
§ 143B-146.12 Development and approval of school improvement plans
(a) In order to improve student performance, each school shall develop a school improvement plan that takes into consideration the annual performance goal for that...
§ 143B-146.13 School technology plan
(a) No later than December 15, 1998, the Secretary shall develop a school technology plan for the residential schools that meets the requirements of the...
§ 143B-146.14 Dispute resolution; appeals to Secretary
The Secretary shall establish a procedure for the resolution of disputes between the residential schools and the parents or guardians of students who attend the...
§ 143B-146.15 Duty to report certain acts to law enforcement
When the principal has personal knowledge or actual notice from residential school personnel or other reliable source that an act has occurred on school property...
§ 143B-146.16 Residential school personnel criminal history checks
(a) As used in this section: (1) "Criminal history" means a county, state, or federal criminal history of conviction of a crime, whether a misdemeanor...
§ 143B-146.17 through 143B-146.20 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-146.21 Policies, reports, and other miscellaneous provisions
(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult with the State Board of Education in its implementation of this act as it pertains...
§ 143B-146.22 Repealed by Session Laws 2001-424, s. 21.80(a)
§ 143B-146.23 through 143B-146.27 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-147 Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services - creation, powers and duties
(a) There is hereby created the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services of the Department of Health and Human Services with...
§ 143B-148 Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services - members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of 32 members,...
§ 143B-149 Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services - officers
The Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services shall have a chairman and a vice‑chairman. The chairman shall be designated by the...
§ 143B-150 Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services - regular and special meetings
The Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services shall meet at least once in each quarter and may hold special meetings at...
§ 143B-150.1 through 143B-150.4 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-150.5 Family Preservation Services Program established; purpose
(a) There is established the Family Preservation Services Program of the Department of Health and Human Services. To the extent that funds are made available,...
§ 143B-150.6 Program services; eligibility; grants for local projects; fund transfers
(a) Services: Services to be provided under the Family Preservation Services Program shall include but are not limited to: family assessment, intensive family and individual...
§ 143B-150.7 through 143B-150.9 Repealed by Session Laws 2001-424, ss. 21.50(h) to (j)
§ 143B-150.10 through 143B-150.19 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-150.20 State Child Fatality Review Team; establishment; purpose; powers; duties; report by Division of Social Services
(a) There is established in the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, a State Child Fatality Review Team to conduct in‑depth...
§ 143B-151 through 143B-152 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 497
§ 143B-152.1 Establishment of program; purpose; goals
(a) There is created in the Department of Health and Human Services the Support Our Students (S.O.S.) Program. The purpose of the program is to...
§ 143B-152.2 Definitions
As used in this Part, "school‑aged children" means children enrolled in kindergarten through the ninth grade. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 30(a).)
§ 143B-152.3 Administration of the program
The Department shall develop and implement the Support Our Students (S.O.S.) Program. The Department shall: (1) Repealed by Session Laws 2001‑424, s. 24.1(b), effective July...
§ 143B-152.4 Eligible applicants; application for grants
(a) A community‑ or neighborhood‑based 501(c)(3) entity or a consortium consisting of one or more local 501(c)(3) entities and one or more local school administrative...
§ 143B-152.5 Grants review and selection
(a) The Department shall develop and disseminate a request for applications and establish procedures to be followed in developing and submitting applications to establish local...
§ 143B-152.6 Cooperation of State and local agencies
All agencies of the State and local government, including the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, departments of social services, health departments, local mental...
§ 143B-152.7 Program evaluation; reporting requirements
(a) The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop and implement an evaluation system that will assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the S.O.S....
§ 143B-152.8 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-152.9 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-152.10 Family Resource Center Grant Program; creation; purpose; intent
(a) There is created in the Department of Health and Human Services the Family Resource Center Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to...
§ 143B-152.11 Administration of program
The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop and implement the Family Resource Center Grant Program. The Department shall: (1) Sponsor a statewide conference...
§ 143B-152.12 Eligible applicants: applications for grants
(a) A community‑ or neighborhood‑based 501(c)(3) entity or a consortium consisting of one or more local 501(c)(3) entities and one or more local school administrative...
§ 143B-152.13 Grants review and selection
(a) The Department shall develop and disseminate a request for applications and establish procedures to be followed in developing and submitting applications to establish local...
§ 143B-152.14 Cooperation of State and local agencies
All agencies of the State and local government, including the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, departments of social services, health departments, local mental...
§ 143B-152.15 Program evaluation; reporting requirements
(a) The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop and implement an evaluation system that will assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the Family...
§ 143B-153 Social Services Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the Social Services Commission of the Department of Health and Human Services with the power and duty to adopt rules and...
§ 143B-153.1 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 883, s. 2, effective July 20, 1983
§ 143B-154 Social Services Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Social Services Commission of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of one member from each congressional district in the State, all...
§ 143B-155 Social Services Commission - regular and special meetings
The Social Services Commission shall meet at least once in each quarter and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State...
§ 143B-156 Social Services Commission - officers
The Commission for Social Services shall have a chairman and a vice‑chairman. The chairman shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of...
§ 143B-157 Commission for the Blind - creation, powers and duties
There is recreated the Commission for the Blind of the Department of Health and Human Services with the power and duty to adopt rules governing...
§ 143B-158 Commission for the Blind
(a) The Commission for the Blind of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of 13 members as follows: (1) One representative of...
§ 143B-159 Commission for the Blind - regular and special meetings
The Commission for the Blind shall meet at least once in each quarter and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the...
§ 143B-160 Commission for the Blind - officers
The Commission for the Blind shall have a chairman and a vice‑chairman. The chairman shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of...
§ 143B-161 Professional Advisory Committee - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the Professional Advisory Committee of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Professional Advisory Committee shall advise the Commission for...
§ 143B-162 Professional Advisory Committee - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Professional Advisory Committee of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall...
§ 143B-163 Consumer and Advocacy Advisory Committee for the Blind - creation, powers and duties
(a) There is hereby created the Consumer and Advocacy Advisory Committee for the Blind of the Department of Health and Human Services. This Committee shall...
§ 143B-164 Consumer and Advocacy Advisory Committee for the Blind - members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The Consumer and Advocacy Advisory Committee for the Blind of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of the following members: (1)...
§ 143B-164.1 through 143B-164.9 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-164.10 Incorporation, name and management
The institution for the education of the blind, located in the City of Raleigh, shall be a corporation under the name and style of the...
§ 143B-164.11 Board of Directors of the Governor Morehead School - creation, powers and duties
(a) There is hereby created the Board of Directors of the Governor Morehead School of the Department of Health and Human Services with the power...
§ 143B-164.12 Board of Directors of the Governor Morehead School - members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The Board of Directors of the Governor Morehead School of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of 11 members appointed by...
§ 143B-164.13 Admission of pupils; how admission obtained
The Department of Health and Human Services shall, on application, receive in the institution for the purpose of education all blind children who are residents...
§ 143B-164.14 Admission of pupils from other states
The Department of Health and Human Services may, on such terms as it deems proper and upon the receipt of tuition and necessary expenses as...
§ 143B-164.15 Department of Health and Human Services may confer diplomas
The Department of Health and Human Services may, upon the recommendation of the superintendent and faculty, confer such diplomas or marks of achievement upon its...
§ 143B-164.16 State Treasurer is ex officio treasurer of institution
The State Treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer of the institution. He shall report to the Department of Health and Human Services at such times...
§ 143B-164.17 When clothing, etc., for pupils paid for by county
Where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the director of social services and the chairman of the board of county commissioners of any county...
§ 143B-164.18 Establishment of private, nonprofit corporations
The Department of Health and Human Services may encourage the establishment of private, nonprofit corporations to support the Governor Morehead School. If the sole purpose...
§ 143B-165 North Carolina Medical Care Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Medical Care Commission of the Department of Health and Human Services with the power and duty to promulgate...
§ 143B-166 North Carolina Medical Care Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The North Carolina Medical Care Commission of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of 17 members appointed by the Governor. Three of...
§ 143B-167 North Carolina Medical Care Commission - regular and special meetings
The North Carolina Medical Care Commission shall meet at least once in each quarter and may hold special meetings at any time and place within...
§ 143B-168 North Carolina Medical Care Commission - officers
The North Carolina Medical Care Commission shall have a chairman and vice‑chairman. The chairman shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of...
§ 143B-168.1 Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 788, s. 23
§ 143B-168.2 Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 788, s. 24
§ 143B-168.3 Child Care Commission - powers and duties
(a) The Child Day‑Care Licensing Commission of the Department of Administration is transferred, recodified, and renamed the Child Care Commission of the Department of Health...
§ 143B-168.4 Child Care Commission - members; selection; quorum
(a) The Child Care Commission of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of 15 members. Seven of the members shall be appointed...
§ 143B-168.5 Child Care - special unit
There is established within the Department of Health and Human Services a special unit to deal primarily with violations involving child abuse and neglect in...
§ 143B-168.6 through 143B-168.9 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-168.10 Early childhood initiatives; findings
The General Assembly finds, upon consultation with the Governor, that every child can benefit from, and should have access to, high‑quality early childhood education and...
§ 143B-168.11 Early childhood initiatives; purpose; definitions
(a) The purpose of this Part is to establish a framework whereby the General Assembly, upon consultation with the Governor, may support through financial and...
§ 143B-168.12 North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc.; conditions
(a) In order to receive State funds, the following conditions shall be met: (1) The North Carolina Partnership shall have a Board of Directors consisting...
§ 143B-168.13 Implementation of program; duties of Department and Secretary
(a) The Department shall: (1) Repealed by Session Laws 1998‑212, s. 12.37B(a), effective October 30, 1998. (1a) Develop and conduct a statewide needs and resource...
§ 143B-168.14 Local partnerships; conditions
(a) In order to receive State funds, the following conditions shall be met: (1) Each local partnership shall develop a comprehensive, collaborative, long‑range plan of...
§ 143B-168.15 Use of State funds
(a) State funds allocated to local projects for services to children and families shall be used to meet assessed needs, expand coverage, and improve the...
§ 143B-168.16 Home-centered services; consent
No home‑centered services including home visits or in‑home parenting training shall be allowed under this Part unless the written, informed consent of the participating parents...
§ 143B-169 through 143B-172 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 504, s. 9
§ 143B-173 through 143B-176 Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 533, s. 3
§ 143B-176.1 through 143B-176.2 Recodified as §§ 143B-164.11 and 143B-164.12 by Session Laws 1997-18, ss. 13(b) and (c)
§ 143B-177 Council on Developmental Disabilities - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the Council on Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Council on Developmental Disabilities shall have the...
§ 143B-178 Council on Developmental Disabilities - definitions
The following definitions apply to this Chapter: (1) The term "developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of a person which: a. Is attributable to...
§ 143B-179 Council on Developmental Disabilities - members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The Council on Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of 32 members appointed by the Governor. The composition...
§ 143B-179.1 through 143B-179.4 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-179.5 Interagency Coordinating Council for Children from Birth to Five with Disabilities and Their Families; establishment, composition, organization; duties, compensation, reporting
(a) There is established an Interagency Coordinating Council for Children from Birth to Five with Disabilities and Their Families in the Department of Health and...
§ 143B-179.5A Regional Interagency Coordinating Councils for Children from Birth to Five with Disabilities and Their Families; establishment; composition; organization; duties; compensation; reporting
(a) There are established 18 Regional Interagency Coordinating Councils for Children from Birth to Five with Disabilities and Their Families, corresponding with the catchment areas...
§ 143B-179.6 Interagency Coordinating Council for Children with Disabilities from Birth to Five Years of Age; agency cooperation
All appropriate agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Instruction, and other public and private service providers shall...
§ 143B-180 Governor's Advisory Council on Aging - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the Governor's Advisory Council on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Advisory Council on Aging shall have...
§ 143B-181 Governor's Advisory Council on Aging - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Governor's Advisory Council on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of 33 members, 29 members to be appointed by...
§ 143B-181.1 Division of Aging - creation, powers and duties
(a) There is hereby created within the office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services a Division of Aging, which shall...
§ 143B-181.1A Plan for serving older adults; inventory of existing data; cooperation by State agencies
(a) The Division of Aging, Department of Health and Human Services shall submit a regularly updated plan to the General Assembly by March 1 of...
