Chapter 147 State Officers
Article 1 - Classification and General Provisions.
- § 147-1 Public State officials classified
The public officers of the State are legislative, executive, and judicial. But this classification shall not be construed as defining the legal powers of either...
- § 147-2 Legislative officers
The legislative officers are: (1) Fifty Senators; (2) One hundred and twenty members of the House of Representatives; (3) A Speaker of the House of...
- § 147-3 Executive officers
(a) Executive officers are either: (1) Civil; (2) Military. (b) Civil executive officers are: (1) General, or for the whole State; (2) Special, or for...
- § 147-4 Executive officers – election; term; induction into office
The executive department shall consist of a Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, a Secretary of State, an Auditor, a Treasurer, a Superintendent of Public Instruction, an...
- § 147-5 Executive officers – report to Governor; reports transmitted to General Assembly
It shall be the duty of the officers of the executive department to submit their respective reports to the Governor to be transmitted by him...
Article 2 - Expenses of State Officers and State Departments.
Article 2A - Annuities and Deferred Compensation for Teachers and State Employees.
- § 147-9.2 Definitions
The following words when used in this Article shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section except when the