§ 143B-181.1B Division as clearinghouse for information; agencies to provide information
(a) The Division of Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, shall be the central clearinghouse for information regarding all State education and training programs...
§ 143B-181.2 Assistant Secretary for Aging - appointment and duties
(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall appoint an assistant secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services, whose title shall be...
§ 143B-181.3 Statement of principles
To utilize effectively the resources of our State, to provide a better quality of life for our senior citizens, and to assure older adults the...
§ 143B-181.4 Responsibility for policy
Responsibility for developing policy to carry out the purpose of this Part is vested in the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services...
§ 143B-181.5 Long-term care policy
The North Carolina General Assembly finds that the aging of the population and advanced medical technology have resulted in a growing number of persons who...
§ 143B-181.6 Purpose and intent
It is the North Carolina General Assembly's intent in the State's development and implementation of long‑term care policies that: (1) Long‑term care services administered by...
§ 143B-181.7 through 143B-181.9 Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 583, s. 2
§ 143B-181.9A Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 179, s. 1
§ 143B-181.10 Respite care program established; eligibility; services; administration; payment rates
(a) A respite care program is established to provide needed relief to caregivers of impaired adults who cannot be left alone because of mental or...
§ 143B-181.11 through 143B-181.14 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-181.15 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program/Office; policy
The General Assembly finds that a significant number of older citizens of this State reside in long‑term care facilities and are dependent on others to...
§ 143B-181.16 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program/Office; definition
Unless the content clearly requires otherwise, as used in this Article: (1) "Long‑term care facility" means any skilled nursing facility and intermediate care facility as...
§ 143B-181.17 Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program/Office; establishment
The Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services shall establish and maintain the Office of State Long‑Term Ombudsman in the Division of Aging. The...
§ 143B-181.18 Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program/State Ombudsman duties
The State Ombudsman shall: (1) Promote community involvement with long‑term care providers and residents of long‑term care facilities and serve as liaison between residents, residents'...
§ 143B-181.19 Office of Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman; Regional Ombudsman; duties
(a) An Office of Regional Ombudsman Program shall be established in each of the Area Agencies on Aging, and shall be headed by a Regional...
§ 143B-181.20 State/Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman; authority to enter; cooperation of government agencies; communication with residents
(a) The State and Regional Ombudsman may enter any long‑term care facility and may have reasonable access to any resident in the reasonable pursuit of...
§ 143B-181.21 State/Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman; resolution of complaints
(a) Following receipt of a complaint, the State or Regional Ombudsman shall attempt to resolve the complaint using, whenever possible, informal technique of mediation, conciliation,...
§ 143B-181.22 State/Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman; confidentiality
The identity of any complainant, resident on whose behalf a complaint is made, or any individual providing information on behalf of the resident or complainant...
§ 143B-181.23 State/Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman; prohibition of retaliation
No person shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against any resident or relative or guardian of a resident, any employee of a long‑term care...
§ 143B-181.24 Office of State/Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman; immunity from liability
No representative of the Office shall be liable for good faith performance of official duties. (1989, c. 403.)
§ 143B-181.25 Office of State/Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman; penalty for willful interference
Willful or unnecessary obstruction with the State or Regional Long‑Term Care Ombudsman in the performance of his official duties is a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1989,...
§ 143B-181.26 through 143B-181.49 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-181.50 through 143B-181.54 Repealed by Session Laws 1999-334, s. 3.11
§ 143B-181.55 Creation, membership, meetings, organization, and adoption of measures
(a) There is created the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature. It shall: (1) Provide information and education to senior citizens on the legislative process...
§ 143B-182, 143B-183 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 51, s. 13
§ 143B-184, 143B-185 Repealed by Session Laws 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1028, s. 28
§ 143B-186, 143B-187 Transferred to §§ 143B-414, 143B-415 by Session Laws 1977, c. 872, s. 6
§ 143B-188 through 143B-190 Recodified as §§ 130A-131 through 130A-131.2 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 179
§ 143B-191 through 143B-196 Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 822, s. 1
§ 143B-197 through 143B-201 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 504, s. 10
§ 143B-202 through 143B-203 Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 181
§ 143B-204 through 143B-206 Recodified as §§ 130A-33.30 through 130A-33.32 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 182(a)
§ 143B-207 through 143B-208 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 50, s. 7
§ 143B-209 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 891, s. 10, effective January 1, 1984
§ 143B-210 through 143B-212 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 51, s. 7, effective July 1, 1981
§ 143B-213 through 143B-216.5B Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 533, s. 1
§ 143B-216.6 through 143B-216.7 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 504, s. 13
§ 143B-216.8 through 143B-216.9 Recodified as §§ 130A-33.40, 130A-33.41 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 186
§ 143B-216.10 through 143B-216.15 Recodified as §§ 143B-285.10 through 143B-285.15 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 189
§ 143B-216.16 through 143B-216.19 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.20 Recodified as G.S. 143A-48.1(a) by Session Laws 2002-126, s. 10.10D(a), effective October 1, 2002
§ 143B-216.21 Recodified as G.S. 143A-48.1(b) by Session Laws 2002-126, s. 10.10D(a), effective October 1, 2002
§ 143B-216.22 Recodified as G.S. 143A-48.1(c) by Session Laws 2002-126, s. 10.10D(a), effective October 1, 2002
§ 143B-216.23 Recodified as G.S. 143A-48.1(d) by Session Laws 2002-126, s. 10.10D(a), effective October 1, 2002
§ 143B-216.24 through 143B-216.29 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.30 Definitions
The following definitions shall apply throughout this Part unless otherwise specified: (1) "Council" means the Council for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing of...
§ 143B-216.31 Council for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing – creation and duties
There is hereby created the Council for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Council shall...
§ 143B-216.32 Council for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing – membership; quorum; compensation
(a) The Council for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing shall consist of 28 members. Twenty members shall be members appointed by the Governor....
§ 143B-216.33 Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing – creation, powers and duties
(a) There is hereby created within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing....
§ 143B-216.34 Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing - temporary loan program established
(a) There is established an assistive equipment loan program for the deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired to be developed, administered, and implemented by...
§ 143B-216.35 through 143B-216.39 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.40 Establishment; operations
There are established, and there shall be maintained, the following schools for the deaf: the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf at Wilson (K‑12)...
§ 143B-216.41 Pupils admitted; education
(a) The Department of Health and Human Services may consider for admission all deaf and deaf/multidisabled children into the schools for the deaf who meet...
§ 143B-216.42 Free textbooks and State purchase and rental system
The Schools for the Deaf shall have the right and privilege of participating in the distribution of free textbooks and in the purchase and rental...
§ 143B-216.43 Agreements with local governing authorities
The Department is authorized to make such agreements with the governing authority of any municipality, or of any county, as may be mutually agreed upon,...
§ 143B-216.44 Fees for athletic programs; appeal
The Secretary of Health and Human Services may establish by regulation fees not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year to support the athletic...
§ 143B-216.45 through 143B-216.49 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.50 Department of Health and Human Services; office of the Internal Auditor
(a) The office of Internal Auditor is established in the Department of Health and Human Services. The office of the Internal Auditor shall provide independent...
§ 143B-216.51 Department of Health and Human Services office of the Internal Auditor; Department audits
(a) To ensure that Department audits are performed in accordance with applicable auditing standards, the Internal Auditor shall possess the following qualifications: (1) A bachelors...
§ 143B-216.52 through 143B-216.59 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.60 The Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force
(a) The Justus‑Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force is created in the Department of Health and Human Services. (b) The Task Force shall...
§ 143B-216.61 through 143B-216.64 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.65 North Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council – creation and duties
There is established the North Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council in the Department of Health and Human Services. The Council shall have duties including...
§ 143B-216.66 North Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council - membership; quorum; compensation
(a) The Council shall consist of 29 members, appointed as follows: (1) Three members by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the President Pro...
§ 143B-216.67 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.68 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.69 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.70 Office of Policy and Planning
(a) To promote coordinated policy development and strategic planning for the State's health and human services systems, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall...
§ 143B-216.71 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.72 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.72A Legislative findings and purpose
(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Maintaining the general health, welfare, and prosperity of the people of this State requires that all citizens receive...
§ 143B-216.72B Definitions
The following definitions apply to this Part: (1) Applicant. A member of the family residing in the dwelling unit, the owner, or designated agent of...
§ 143B-216.72C The Office of Economic Opportunity designated agency; powers and duties
(a) The Office of Economic Opportunity of the Department shall administer the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low‑Income Families established by 42 U.S.C. 6861, et seq.,...
§ 143B-216.73 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.74 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-216.75 Governor's Commission on Early Childhood Vision Care
(a) There is established the Governor's Commission on Early Childhood Vision Care ("Commission"). The Commission shall be located in the Department of Health and Human...

Article 4 - Department of Revenue.

§ 143B-217 Department of Revenue - creation
There is hereby recreated and reestablished a department to be known as the "Department of Revenue" with the organization, duties, functions, and powers defined in...
§ 143B-218 Department of Revenue - duties
It shall be the duty of the Department to collect and account for the State's tax funds, to insure uniformity of administration of the tax...
§ 143B-218.1 Recodified as § 105-256(a)(6) by Session Laws 2001-414, s. 25
§ 143B-219 Department of Revenue - functions
(a) The functions of the Department of Revenue shall comprise, except as otherwise expressly provided by the Executive Organization Act of 1973 or by the...
§ 143B-220 Department of Revenue - head
The Secretary of Revenue shall be the head of the Department. (1973, c. 476, s. 187.)
§ 143B-221 Repealed by Session Laws 2001-414, s. 47
§ 143B-222 through 143B-225 Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 110, s. 3
§ 143B-226 through 143B-245 Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 5 - Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

§ 143B-246 through 143B-251 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 70, s. 33
§ 143B-252 through 143B-253 Transferred to §§ 143B-399, 143B-400 by Session Laws 1977, c. 70, ss. 24, 25
§ 143B-254 through 143B-255 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 23, s. 3
§ 143B-256 through 143B-259 Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 6 - Department of Correction.

§ 143B-260 Department of Correction - creation
There is hereby created and established a department to be known as the Department of Correction with the organization, powers, and duties hereafter defined in...
§ 143B-261 Department of Correction - duties
It shall be the duty of the Department to provide the necessary custody, supervision, and treatment to control and rehabilitate criminal offenders and thereby to...
§ 143B-261.1 Department of Correction - rules and regulations
The Department of Correction shall adopt rules and regulations related to the conduct, supervision, rights and privileges of persons in its custody or under its...
§ 143B-261.2 Repair or replacement of personal property
(a) The Secretary of Correction may adopt rules governing repair or replacement of personal property items excluding private passenger vehicles that belong to employees of...
§ 143B-262 Department of Correction - functions
(a) The functions of the Department of Correction shall comprise except as otherwise expressly provided by the Executive Organization Act of 1973 or by the...
§ 143B-262.1 Department of Correction - Substance Abuse Program
(a) The Substance Abuse Program established by subsection (d) of 143B‑262 shall be offered in a correctional facility, or a portion of a correctional facility...
§ 143B-262.2 Pilot program on sexual assault
(a) The Department of Correction shall establish pilot programs on sexual assault for inmates at three units of the State prison system. The Department shall...
§ 143B-262.3 Reports to the General Assembly
(a) The Department of Correction shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the...
§ 143B-262.4 Deferred prosecution, community service restitution, and volunteer program
(a) The Department of Correction may conduct a deferred prosecution, community service restitution, and volunteer program for youthful and adult offenders. The Secretary of Correction...
§ 143B-262.5 Security Staffing
(a) The Department of Correction shall conduct: (1) On‑site postaudits of every prison at least once every three years; (2) Regular audits of postaudit charts...
§ 143B-263 Department of Correction - head
The Secretary of Correction shall be the head of the Department. (1973, c. 1262, s. 5.)
§ 143B-264 Department of Correction - organization
The Department of Correction shall be organized initially to include the Post‑Release Supervision and Parole Commission, the Board of Correction, the Division of Prisons, the...
§ 143B-265 Board of Correction - duties and responsibilities; members; selection; compensation; meetings; quorum; services
(a) The Board of Correction shall consider and advise the Secretary of Correction upon any matter that the Secretary may refer to it. The Board...
§ 143B-266 Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission - creation, powers and duties
(a) There is hereby created a Post‑Release Supervision and Parole Commission of the Department of Correction with the authority to grant paroles, including both regular...
§ 143B-267 Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission - members; selection; removal; chairman; compensation; quorum; services
Effective August 1, 2005, the Post‑Release Supervision and Parole Commission shall consist of one full‑time member and two half‑time members. The three members shall be...
§ 143B-268 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-269 Repealed by Session Laws 2007-252, s. 1, effective July 1, 2007
§ 143B-270 Substance Abuse Advisory Council
(a) There is created a Substance Abuse Advisory Council to consult with the Secretary of the Department of Correction in the administration of the Substance...
§ 143B-271 Powers and duties of the Council
The Substance Abuse Advisory Council shall advise the Secretary of the Department of Correction on the administration of the Substance Abuse Program. The Council shall...
§ 143B-272 Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 6A - North Carolina State-County Criminal Justice Partnership Act.

§ 143B-273 Short title
This Article is the "North Carolina State‑County Criminal Justice Partnership Act of 1993" and may be cited by that name. (1993, c. 534; 1994, Ex....
§ 143B-273.1 Legislative policy
The policy of the General Assembly with respect to the State‑county criminal justice partnership is: (1) To support the implementation of the recommendations of the...
§ 143B-273.2 Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Account. The State‑County Criminal Justice Partnership Account. (2) County Board. A County Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board....
§ 143B-273.3 Goals of community-based corrections programs funded under this Article
The goals of community‑based programs funded under this Article include: (1) To reduce recidivism; (2) To reduce the number of probation revocations; (3) To reduce...
§ 143B-273.4 Eligible population
(a) An eligible offender is an adult offender who was convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony offense and received a nonincarcerative sentence of an...
§ 143B-273.5 State-County Criminal Justice Partnership Account established
The State‑County Criminal Justice Partnership Account is created within the Department of Correction. Revenue in the Account may be used only to make grants to...
§ 143B-273.6 State Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board; members; terms; chairperson
(a) There is created the State Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board. The State Board shall act as an advisory body to the Secretary with regards...
§ 143B-273.7 Duties of State Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board
The State Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board has the following duties: (1) To recommend community‑based corrections program priorities; (2) To review the application process and...
§ 143B-273.8 Duties of Department of Correction
(a) In addition to those otherwise provided by law, the Department of Correction shall have the following duties: (1) To provide technical assistance to applicants...
§ 143B-273.9 Election to apply for funding
A county may elect to apply for funding under this Article by a vote of the board of county commissioners approving the decision to apply,...
§ 143B-273.10 County Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Boards; members; terms; chairperson
(a) A county board or a multicounty board shall consist of not less than 10 members and shall, to the greatest extent possible, include the...
§ 143B-273.11 County Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Boards; powers and duties
The County Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To participate in a planning process to develop a Community‑Based...
§ 143B-273.12 Community-Based Corrections Plan
(a) The Community‑Based Corrections Plan shall include the following: (1) A flowchart of the criminal justice system which describes processing steps from the point of...
§ 143B-273.13 Application for implementation funding
(a) Upon approving the Community‑Based Corrections Plan, the board or boards of county commissioners shall submit the plan and an application for implementation funding. The...
§ 143B-273.14 Fundable programs; community-based corrections programs
(a) Fundable programs under this Article shall include community‑based corrections programs which are operated under a county community‑based corrections plan and funded by the State...
§ 143B-273.15 Funding formula
To determine the grant amount for which a county or counties may apply, the granting authority shall apply the following formula: (1) Twenty‑five percent (25%)...
§ 143B-273.16 Continued eligibility
(a) To continue to receive funding under this Article, a county shall submit an updated application for implementation funding to the Secretary at the beginning...
§ 143B-273.17 Termination of participation in program
A county receiving financial aid under this Article may terminate its participation by delivering a resolution of the board or boards of county commissioners to...
§ 143B-273.18 Private nonprofit agencies participating in program
After the county criminal justice partnership advisory board has developed a plan and the board or boards of county commissioners has reviewed it, if the...
§ 143B-273.19 Prohibited uses of funds
(a) Counties may not use funds received under this Article to supplant or replace existing funds or other resources from the federal, State, or county...
§ 143B-274 Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 7 - Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

§ 143B-275 through 143B-279 Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 2
§ 143B-279.1 Department of Environment and Natural Resources - creation
(a) There is hereby created and constituted a department to be known as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, with the organization, powers, and...
§ 143B-279.2 Department of Environment and Natural Resources - duties
It shall be the duty of the Department: (1) To provide for the protection of the environment; (1a) To administer the State Outer Continental Shelf...
§ 143B-279.3 Department of Environment and Natural Resources - structure
(a) All functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the following subunits of the following departments are transferred to and vested in the Department...
§ 143B-279.4 The Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Secretary; Deputy Secretaries
(a) The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall be the head of the Department. (b) The Secretary may appoint two Deputy Secretaries. (1989, c....
§ 143B-279.5 Biennial State of the Environment Report
(a) The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall report on the state of the environment to the General Assembly and the Environmental Review Commission...
§ 143B-279.6 Repealed by Session Laws 1997-443, s. 11A.2
§ 143B-279.7 Fish kill response protocols; report
(a) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall coordinate an intradepartmental effort to develop scientific protocols to respond to significant fish kill events utilizing...
§ 143B-279.8 Coastal Habitat Protection Plans
(a) The Department shall coordinate the preparation of draft Coastal Habitat Protection Plans for critical fisheries habitats. The goal of the Plans shall be the...
§ 143B-279.9 Land-use restrictions may be imposed to reduce danger to public health at contaminated sites
(a) In order to reduce or eliminate the danger to public health or the environment posed by the presence of contamination at a site, an...
§ 143B-279.10 Recordation of contaminated sites
(a) The owner of the real property on which a site is located that is subject to current or future use restrictions approved as provided...
§ 143B-279.11 Recordation of residual petroleum from an underground storage tank
(a) The definitions set out in G.S. 143‑215.94A and G.S. 143B‑279.9 apply to this section. This section applies only to a cleanup pursuant to a...
§ 143B-279.12 One-stop permits for certain environmental permits
(a) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall establish a one‑stop environmental permit application assistance and tracking system program for all its regional offices....
§ 143B-279.13 Express permit and certification reviews
(a) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall develop an express review program to provide express permit and certification reviews in all of its...
§ 143B-279.14 Express Review Fund
The Express Review Fund is created as a special nonreverting fund. All fees collected under G.S. 143B‑279.13 shall be credited to the Express Review Fund....
§ 143B-280 Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 2
§ 143B-281 Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 2
§ 143B-281.1 Wildlife Resources Commission - transfer; independence preserved; appointment of Executive Director and employees
The Wildlife Resources Commission, as established by Chapters 75A, 113, and 143 of the General Statutes and other applicable laws of this State, is hereby...
§ 143B-282 Fuel charge adjustments for electric utilities
(a) There is hereby created the Environmental Management Commission of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with the power and duty to promulgate rules...
§ 143B-282.1 Environmental Management Commission - quasi-judicial powers; procedures
(a) With respect to those matters within its jurisdiction, the Environmental Management Commission shall exercise quasi‑judicial powers in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 150B...
§ 143B-283 Environmental Management Commission - members; selection; removal; compensation; quorum; services
(a) The Environmental Management Commission shall consist of 13 members appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall select the members so that the membership of...
§ 143B-284 Environmental Management Commission - officers
The Environmental Management Commission shall have a chairman and a vice‑chairman. The chairman shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of the...
§ 143B-285 Environmental Management Commission - meetings
The Environmental Management Commission shall meet at least once in each quarter and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State...
§ 143B-285.1 through 143B-285.9 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-285.10 through 143B-285.15 Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 501, s. 1
§ 143B-285.16 through 143B-285.19 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-285.20 Short title
This Part shall be known and cited as the Environmental Education Act of 1993. (1993, c. 501, s. 28.)
§ 143B-285.21 Declaration of purpose
The purpose of this Part shall be to encourage, promote, and support the development of programs, facilities, and materials for the purpose of environmental education...
§ 143B-285.22 Creation
There is hereby created a North Carolina Office of Environmental Education (hereinafter referred to as "Office") within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. (1993,...
§ 143B-285.23 Powers and duties of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall: (1) Establish an Office of Environmental Education to: a. Serve as a clearinghouse of environmental information for...
§ 143B-285.24 Grants and awards
The objective of grants and awards made under the provisions of this Part shall be to promote the further development of local and regional environmental...
§ 143B-285.25 Liaison between the Office of Environmental Education and the Department of Public Instruction
The Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction shall identify an environmental education liaison within the Office of Instructional Services of the Department of Public...
§ 143B-286 through 143B-289 Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 641, s. 1
§ 143B-289.1 through 143B-289.12 Repealed by Session Laws 1997-400, s. 6.3
§ 143B-289.13 through 143B-289.18 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-289.19 through 143B-289.23 Recodified as §§ 143B-289.40 through 143B-289.44 by Session Laws 1997-400, ss. 6, 6.3(b)
§ 143B-289.24 through 143B-289.39 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-289.40 Division of North Carolina Aquariums - creation
The Division of North Carolina Aquariums is created in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. (1985, c. 202, s. 3; 1995, c. 509, s....
§ 143B-289.41 Division of North Carolina Aquariums - organization; powers and duties
(a) The Division of North Carolina Aquariums shall be organized as prescribed by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and shall exercise the following...
§ 143B-289.42 North Carolina Aquariums; purpose
The purpose of establishing and maintaining the North Carolina Aquariums is to promote an awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the diverse natural and cultural resources...
§ 143B-289.43 Local advisory committees; duties; membership
Local advisory committees created pursuant to G.S. 143B‑289.41(a)(1b) shall assist each North Carolina Aquarium in its efforts to establish projects and programs and to assure...
§ 143B-289.44 North Carolina Aquariums; fees; fund
(a) Fees. The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources may adopt a schedule of uniform entrance fees for the North Carolina Aquariums. (b) Fund. The...
§ 143B-289.45 through 143B-289.49 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-289.50 Definitions
(a) As used in this part: (1) "Commission" means the Marine Fisheries Commission. (2) "Department" means the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. (3) "Fisheries...
§ 143B-289.51 Marine Fisheries Commission - creation; purposes
(a) There is hereby created the Marine Fisheries Commission in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. (b) The functions, purposes, and duties of the...
§ 143B-289.52 Marine Fisheries Commission - powers and duties
(a) The Marine Fisheries Commission shall adopt rules to be followed in the management, protection, preservation, and enhancement of the marine and estuarine resources within...
§ 143B-289.53 Marine Fisheries Commission - quasi-judicial powers; procedures
(a) With respect to those matters within its jurisdiction, the Marine Fisheries Commission shall exercise quasi‑judicial powers in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 150B...
§ 143B-289.54 Marine Fisheries Commission - members; appointment; term; oath; ethical standards; removal; compensation; staff
(a) Members, Selection. The Marine Fisheries Commission shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor as follows: (1) One person actively engaged in, or...
§ 143B-289.55 Marine Fisheries Commission - officers; organization; seal
(a) The Governor shall appoint a member of the Commission to serve as Chair. The Chair shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The...
§ 143B-289.56 Marine Fisheries Commission - meetings; quorum
(a) The Commission shall meet at least once each calendar quarter and may hold additional meetings at any time and place within the State at...
§ 143B-289.57 Marine Fisheries Commission Advisory Committees established; members; selection; duties
(a) The Commission shall be assisted in the performance of its duties by four standing advisory committees and four regional advisory committees. Each standing and...
§ 143B-289.58 Marine Fisheries Endowment Fund
(a) Recognizing the inestimable importance to the State and its people of conserving the marine and estuarine resources of the State, and for the purpose...
§ 143B-289.59 Conservation Fund; Commission may accept gifts
(a) The Marine Fisheries Commission may accept gifts, donations, or contributions from any sources. These funds shall be held in a separate account and used...
§ 143B-289.60 Article subject to Chapter 113
Nothing in this Article shall be construed to affect the jurisdictional division between the Marine Fisheries Commission and the Wildlife Resources Commission contained in Subchapter...
§ 143B-289.61 Jurisdictional questions
In the event of any question arising between the Wildlife Resources Commission and the Marine Fisheries Commission or between the Department of Environment and Natural...
§ 143B-289.62 through 143B-289.65 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-290 North Carolina Mining Commission - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Mining Commission of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with the power and duty to promulgate rules...
§ 143B-291 North Carolina Mining Commission - members; selection; removal; compensation; quorum; services
(a) Members, Selection. The North Carolina Mining Commission shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor under a specified subdivision of this subsection as...
§ 143B-292 North Carolina Mining Commission - officers
The North Carolina Mining Commission shall have a chair and a vice‑chair. The chair shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of...
§ 143B-293 North Carolina Mining Commission - meetings
The North Carolina Mining Commission shall meet at least semiannually and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State at the...
§ 143B-294 Soil and Water Conservation Commission - creation; powers and duties; compliance inspections
(a) There is hereby created the Soil and Water Conservation Commission of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with the power and duty to...
§ 143B-295 Soil and Water Conservation Commission - members; selection; removal; compensation; quorum; services
(a) The Soil and Water Conservation Commission of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall be composed of seven members appointed by the Governor....
§ 143B-296 Soil and Water Conservation Commission - officers
The Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall have a chair and a vice‑chair. The chair shall be designated by the Governor from among the members...
§ 143B-297 Soil and Water Conservation Commission - meetings
The Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall meet at least quarterly and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State at...
§ 143B-297.1 Soil and Water Conservation Account
The Soil and Water Conservation Account is established as a nonreverting account within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Account consists of revenue...
§ 143B-298 Sedimentation Control Commission - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the Sedimentation Control Commission of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with the power and duty to develop and administer...
§ 143B-299 Sedimentation Control Commission - members; selection; compensation; meetings
(a) Creation; Membership. There is hereby created in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission, which is charged with...
§ 143B-300 Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission - creation; powers and duties
(a) There is hereby created the Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission to be located in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The...
§ 143B-301 Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission – members; selection; removal; compensation; quorum; services
(a) The Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission shall consist of 11 members. Two members shall be from the animal agriculture industry and shall...
§ 143B-301.1 Definitions
The definitions set out in G.S. 90A‑46 shall apply throughout this Part. (1991, c. 623, s. 17; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 890, s. 21.)
§ 143B-301.2 through 143B-301.9 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-301.10 Definitions
The definitions in G.S. 87‑85 and G.S. 87‑98.2 apply in this Part. (1997‑358, s. 1.)
§ 143B-301.11 Creation, powers, and duties of the Commission
(a) Creation and Duties. The Well Contractors Certification Commission is created within the Department. The Commission shall: (1) Adopt rules with respect to the certification...
§ 143B-301.12 Membership of Commission
(a) Appointments. The Commission shall consist of seven members appointed as follows: (1) One member appointed by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Speaker...
§ 143B-302 through 143B-304 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 667, s. 1
§ 143B-305 through 143B-307 Recodified as §§ 143B-437.1 through 143B-437.3 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 199
§ 143B-308 Forestry Council - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the Forestry Council of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Forestry Council shall have the following functions and duties:...
§ 143B-309 Forestry Council - members; chairperson; selection; removal; compensation; quorum
(a) The Forestry Advisory Council of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall consist of 18 members appointed as follows: (1) Three persons who...
§ 143B-310 Forestry Council - meetings
The Forestry Council shall meet annually in October and at least three other times a year and may hold special meetings at any time and...
§ 143B-311 through 143B-313 Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 456, s. 4
§ 143B-313.1 North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority; creation; powers and duties
The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority is created, to be administered by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The North Carolina Parks and...
§ 143B-313.2 North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority; members; selection; compensation; meetings
(a) Membership. The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority shall consist of 15 members. The members shall include persons who are knowledgeable about park and...
§ 143B-314 through 143B-316 Repealed by Session Laws 1983 (Regular Session 1984), c. 995, s. 12
§ 143B-317 Small Business Environmental Advisory Panel - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the Small Business Environmental Advisory Panel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Small Business Environmental Advisory Panel shall...
§ 143B-318 Small Business Environmental Advisory Panel - members; chair; selection; removal; compensation; quorum; services
(a) The Small Business Environmental Advisory Panel shall consist of two members who are not owners or representatives of owners of small business stationary sources,...
§ 143B-319 Small Business Environmental Advisory Panel - meetings
The Panel shall meet at least semiannually and may hold special meetings at any time and place at the call of the chair or upon...
§ 143B-320 through 143B-321 Repealed by Session Laws 1983 (Regular Session 1984), c. 995, s. 14
§ 143B-322 through 143B-324 Recodified as §§ 143B-446 through 143B-447.1 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26
§ 143B-324.1 North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forests Development Council; creation; powers; duties
The North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forests Development Council is created within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The North Carolina National Park,...
§ 143B-324.2 North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forests Development Council - members; selection; officers; removal; compensation; quorum; services
The North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forests Development Council within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall consist of seven members appointed by...
§ 143B-324.3 North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forests Development Council - meetings
The North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forests Development Council shall meet monthly and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the...
§ 143B-325 through 143B-327 Repealed by Session Laws 1983 (Regular Session 1984), c. 995, s. 11
§ 143B-328 through 143B-330 Repealed by Session Laws 1985 (Regular Session 1986), c. 1028, s. 30
§ 143B-331 through 143B-332 Recodified as §§ 143B-440, 143B-441 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26
§ 143B-333 North Carolina Trails Committee - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Trails Committee of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Committee shall have the following functions and...
§ 143B-334 North Carolina Trails Committee - members; selection; removal; compensation
The North Carolina Trails Committee shall consist of seven members appointed by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources. Two members shall be from the...
§ 143B-335 North Carolina Zoological Park Council - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Zoological Park Council of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The North Carolina Zoological Park Council shall...
§ 143B-336 North Carolina Zoological Park Council - members; selection; removal; chairman; compensation; quorum; services
The North Carolina Zoological Park Council of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall consist of 15 members appointed by the Governor, one of...
§ 143B-336.1 Special Zoo Fund
A special continuing and nonreverting fund, to be called the Special Zoo Fund, is created. The North Carolina Zoological Park shall retain unbudgeted receipts at...
§ 143B-337 through 143B-339 Recodified as §§ 143B-478 to 143B-480
§ 143B-340 through 143B-341 Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 543, s. 6, effective July 1, 1985
§ 143B-342 through 143B-344.2 Repealed by Session Laws 1983 (Regular Session 1984), c. 995, s. 13, effective June 27, 1984
§ 143B-344.3 through 143B-344.10 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 1127, s. 70
§ 143B-344.11 through 143B-344.15 Recodified as §§ 143B-438.1 to 143B-438.5 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 202
§ 143B-344.16 through 143B-344.17 Repealed by Session Laws 1997, c. 286, s. 1
§ 143B-344.18 Commission created; membership
There is created an Advisory Commission for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences which shall determine its own organization. It shall consist of...
§ 143B-344.19 Duties of Commission; meetings, formulation of policies and recommendations to Governor and General Assembly
It shall be the duty of the Advisory Commission for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences to meet at least twice each year,...
§ 143B-344.20 No compensation of members; reimbursement for expenses
Members of the Advisory Commission shall serve without compensation and shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred while in attendance at meetings of the Commission...
§ 143B-344.21 Reports to General Assembly
The Commission shall prepare and submit to the 1995 General Assembly, and to each succeeding General Assembly, a report outlining the needs of the North...
§ 143B-344.22 Museum of Natural Sciences; disposition of objects
Notwithstanding Article 3A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, G.S. 143‑49(4), or any other law pertaining to surplus State property, the Department of Environment...
§ 143B-344.23 North Carolina Museum of Forestry; satellite museum
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall establish and administer the North Carolina Museum of Forestry in Columbus County as a satellite museum of...
§ 143B-344.24 through 143B-344.29 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-344.30 through 143B-344.33 Repealed by Session Laws 2005-454, s. 9, effective January 1, 2006

Article 8 - Department of Transportation.

§ 143B-345 Department of Transportation - creation
There is hereby created and established a department to be known as the "Department of Transportation" with the organization, powers, and duties defined in Article...
§ 143B-346 Department of Transportation - purpose and functions
The general purpose of the Department of Transportation is to provide for the necessary planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of an integrated statewide transportation system...
§ 143B-347 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 464, s. 3
§ 143B-348 Department of Transportation - head; rules, regulations, etc., of Board of Transportation
The Secretary of Transportation shall be the head of the Department of Transportation. He shall carry out the day‑to‑day operations of the Department and shall...
§ 143B-349 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 464, s. 5
§ 143B-350 Board of Transportation - organization; powers and duties, etc
(a) Board of Transportation. There is hereby created a Board of Transportation. The Board shall carry out its duties consistent with the needs of the...
§ 143B-351 through 143B-352 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 464, s. 7
§ 143B-353 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 65, s. 3
§ 143B-354 Recodified as § 143B-451 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26
§ 143B-355 Division of Aeronautics
There is hereby created the Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Transportation. The Division of Aeronautics shall carry out the duties assigned to the...
§ 143B-356 Aeronautics Council - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the Aeronautics Council of the Department of Transportation. The Aeronautics Council shall advise the Secretary of the Department in the issuance...
§ 143B-357 Aeronautics Council - Members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The Aeronautics Council of the Department of Transportation shall consist of 15 members appointed by the Governor, who, in making such appointments, shall designate...
§ 143B-358 Repealed by Session Laws 1991 (Regular Session 1992), c. 1030, s. 45, effective July 24, 1992
§ 143B-359 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 90, s. 2
§ 143B-360 Powers and duties of Department and Secretary
The Department of Transportation is hereby empowered to contract on behalf of the State with the government of the United States to the extent allowed...
§ 143B-361 Findings
The General Assembly finds that: (1) The rail system in North Carolina is an irreplaceable transportation resource; (2) The promotion and preservation of railroads operating...
§ 143B-362 North Carolina Rail Council - creation; powers and duties
There is created the North Carolina Rail Council of the Department of Transportation. The Rail Council shall: (1) Advise the Governor, Secretary of Transportation, Board...
§ 143B-363 North Carolina Rail Council - members; selection; compensation
(a) The North Carolina Rail Council shall consist of 18 members, 14 of which shall be appointed by the Governor, who, in making the appointments,...
§ 143B-364 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-365 Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 9 - Department of Administration.

§ 143B-366 Department of Administration - creation
There is hereby recreated and reestablished a department to be known as the "Department of Administration," with the organization, powers, and duties defined in the...
§ 143B-367 Duties of the Department
It shall be the duty of the Department of Administration to serve as a staff agency to the Governor and to provide for such ancillary...
§ 143B-368 Functions of the Department
(a) The functions of the Department of Administration shall comprise, except as otherwise expressly provided by the Executive Organization Act of 1973 or by the...
§ 143B-369 Head of the Department
The Secretary of Administration shall be the head of the Department. (1975, c. 879, s. 5.)
§ 143B-370 Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 542, s. 12
§ 143B-371 through 143B-372 Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 117, s. 2
§ 143B-372.1 Repealed by Session Laws 2007-323, s. 9.11, effective July 1, 2007
§ 143B-372.2 Repealed by Session Laws 2007-323, s. 9.11, effective July 1, 2007
§ 143B-372.3 Repealed by Session Laws 2007-323, s. 9.11, effective July 1, 2007
§ 143B-373 North Carolina Capital Planning Commission - creation; powers and duties
(a) There is hereby recreated the North Carolina Capital Planning Commission of the Department of Administration. (1) The Commission shall have the following powers and...
§ 143B-374 (For applicability see note) North Carolina Capital Planning Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The North Carolina Capital Planning Commission of the Department of Administration shall consist of the following ex officio members: the Governor of North Carolina...
§ 143B-375 through 143B-376 Recodified as §§ 143B-168.1, 143B-168.2 by Session Laws 1985, c. 757, s. 155(f)
§ 143B-377 through 143B-378 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 667, s. 1
§ 143B-379 through 143B-384 Repealed by Session Laws 1991 (Regular Session, 1992), c. 912, s. 1, effective July 9, 1992
§ 143B-385 State Youth Advisory Council - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the State Youth Advisory Council of the Department of Administration. The State Youth Advisory Council shall have the following functions and...
§ 143B-386 State Youth Advisory Council - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The State Youth Advisory Council of the Department of Administration shall consist of 20 members. The composition and appointment of the Council shall be as...
§ 143B-387 State Youth Council
There shall be a State Youth Council. It shall be established within one year of July 1, 1975, in accordance with the methods and procedures...
§ 143B-387.1 North Carolina Youth Advocacy and Involvement Fund
The North Carolina Youth Advocacy and Involvement Fund is created as a special and nonreverting fund. Conference registration fees, gifts, donations, or contributions to or...
§ 143B-388 Local youth councils
The primary purpose of local youth councils is to promote participation by youth in programs affecting civic and governmental affairs. (1975, c. 879, s. 29.)
§ 143B-389 through 143B-390 Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 320, s. 1
§ 143B-390.1 Recodified as § 143B-289.19 by Session Laws 1995, c. 509, s. 98
§ 143B-390.2 through 143B-390.4 Recodified as §§ 143B-289.20 through 143B-289.22 by Session Laws 1993, c. 321, s. 28
§ 143B-390.5 through 143B-390.9 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-390.10 through 143B-390.11 Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 321, s. 28
§ 143B-390.12 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-390.13 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-390.14 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-390.15 through 143B-390.16 Recodified as §§ 143B-344.16, 143B-344.17 by Session Laws 1993, c. 321, s. 28(h)
§ 143B-391 North Carolina Human Relations Commission - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Human Relations Commission of the Department of Administration. The North Carolina Human Relations Commission shall have the following...
§ 143B-392 North Carolina Human Relations Commission - Members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The Human Relations Commission of the Department of Administration shall consist of 22 members. The Governor shall appoint one member from each of the...
§ 143B-393 North Carolina Council for Women - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Council for Women of the Department of Administration. The North Carolina Council for Women shall have the following...
§ 143B-394 North Carolina Council for Women - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The North Carolina Council for Women of the Department of Administration shall consist of 20 members appointed by the Governor. The initial members of the...
§ 143B-394.1 Office of Coordinator of Services for Victims of Sexual Assault - purpose
The ultimate goal of this Article is to establish a network of coordinated public and private services for victims of sexual assault, incorporating existing programs...
§ 143B-394.2 Office of Coordinator of Services for Victims of Sexual Assault - office created
(a) The office of Coordinator of Services for Victims of Sexual Assault is hereby created in the Department of Administration. The office shall be under...
§ 143B-394.3 Office of Coordinator of Services for Victims of Sexual Assault - duties and responsibilities
The duties of the State Coordinator shall include the following: (1) To establish an office to facilitate and coordinate all programs and services which deal...
§ 143B-394.4 Definitions
As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Center" means any multi‑purpose facility or program serving displaced homemakers. (2) "Council" means the...
§ 143B-394.5 Establishment of center; location
The Council shall establish or contract for the establishment of a pilot center for displaced homemakers. (1979, c. 1016, s. 2; 2005‑405, s. 2.)
§ 143B-394.5A Location of displaced homemaker centers; grant criteria
(a) The Council shall consider the location of displaced homemaker centers based on the probable number of displaced homemakers in an area, the availability of...
§ 143B-394.6 Staff for center
To the maximum extent feasible, the staff of the center, including technical, administrative, and advisory positions, shall be filled by displaced homemakers. Where necessary, potential...
§ 143B-394.7 Funding
The Council shall explore all possible sources of funding and in‑kind contributions from federal, local and private sources in establishing the center. The Council is...
§ 143B-394.8 Services to be provided
(a) The center shall be designed to provide displaced homemakers with such necessary counseling, training, services, skills, and education as would enable them to secure...
§ 143B-394.9 Rules and regulations; evaluation
(a) The Department shall, upon recommendations by the Council, promulgate rules and regulations concerning the eligibility of persons for the services of the center and...
§ 143B-394.10 North Carolina Fund for Displaced Homemakers
(a) There is established in the Department of Administration the North Carolina Fund for Displaced Homemakers. The Fund shall be administered by the North Carolina...
§ 143B-394.11 through 143B-394.14 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-394.15 Commission established; purpose; membership; transaction of business
(a) Establishment. There is established the Domestic Violence Commission. The Commission shall be located within the Department of Administration for organizational, budgetary, and administrative purposes....
§ 143B-394.16 Powers and duties of the Commission; reports
(a) Powers and Duties. The Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) As recommended in the January 15, 1999, final report of the...
§ 143B-395 through 143B-396 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 771, s. 14
§ 143B-397 through 143B-398 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 717, s. 81
§ 143B-399 Veterans' Affairs Commission - creation, powers and duties
There is hereby created the Veterans' Affairs Commission of the Department of Administration. The Veterans' Affairs Commission shall have the following functions and duties: (1)...
§ 143B-400 Veterans' Affairs Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
The Veterans' Affairs Commission of the Department of Administration shall consist of one voting member from each congressional district, all of whom shall be veterans,...
§ 143B-401 Veterans' Affairs Commission Advisory Committee - members; compensation
The department commander or official head of each veterans' organization which has been chartered by an act of the United States Congress and which is...
§ 143B-402, 143B-403 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 575, s. 1
§ 143B-403.1 Repealed by Session Laws 2007-323, s. 19.1(a), effective July 1, 2007
§ 143B-403.2 Repealed by Session Laws 2007-323, s. 19.1(a), effective July 1, 2007
§ 143B-404 North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs - creation; name
There is hereby created and established the North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs. The Commission shall be administered under the direction and supervision of...
§ 143B-405 North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs - purposes for creation
The purposes of the Commission shall be as follows: (1) To deal fairly and effectively with Indian affairs. (2) To bring local, State, and federal...
§ 143B-406 North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs - duties; use of funds
(a) The Commission shall have the following duties: (1) To study, consider, accumulate, compile, assemble and disseminate information on any aspect of Indian affairs. (2)...
§ 143B-407 North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs - membership; term of office; chairman; compensation
(a) The State Commission of Indian Affairs shall consist of two persons appointed by the General Assembly, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the...
§ 143B-408 North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs - meetings; quorum; proxy vote
(a) The Commission shall meet quarterly, and at any other such time that it shall deem necessary. Meetings may be called by the chairman or...
§ 143B-409 North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs - reports
The Commission shall prepare a written annual report giving an account of its proceedings, transactions, findings, and recommendations. This report shall be submitted to the...
§ 143B-410 North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs - fiscal records; clerical staff
Fiscal records shall be kept by the Secretary of Administration. The audit report will become a part of the annual report and will be submitted...
§ 143B-411 North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs - executive director; employees
The Commission may, subject to legislative or other funds that would accrue to the Commission, employ an executive director to carry out the day‑to‑day responsibilities...
§ 143B-411.1 North Carolina Advisory Council on the Eastern Band of the Cherokee - creation; membership; terms of office
The North Carolina Advisory Council on the Eastern Band of the Cherokee is created in the Department of Administration. The Council shall consist of 16...
§ 143B-411.2 North Carolina Advisory Council on the Eastern Band of the Cherokee - purpose or creation; powers and duties
The purpose of the Council is to study on a continuing basis the relationship between the Eastern Band of the Cherokee and the State of...
§ 143B-411.3 North Carolina Advisory Council of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee - meetings; quorum; compensation; chairman
The Council shall meet at least quarterly or at the call of the chairman or a majority of the Council. A quorum shall consist of...
§ 143B-411.4 North Carolina Advisory Council on the Eastern Band of the Cherokee - clerical and administrative support
All clerical and other services required by the Council shall be supplied by the Secretary of Administration. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1085, s. 1.)
§ 143B-412 through 143B-413 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 575, s. 1
§ 143B-414 Governor's Advocacy Council on Children and Youth - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the Governor's Advocacy Council on Children and Youth of the Department of Administration. The Council shall have the following functions and...
§ 143B-415 Governor's Advocacy Council on Children and Youth - members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The Governor's Advocacy Council on Children and Youth shall consist of 19 members. The composition of the Council shall be as follows: two members...
§ 143B-416 Governor's Advocacy Council on Children and Youth - access to information
Unless otherwise prohibited by law, every State and local agency, department, board, commission, school, or corporation that supervises, administers, or otherwise directs programs or services...
§ 143B-417 North Carolina Internship Council - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the North Carolina Internship Council of the Department of Administration. The North Carolina Internship Council shall have the following functions and...
§ 143B-418 North Carolina Internship Council - members; selection; quorum; compensation; clerical, etc., services
The North Carolina Internship Council shall consist of 17 members, including the Secretary of Administration or his designee, one member to be designated by and...
§ 143B-419 North Carolina Internship Council - committees for screening applications
The North Carolina Internship Council may designate one representative from each office or department enumerated in G.S. 143B‑ 417 to serve on a committee to...
§ 143B-420 Governor's Jobs for Veterans Committee - creation; appointment, organization, etc.; duties
(a) There is hereby created and established in the North Carolina Department of Administration, Division of Veterans Affairs, a committee to be known as the...
§ 143B-421 Governor's Jobs for Veterans Committee - authority to receive grants-in-aid
The Committee is hereby authorized to receive grants‑in‑aid from the federal government and charitable organizations for carrying out its duties. (1977, c. 1032.)
§ 143B-421.1 Selective Service registration
(a) A person who is required under 50 United States Code Appx. 453 (Military Selective Service Act) to present himself for and submit to registration...
§ 143B-421.3 Consultation required for welcome and visitor centers
The Department of Commerce and the Department of Transportation shall consult with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the House and Senate Appropriations...
§ 143B-422 through 143B-426.1 Recodified as §§ 58-27.20 through 58-27.26 (now 58-32-1 through 58-32-30) by Session Laws 1985, c. 666, s. 79
§ 143B-426.2 through 143B-426.7A Repealed by Session Laws 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1028, s. 31
§ 143B-426.8 Definitions
As used in this Part, except where the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Agency" means the North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications. (2) "Board" means...
§ 143B-426.9 North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications - Creation; membership; appointments, terms and vacancies; officers; meetings and quorum; compensation
The North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications is created. It is governed by the Board of Public Telecommunications Commissioners, composed of 27 members as follows:...
§ 143B-426.10 Purpose of Agency
The North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications shall serve as an instrumentality of the State of North Carolina for the accomplishment of the following general...
§ 143B-426.11 Powers of Agency
In order to enable it to carry out the purposes of this Part, the Agency: (1) Has the powers of a body corporate, including the...
§ 143B-426.12 Public Radio Advisory Committee - policy; creation; duties; members
It is the policy of the State of North Carolina that at least one public radio signal shall be made available to every resident of...
§ 143B-426.13 Approval of acquisition and disposition of real property
Any transaction relating to the acquisition or disposition of any estate or interest in real property by the North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications shall...
§ 143B-426.14 Issuance of bonds
As a means of raising the funds needed from time to time in the acquisition, construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of any facility, building, structure,...
§ 143B-426.15 Exchange of property; removal of building, etc
The Agency may exchange any property or properties acquired under the authority of this Chapter for other property or properties usable in carrying out the...
§ 143B-426.16 Treasurer of the Agency
The Board shall select its own treasurer from among the at‑ large members. The Board shall require a corporate surety bond of the treasurer in...
§ 143B-426.17 Deposit and disbursement of funds
All Agency funds shall be handled in accordance with the Executive Budget Act. (1979, c. 900, s. 1.)
§ 143B-426.18 Audit
The operations of the North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications shall be subject to the oversight of the State Auditor pursuant to Article 5A of...
§ 143B-426.19 Purchase of supplies, material and equipment
All the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes relating to the purchase of supplies, material and equipment by the State...
§ 143B-426.20 Liberal construction of Part
It is intended that the provisions of this Part shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes provided for herein. (1979, c. 900, s. 1.)
§ 143B-426.21 Recodified as § 143B-472.41 by Session Laws 1997-148, s. 2
§ 143B-426.22 Governor's Management Council
(a) Creation; Membership. The Governor's Management Council is created in the Department of Administration. The Council shall contain the following members: The Secretary of Administration,...
§ 143B-426.23 Meetings; clerical services report
The Council shall meet monthly or at the call of the chairman. The Department of Administration is responsible for providing clerical and other services required...
§ 143B-426.24 Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Public Employee Deferred Compensation Plan
(a) The Governor may, by Executive Order, establish a Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Public Employee Deferred Compensation Plan, which when established shall...
§ 143B-426.25 North Carolina Farmworker Council - creation; membership; meetings
(a) There is established within the Department of Administration the North Carolina Farmworker Council. (b) The North Carolina Farmworker Council shall consist of 13 members...
§ 143B-426.26 North Carolina Farmworker Council - duties; annual report
(a) The Council shall have the following duties: (1) Study and evaluate the existing system of delivery of services to farmworkers. (2) Seek effective methods...
§ 143B-426.27 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-426.28 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-426.29 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-426.30, 143B-426.31 Recodified as §§ 143B-472.80, 143B-472.81 by Session Laws 2001-424, s. 7.6
§ 143B-426.32 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-426.33 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-426.34 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-426.34A Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission of the Department of Administration. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission shall have the following...
§ 143B-426.34B Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission - members; selection; quorum; compensation
(a) The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission of the Department of Administration shall consist of 16 members. The Governor shall appoint 12 members, one of...
§ 143B-426.35 Definitions
As used in this Part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Accounting system" means the total structure of records and procedures which discover, record,...
§ 143B-426.36 Office of the State Controller; creation
There is created the Office of the State Controller. This office shall be located administratively within the Department of Administration but shall exercise all of...
§ 143B-426.37 State Controller
(a) The Office of the State Controller shall be headed by the State Controller who shall maintain the State accounting system and shall administer the...
§ 143B-426.38 Organization and operation of office
(a) The State Controller may appoint a Chief Deputy State Controller. The salary of the Chief Deputy State Controller shall be set by the State...
§ 143B-426.39 Powers and duties of the State Controller
The State Controller shall: (1) Prescribe, develop, operate, and maintain in accordance with generally accepted principles of governmental accounting, a uniform state accounting system for...
§ 143B-426.39A Recodified as § 143B-472.43 by Session Laws 1997-148, s. 4
§ 143B-426.39B Compliance review work papers not public records
Work papers and other supportive material created as a result of a compliance review conducted under G.S. 143B‑426.39(1) are not public records under Chapter 132...
§ 143B-426.40 Recodified as § 143B-472.44 by Session Laws 1997-148, s. 5
§ 143B-426.40A Assignments of claims against State
(a) Definitions. The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Assignment. An assignment or transfer of a claim, or a power of attorney, an order,...
§ 143B-426.40G Issuance of warrants upon State Treasurer; delivery of warrants and disbursements for non-State entities
(a) The State Controller shall have the exclusive responsibility for the issuance of all warrants for the payment of money upon the State Treasurer. All...
§ 143B-426.40H Annual financial information
Every fiscal year, all State agencies and component units of the State, as defined by generally accepted accounting principles, shall prepare annual financial information on...
§ 143B-426.41 Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Public Employee Special Pay Plan
(a) The Governor shall, by Executive Order, establish a Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Public Employee Special Pay Plan, which when established shall...

Article 10 - Department of Commerce.

§ 143B-427 Department of Commerce - creation
There is hereby recreated and reconstituted a Department to be known as the "Department of Commerce," with the organization, powers, and duties defined in Article...
§ 143B-428 Department of Commerce - declaration of policy
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of North Carolina to actively encourage the expansion of existing environmentally sound North Carolina...
§ 143B-429 Department of Commerce - duties
It shall be the duty of the Department of Commerce to provide for and promote the implementation of the declared policy of the State of...
§ 143B-430 Secretary of Commerce - powers and duties
(a) The head of the Department of Commerce is the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce shall have such powers and duties as are...
§ 143B-431 Department of Commerce - functions
(a) The functions of the Department of Commerce, except as otherwise expressly provided by Article 1 of this Chapter or by the Constitution of North...
§ 143B-431.1 Toll-free number for information on housing assistance
There shall be established in the Department of Commerce a toll‑free telephone number to provide information on housing assistance to the citizens of the State....
§ 143B-431.2 Department of Commerce - limitation on grants and loans
The Department of Commerce may not make a loan nor award a grant to any individual, organization, or governmental unit if that individual, organization, or...
§ 143B-432 Transfers to Department of Commerce
(a) The Division of Economic Development of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources, the Science and Technology Committee of the Department of Natural and...
§ 143B-432.1 Department of Commerce - Small Business Ombudsman
A Small Business Ombudsman is created in the Department of Commerce to work with small businesses to ensure they receive timely answers to questions and...
§ 143B-433 Department of Commerce - organization
The Department of Commerce shall be organized to include: (1) The following agencies: a. The North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. b. The North Carolina...
§ 143B-433.1 through 143B-433.3 Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 321, s. 305(c)
§ 143B-434 Economic Development Board - creation, duties, membership
(a) Creation and Duties. There is created within the Department of Commerce an Economic Development Board. The Board shall have the following duties: (1) To...
§ 143B-434.01 Comprehensive Strategic Economic Development Plan
(a) Definitions. The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Board. The Economic Development Board. (2) Department. The Department of Commerce. (3) Economic distress. The...
§ 143B-434.1 The North Carolina Travel and Tourism Board - creation, duties, membership
(a) There is created within the Department of Commerce the North Carolina Travel and Tourism Board. The Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the...
§ 143B-434.2 Travel and Tourism Policy Act
(a) This section shall be known as the Travel and Tourism Policy Act. (b) The General Assembly of North Carolina finds that: (1) The State...
§ 143B-434.3 Repealed by Session Laws 2003-284, s. 12.6A.(a), effective on and after August 2, 2000
§ 143B-434.4 Repealed by Session Laws 2005-276, s. 39.1(d), effective July 1, 2005
§ 143B-435 Publications
The Department of Commerce may also cause to be prepared for publication, from time to time, reports and statements, with illustrations, maps and other descriptions,...
§ 143B-435.1 Clawbacks
(a) Clawback Defined. For the purpose of this Article, a clawback is a requirement that all or part of an economic development incentive will be...
§ 143B-436 Advertising of State resources and advantages
It is hereby declared to be the duty of the Department of Commerce to map out and to carry into effect a systematic plan for...
§ 143B-437 Investigation of impact of proposed new and expanding industry
The Department of Commerce shall conduct an evaluation in conjunction with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the effects on the State's natural...
§ 143B-437.01 Industrial Development Fund
(a) Creation and Purpose of Fund. There is created in the Department of Commerce the Industrial Development Fund to provide funds to assist the local...
§ 143B-437.02 Site infrastructure development
(a) Findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to stimulate economic activity and to create...
§ 143B-437.03 Allocation of economic development responsibilities
The Economic Development Board created in G.S. 143B‑434 shall coordinate economic development efforts among the various agencies and entities, including those created by executive order...
§ 143B-437.04 Community development block grants
(a) The Department of Commerce shall adopt guidelines for the awarding of Community Development Block Grants to ensure that: (1) No local match is required...
§ 143B-437.05 Regional Development
The Department of Commerce shall review the Economic Development Board's annual report on economic development to evaluate the progress of development in each of the...
§ 143B-437.06 Repealed by Session Laws 2004-124, s. 13.6(c) effective July 1, 2004
§ 143B-437.07 Economic development grant reporting
The Department of Commerce must publish on or before March 1 of each year the following information, itemized by business entity, for all grant programs...
§ 143B-437.08 Development tier designation
(a) Tiers Defined. A development tier one area is a county whose annual ranking is one of the 40 highest in the State. A development...
§ 143B-437.09 Urban progress zone designation
(a) Urban Progress Zone Defined. An urban progress zone is an area that meets all of the following conditions: (1) It is comprised of part...
§ 143B-437.010 Agrarian growth zone designation
(a) Agrarian Growth Zone Defined. An agrarian growth zone is an area that meets all of the following conditions: (1) It is comprised of one...
§ 143B-437.011 Executive aircraft used for economic development; other uses
The use of executive aircraft by the Department of Commerce for economic development purposes shall take precedence over all other uses. The Department of Commerce...
§ 143B-437.1 Community Development Council - creation; powers and duties
There is hereby created the Community Development Council to be located in the Department of Commerce. The Community Development Council shall have the following functions...
§ 143B-437.2 Community Development Council - members; chairman; selection; removal; compensation; quorum; services
(a) The Community Development Council shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor. The composition of the Council shall be as follows: one member...
§ 143B-437.3 Community Development Council - meetings
The Community Development Council shall meet at least semiannually and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State at the call...
§ 143B-437.4 NC Green Business Fund established as a special revenue fund
(a) Establishment. The NC Green Business Fund is established as a special revenue fund in the Department of Commerce, and the Department shall be responsible...
§ 143B-437.5 Green Business Fund Advisory Committee
The Department of Commerce may establish an advisory committee to assist in the development of the specific selection criteria and the grant‑making process of the...
§ 143B-437.6 Agreements required
Funds may be disbursed from the NC Green Business Fund only in accordance with agreements entered into between the Department of Commerce and an eligible...
§ 143B-437.7 Program guidelines
The Department of Commerce shall develop guidelines related to the administration of the NC Green Business Fund and to the selection of projects to receive...
§ 143B-437.8 Reports
Grants made to non‑State entities through the NC Green Business Fund shall be subject to the oversight and reporting requirements of G.S. 143C‑6‑23. The Department...
§ 143B-437.9 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.10 Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.010 by Session Laws 2007-484, s.33(a), effective July 1, 2007
§ 143B-437.11 Job Maintenance and Capital Development Fund
(a) Findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to stimulate economic activity, to maintain high‑paying...
§ 143B-437.12 through 143B-437.19 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.20 Short title and intent
This Part is the "North Carolina Rural Redevelopment Authority Act". The purpose of the North Carolina Redevelopment Authority is to finance rural economic development projects...
§ 143B-437.21 Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Part: (1) Authority. The North Carolina Rural Redevelopment Authority. (2) Board. The Board of Directors of the Authority. (3)...
§ 143B-437.22 Creation of Authority and Board
(a) Creation. The North Carolina Rural Redevelopment Authority is created as a body corporate and politic with the powers and jurisdiction as provided under this...
§ 143B-437.23 Powers of the Authority
(a) The Authority has all of the powers necessary to execute the provisions of this Part, including at least the following powers: (1) The powers...
§ 143B-437.24 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.25 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.26 Authority funds
Funds of the Authority may be paid out only upon warrants signed by the treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Authority and countersigned by the...
§ 143B-437.27 Rural Investment Fund
The Authority may create a revolving loan fund to be called the Rural Investment Fund. The Authority shall use monies in the Investment Fund only...
§ 143B-437.28 Long-Term Rural Development Fund
(a) The Authority may create a fund to be known as the Long‑Term Rural Development Fund. The Authority may invest and reinvest the assets of...
§ 143B-437.29 Contracting with minority businesses
The Authority must comply with the policies regarding contracting with minority businesses as set out in G.S. 143‑48, 143‑128.2, and 143‑135.5 and with any other...
§ 143B-437.30 Conflicts of interest
If any member, officer, or employee of the Authority is interested either directly or indirectly, or is an officer or employee of or has an...
§ 143B-437.31 Cooperation by other State agencies
All State officers and agencies shall cooperate and may render services where appropriate to the Authority within their respective functions as may be requested by...
§ 143B-437.32 Annual and quarterly reports
The Authority must, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor...
§ 143B-437.33 Dissolution
Whenever the Board by resolution determines that the purposes for which the Authority was formed have been substantially fulfilled and that all obligations incurred by...
§ 143B-437.34 through 143B-437.39 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.40 through 143B-437.43 Repealed by Session Laws 2000-149, s. 5, as amended by Session Laws 2003-425, s. 3, effective December 31, 2003
§ 143B-437.44 (This part has a delayed repeal date. See notes.) Legislative findings
The General Assembly finds that: (1) The North Carolina Rural Internet Advisory Authority (RIAA) was created by the General Assembly in S.L. 2000‑149 and, in...
§ 143B-437.45 (This part has a delayed repeal date. See notes.) Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Part: (1) Authority. The e‑NC Authority. (2) Commission. The governing body of the Authority. (3) Distressed urban areas. Areas...
§ 143B-437.46 (This part has a delayed repeal date. See notes.) e-NC Authority
(a) Creation. The e‑NC Authority is created within the Department of Commerce for organizational and budgetary purposes only, and the Commission shall exercise all of...
§ 143B-437.47 (This part has a delayed repeal date. See notes.) Powers, duties, and goals of the Authority
(a) Powers. The Authority shall have the following powers: (1) To employ, contract with, direct, and supervise all personnel and consultants. (2) To apply for,...
§ 143B-437.48, 143B-437.49 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.50 Legislative findings and purpose
The General Assembly finds that: (1) It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to stimulate economic activity and to create new jobs...
§ 143B-437.51 Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Part: (1) Agreement. A community economic development agreement under G.S. 143B‑437.57. (2) Base period. The period of time set...
§ 143B-437.52 Job Development Investment Grant Program
(a) Program. There is established the Job Development Investment Grant Program to be administered by the Economic Investment Committee. In order to foster job creation...
§ 143B-437.53 Eligible projects
(a) Minimum Number of Eligible Positions. A business may apply to the Committee for a grant for any project that creates the minimum number of...
§ 143B-437.54 Economic Investment Committee established
(a) Membership. The Economic Investment Committee is established. The Committee consists of the following members: (1) The Secretary of Commerce. (2) The Secretary of Revenue....
§ 143B-437.55 Applications; fees; reports; study
(a) Application. A business shall apply, under oath, to the Committee for a grant on a form prescribed by the Committee that includes at least...
§ 143B-437.56 Calculation of minimum and maximum grants; factors considered
(a) Subject to the limitations of subsection (d) of this section, the amount of the grant awarded in each case shall be a percentage of...
§ 143B-437.57 Community economic development agreement
(a) Terms. Each community economic development agreement shall include at least the following: (1) A detailed description of the proposed project that will result in...
§ 143B-437.58 Grant recipient to submit records
(a) No later than March 1 of each year, for the preceding grant year, every business that is awarded a grant under this Part shall...
§ 143B-437.59 Failure to comply with agreement
(a) If the business receiving a grant fails to meet or comply with any condition or requirement set forth in an agreement or with criteria...
§ 143B-437.60 Disbursement of grant
A business may not receive an annual disbursement of a grant if, at the time of disbursement, the business has received a notice of an...
§ 143B-437.61 Transfer to Industrial Development Fund
At the time the Department of Commerce remits a check to a business under G.S. 143B‑437.60, the Department of Commerce shall transfer to the Utility...
§ 143B-437.62 Expiration
The authority of the Committee to enter into new agreements expires January 1, 2010. (2002‑172, s. 2.1(a); 2003‑416, s. 2; 2004‑124, s. 32G.1(a); 2005‑241, s....
§ 143B-437.63 JDIG Program cash flow requirements
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, grants made through the Job Development Investment Grant Program, including amounts transferred pursuant to G.S. 143B‑437.61, shall be budgeted...
§ 143B-437.64 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.70 Legislative findings and purpose
The General Assembly finds that: (1) It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to stimulate economic activity and to create new jobs...
§ 143B-437.71 One North Carolina Fund established as a special revenue fund
(a) Establishment. The One North Carolina Fund is established as a special revenue fund in the Department of Commerce. (b) Purposes. Moneys in the One...
§ 143B-437.72 Agreements required; disbursement of funds
(a) Agreements Required. Funds may be disbursed from the One North Carolina Fund only in accordance with agreements entered into between the State and one...
§ 143B-437.73 Program guidelines
The Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the Governor's Office, shall develop guidelines related to the administration of the One North Carolina Fund and to...
§ 143B-437.74 Reports
The Department of Commerce shall publish a report on the use of funds in the One North Carolina Fund at the end of each fiscal...
§ 143B-437.75 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.80 North Carolina SBIR/STTR Incentive Program
(a) Program. There is established the North Carolina SBIR/STTR Incentive Program to be administered by the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. In order...
§ 143B-437.81 North Carolina SBIR/STTR Matching Funds Program
(a) Program. There is established the North Carolina SBIR/STTR Matching Funds Program to be administered by the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. In...
§ 143B-437.82 Program guidelines
The Department of Commerce shall develop guidelines related to the administration of the One North Carolina Small Business Program. At least 20 days before the...
§ 143B-437.83 Reports
The Department of Commerce shall publish a report on the use of funds in the One North Carolina Small Business Account at the end of...
§ 143B-437.84 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.85 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.86 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.87 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.88 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.89 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-437.90 North Carolina Wine and Grape Growers Council - Creation; powers and duties
There is created the North Carolina Wine and Grape Growers Council of the Department of Commerce. The North Carolina Wine and Grape Growers Council shall...
§ 143B-437.91 North Carolina Wine and Grape Growers Council - Composition; terms; reimbursement
(a) The North Carolina Wine and Grape Growers Council shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in the following manner: seven...
§ 143B-438 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 380, s. 1
§ 143B-438.1 through 143B-438.6 Repealed by Session Laws 1999-237. s. 16.15(a)
§ 143B-438.7 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-438.8 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-438.9 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-438.10 Commission on Workforce Development
(a) Creation and Duties. There is created within the Department of Commerce the North Carolina Commission on Workforce Development. The Commission shall have the following...
§ 143B-438.11 Local Workforce Development Boards
(a) Duties. Local Workforce Development Boards shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To develop policy and act as the governing body for local...
§ 143B-438.12 Federal Program Administration
(a) Federal Workforce Investment Act. In accordance with the federal Workforce Investment Act, the Commission on Workforce Development shall develop a Five‑Year Strategic Plan to...
§ 143B-438.13 Employment and Training Grant Program
(a) Employment and Training Grant Program. There is established in the Department of Commerce, Division of Employment and Training, an Employment and Training Grant Program....
§ 143B-438.14 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-438.15 Legislative findings and purpose
(a) The General Assembly finds that State, national, and global economic conditions and the passage of international trade agreements have impacted the State workforce adversely...
§ 143B-438.16 Trade Jobs for Success initiative established; funds; program components and guidelines
(a) There is established within the Department of Commerce the Trade Jobs for Success (TJS) initiative. The Department of Commerce shall lead the TJS initiative...
§ 143B-438.17 Reporting
(a) Beginning July 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the Employment Security Commission and the Community Colleges System Office, shall publish a...
§ 143B-439 Credit Union Commission
(a) There shall be created in the Department of Commerce a Credit Union Commission which shall consist of seven members. The members of the Credit...
§ 143B-440 through 143B-441 Recodified as §§ 143B-426.30, 143B-426.31 by Session Laws 1985, c. 757, s. 179(c)
§ 143B-442 Creation of Center
There is hereby created the "North Carolina Science and Technology Research Center" at the Research Triangle. (1963, c. 846, s. 1; 1967, c. 69; 1977,...
§ 143B-443 Administration by Department of Commerce
The activities of the North Carolina Science and Technology Research Center will be administered by the Department of Commerce. (1963, c. 846, s. 2; 1967,...
§ 143B-444 Acceptance of funds
The North Carolina Science and Technology Research Center is authorized and empowered to accept funds from private sources and from governmental and institutional agencies to...
§ 143B-445 Applicability of Executive Budget Act
The North Carolina Science and Technology Research Center is subject to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 143, of the General Statutes of North Carolina....
§ 143B-446 through 143B-447.1 Recodified as §§ 143B-324.1 through 143B-324.3 by Session Laws 1997-443, s. 15.36(b)
§ 143B-448 through 143B-450.1 Repealed by Session Laws 2000-140, s. 76
§ 143B-451 Navigation and pilotage commissions
The Board of Commissioners of Navigation and Pilotage for the Cape Fear River as provided for by G.S. 76‑1, and the Board of Commissioners of...
§ 143B-452 Creation of Authority - membership; appointment, terms and vacancies; officers; meetings and quorum; compensation
(a) The North Carolina State Ports Authority is hereby created. It shall be governed by a board composed of nine members and hereby designated as...
§ 143B-453 Purposes of Authority
Through the Authority hereinbefore created, the State of North Carolina may engage in promoting, developing, constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating the harbors and seaports within...
§ 143B-454 Powers of Authority
(a) In order to enable it to carry out the purposes of this Part, the said Authority shall: (1) Have the powers of a body...
§ 143B-454.1 Container shipping
The State Ports Authority shall provide at the ports of Morehead City and Wilmington adequate equipment and facilities including container cranes at each port as...
§ 143B-455 Approval of acquisition and disposition of real property
Any transactions relating to the acquisition or disposition of real property or any estate or interest in real property, by the North Carolina State Ports...
§ 143B-456 Issuance of bonds and notes
(a) As a means of raising the funds needed from time to time in the acquisition, construction, equipment, maintenance or operation of any facility, building,...
§ 143B-456.1 Bonds and notes for special user projects
(a) The Authority is also hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of this section, to issue, at one time or from time to time, bonds...
§ 143B-457 Power of eminent domain
For the acquiring of rights‑of‑way and property necessary for the construction of structures, including railroad crossings, airports, seaplane bases, naval bases, wharves, piers, ships, docks,...
§ 143B-458 Exchange of property; removal of buildings, etc
The Authority may exchange any property or properties acquired under the authority of this Chapter for other property, or properties usable in carrying out the...
§ 143B-459 Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 275, s. 4
§ 143B-460 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 159, s. 8
§ 143B-461 Jurisdiction of the Authority; application of Chapter 20; appointment and authority of special police
(a) The jurisdiction of the Authority in any of said harbors or seaports within the State shall extend to all properties owned by or under...
§ 143B-462 Treasurer of the Authority
The Authority shall select its own treasurer. The Authority shall require a surety bond of such appointee in such amount as the Authority may fix,...
§ 143B-463 Deposit and disbursement of funds
All Authority funds shall be deposited in a bank or banks to be designated by the Authority. Funds of the Authority shall be paid out...
§ 143B-464 Audit
The operations of the State Ports Authority shall be subject to the oversight of the State Auditor pursuant to Article 5A of Chapter 147 of...
§ 143B-465 Purchase of supplies, material and equipment and building contracts
(a) All of the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes relating to the purchase of supplies, material and equipment by...
§ 143B-466 Liberal construction of Article
It is intended that the provisions of this Article shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes provided for, or intended to be provided for,...
§ 143B-467 Warehouses, wharves, etc., on property abutting navigable waters
The powers, authority and jurisdiction granted to the North Carolina State Ports Authority under this Article and Chapter shall not be construed so as to...
§ 143B-468 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-469 through 143B-469.3 Repealed
§ 143B-469.1 Repealed by Session Laws 2002-126, s. 6.6(a)-(f)
§ 143B-469.2 Repealed by Session Laws 2002-126, s. 6.6(a)-(f)
§ 143B-469.3 Repealed by Session Laws 2002-126 s. 6.6(a)-(f)
§ 143B-470 through 143B-470.6 Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 168, s. 2(a)
§ 143B-471 through 143B-471.5 Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 689, s. 154.1(f)
§ 143B-472 through 143B-472.1 Repealed by Session Laws 1997-313, s. 2
§ 143B-472.2 through 143B-472.29 Recodified as present G.S. 90-210.80 through 90-210.107 in Article 13E of Chapter 90, by Session Laws 2003-420, s. 17(b), effective October 1, 2003
§ 143B-472.30 through 143B-472.34 Repealed by Session Laws 2000-140, s. 76
§ 143B-472.35 Establishment of fund; use of moneys; application for grants and loans; disbursal; repayment; inspections; rules; reports
(a) A revolving fund to be known as the Main Street Financial Incentive Fund is established in the Department of Commerce. This Fund shall be...
§ 143B-472.36 through 143B-472.39 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-472.40 through 143B-472.67 Repealed by Session Laws 2000-174, s. 1
§ 143B-472.68 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-472.69 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-472.70 Recodified as § 143-48.3 by Session Laws 2000-140, s. 5.95(a)
§ 143B-472.71 through 143B-472.79 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-472.80 North Carolina Board of Science and Technology; creation; powers and duties
The North Carolina Board of Science and Technology of the Department of Commerce is created. The Board has the following powers and duties: (1) To...
§ 143B-472.81 North Carolina Board of Science and Technology; membership; organization; compensation; staff services
(a) The North Carolina Board of Science and Technology consists of the Governor, the Secretary of Commerce, and 17 members appointed as follows: the Governor...
§ 143B-472.85 through 143B-472.97 Expired
§ 143B-472.100 Purpose and intent
The purpose and intent of this Part is to foster economic development and the creation of jobs by providing financial assistance to financially responsible small...
§ 143B-472.101 Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Part: (1) Authority. The North Carolina Small Business Contractor Authority created in this Part. (2) Internal Revenue Code. The...
§ 143B-472.102 Authority creation; powers
(a) Creation. The North Carolina Small Business Contractor Authority is created within the Department of Commerce. (b) Membership. The Authority consists of 11 members appointed...
§ 143B-472.103 Eligibility
To qualify for assistance under this Part, an applicant must meet all of the following requirements: (1) The applicant must be a small business concern...
§ 143B-472.104 Small Business Contract Financing Fund
(a) Creation and Use. The Small Business Contract Financing Fund is created as a special revenue fund. Revenue in the Fund does not revert at...
§ 143B-472.105 Contract performance assistance authorized
(a) Type. The Authority is authorized to provide the following contract performance assistance: (1) A guarantee of a loan made to the applicant. (2) If...
§ 143B-472.106 Small Business Surety Bond Fund
(a) Creation and Use. The Small Business Surety Bond Fund is created as a special revenue fund. Revenue in the Fund does not revert at...
§ 143B-472.107 Bonding assistance authorized
(a) Guaranty. Subject to the restrictions of this Part, the Authority, on application, may guarantee a surety for losses incurred under a bid bond, payment...
§ 143B-472.108 Bonding assistance conditions
(a) Requirements. To obtain bonding assistance under this Part, an applicant must meet the eligibility requirements of G.S. 143B‑472.78 and must demonstrate to the satisfaction...
§ 143B-472.109 Surety bonding line
The Authority may, on application, establish a surety bonding line in order to issue or guarantee multiple bonds to an applicant within preapproved terms, conditions,...
§ 143B-472.110 Application
To apply for assistance from the Authority under this Part, an applicant and, where applicable, a surety must submit to the Authority an application on...
§ 143B-472.111 Premiums and fees
(a) Amount. The Authority shall by rule set the premiums and fees to be paid for providing assistance under this Part. The premiums and fees...
§ 143B-472.112 False statements; penalty
(a) Documents. It is unlawful to knowingly make or cause any false statement or report to be made in any application or in any document...

Article 11 - Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.

§ 143B-473 Department of Crime Control and Public Safety - creation
There is hereby created and constituted a department to be known as the "Department of Crime Control and Public Safety," with the organization, powers, and...
§ 143B-474 Department of Crime Control and Public Safety - duties
It shall be the duty of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety to provide assigned law‑enforcement and emergency services to protect the public...
§ 143B-475 Department of Crime Control and Public Safety - functions
(a) All functions, powers, duties and obligations heretofore vested in the following subunits of the following departments are hereby transferred to and vested in the...
§ 143B-475.1 Recodified as § 143B-262.4 by Session Laws 2001-487, s. 91(a)
§ 143B-476 Department of Crime Control and Public Safety - head; powers and duties as to emergencies and disasters
(a) The head of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety is the Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety, who shall be known...
§ 143B-477 Crime Control Division of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
(a) There is hereby established, within the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, the Crime Control Division, which shall be organized and staffed in...
§ 143B-478 Governor's Crime Commission - creation; composition; terms; meetings, etc
(a) There is hereby created the Governor's Crime Commission of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. The Commission shall consist of 38 voting...
§ 143B-479 Governor's Crime Commission - powers and duties
(a) The Governor's Crime Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To serve, along with its adjunct committees, as the chief advisory board...
§ 143B-480 Adjunct committees of the Governor's Crime Commission - creation; purpose; powers and duties
(a) There are hereby created by way of extension and not limitation, the following adjunct committees of the Governor's Crime Commission: the Judicial Planning Committee,...
§ 143B-480.1 Assistance Program for Victims of Rape and Sex Offenses
There is established an Assistance Program for Victims of Rape and Sex Offenses, hereinafter referred to as the "Program." The Secretary shall administer and implement...
§ 143B-480.2 Victim assistance
(a) Eligibility for Assistance. Sexual assault victims or victims of attempted sexual assault are eligible for assistance under this Program if the sexual assault or...
§ 143B-480.3 Reduction of benefits; restitution; actions
(a) Assistance shall be reduced or denied to the extent the medical expenses are recouped through a public or private insurance plan or other victim...
§ 143B-481 through 143B-485 Recodified as §§ 58-27.30 to 58-27.34 by Session Laws 1985, c. 757, s. 167(b), effective July 15, 1985
§ 143B-486 through 143B-489 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-490 Civil Air Patrol Division - powers and duties
(a) There is hereby established, within the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, the Civil Air Patrol Division, which shall be organized and staffed...
§ 143B-491 Personnel and benefits
(a) The Wing Commander of the North Carolina Wing‑Civil Air Patrol shall certify to the Secretary or his designee those members who are in good...
§ 143B-492 State liability
Unless otherwise specifically provided, the members of the North Carolina Wing‑Civil Air Patrol shall serve without compensation and shall not be entitled to the benefits...
§ 143B-493 through 143B-494 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-495 North Carolina Center for Missing Persons established
There is established within the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons, which shall be organized and staffed...
§ 143B-496 Definitions
For the purpose of this Part: (1) "Missing child" means a juvenile as defined in G.S. 7B‑101 whose location has not been determined, who has...
§ 143B-497 Control of the Center
The Center is under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety and may be organized and structured in...
§ 143B-498 Secretary to adopt rules
The Secretary shall adopt rules prescribing: (1) procedures for accepting and disseminating information maintained at the Center; (2) the confidentiality of the data and information,...
§ 143B-499 Submission of missing person reports to the Center
Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual may submit a missing person report to the Center...
§ 143B-499.1 Dissemination of missing persons data by law-enforcement agencies
A law‑enforcement agency, upon receipt of a missing person report by a parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the...
§ 143B-499.2 Responsibilities of Center
The Center shall: (1) Assist local law‑enforcement agencies with entering data about missing persons or missing children into the national missing persons file, ensure that...
§ 143B-499.3 Duty of individuals to notify Center and law-enforcement agency when missing person has been located
Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual who submits a missing person report to a law‑enforcement...
§ 143B-499.4 Release of information by Center
The following may make inquiries of, and receive data or information from, the Center: (1) Any police, law‑enforcement, or criminal justice agency investigating a report...
§ 143B-499.5 Provision of toll-free service; instructions to callers; communication with law-enforcement agencies
The Center shall provide a toll‑free telephone line for anyone to report the disappearance of any individual or the sighting of any missing child or...
§ 143B-499.6 Improper release of information; penalty
Any person working under the supervision of the Director of Victims and Justice Services who knowingly and willfully releases, or authorizes the release of, any...
§ 143B-499.7 North Carolina AMBER Alert System established
(a) There is established within the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons the AMBER Alert System. The purpose of AMBER Alert is to provide a...
§ 143B-499.8 North Carolina Silver Alert System established
(a) There is established within the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons the Silver Alert System. The purpose of the Silver Alert System is to...
§ 143B-500 through 143B-507 Recodified as Article 61 of Subchapter XIII of Chapter 7A, §§ 7A-770 to 7A-777, by Session Laws 1991, c. 566, s. 2
§ 143B-508 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-509 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-510 Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12 - Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

§ 143B-511 Creation of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
There is hereby created and constituted a department to be known as the "Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention", with the organization, powers, and...
§ 143B-512 Transfer of Office of Juvenile Justice authority to the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(a) All (i) statutory authority, powers, duties, and functions, including directives of S.L. 1998‑202, rule making, budgeting, and purchasing, (ii) records, (iii) personnel, personnel positions,...
§ 143B-513 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-514 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-515 Definitions
In this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words have the listed meanings: (1) Chief court counselor. The person responsible for administration...
§ 143B-516 Duties and powers of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(a) The head of the Department is the Secretary. The Secretary shall have the powers and duties conferred by this Chapter, delegated by the Governor,...
§ 143B-517 Authority to contract with other entities
(a) The Department may contract with any governmental agency, person, or association for the accomplishment of its duties and responsibilities. The expenditure of funds under...
§ 143B-518 Authority to assist private nonprofit foundations
The Department may provide appropriate services or allow employees of the Department to assist any private nonprofit foundation that works directly with the Department's services...
§ 143B-519 Annual report
(a) On or before April 1 each year, beginning with the year 2001, the Department shall report to the General Assembly on the effectiveness and...
§ 143B-520 Teen court programs
(a) All teen court programs administered by the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall operate as community resources for the diversion of juveniles...
§ 143B-521 through 143B-524 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-525 Juvenile facilities
In order to provide any juvenile in a juvenile facility with appropriate treatment according to that juvenile's need, the Department shall be responsible for the...
§ 143B-526 Authority to provide necessary medical or surgical care
The Department may provide any medical and surgical treatment necessary to preserve the life and health of juveniles committed to the custody of the Department;...
§ 143B-527 Compensation to juveniles in care
A juvenile who has been committed to the Department may be compensated for work or participation in training programs at rates approved by the Secretary...
§ 143B-528 Visits and community activities
(a) The Department shall encourage visits by parents or guardians and responsible relatives of juveniles committed to the custody of the Department. (b) The Department...
§ 143B-529 Regional detention services
The Department is responsible for juvenile detention services, including the development of a statewide plan for regional juvenile detention services that offer juvenile detention care...
§ 143B-530 State subsidy to county detention facilities
The Department shall administer a State subsidy program to pay a county that provides juvenile detention services and meets State standards a certain per diem...
§ 143B-531 Authority for implementation
In order to allow for effective implementation of a statewide regional approach to juvenile detention, the Department may: (1) Release or transfer a juvenile from...
§ 143B-532 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-533 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-534 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-535 Duties and powers of chief court counselors
The chief court counselor in each district appointed under G.S. 143B‑516(b)(15) may: (1) Appoint court counselors, secretaries, and other personnel authorized by the Department in...
§ 143B-536 Duties and powers of juvenile court counselors
As the court or the chief court counselor may direct or require, all juvenile court counselors shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Secure...
§ 143B-537 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-538 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-539 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-540 Comprehensive Juvenile Delinquency and Substance Abuse Prevention Plan
(a) The Department shall implement the comprehensive juvenile delinquency and substance abuse prevention plan developed by the Office of Juvenile Justice and shall coordinate with...
§ 143B-541 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-542 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-543 Legislative intent
It is the intent of the General Assembly to prevent juveniles who are at risk from becoming delinquent. The primary intent of this Part is...
§ 143B-544 Creation; method of appointment; membership; chair and vice-chair
(a) As a prerequisite for a county receiving funding for juvenile court services and delinquency prevention programs, the board of commissioners of a county shall...
§ 143B-545 Terms of appointment
Each member of a County Council shall serve for a term of two years, except for initial terms as provided in this section. Each member's...
§ 143B-546 Vacancies; removal
Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the remainder of the former member's term. Members shall be removed only for malfeasance or nonfeasance as determined...
§ 143B-547 Meetings; quorum
County Councils shall meet at least bimonthly, or more often if a meeting is called by the chair. A majority of members constitutes a quorum....
§ 143B-548 Compensation of members
Members of County Councils shall receive no compensation but may receive a per diem in an amount established by the board of county commissioners. (1998‑202,...
§ 143B-549 Powers and duties
(a) Each County Council shall review annually the needs of juveniles in the county who are at risk of delinquency or who have been adjudicated...
§ 143B-550 Funding for programs
(a) Annually, the Department shall develop and implement a funding mechanism for programs that meet the standards developed under this Part. The Department shall ensure...
§ 143B-551 through 143B-555 Reserved for future codification purposes
§ 143B-556 Creation of Council; purpose; members; duties
(a) There is created the State Advisory Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The State Council shall be located within the Department for organizational,...
§ 143B-557 Powers and duties of the Council
The State Council shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Advise the Department in the review of the State's juvenile justice planning, the development...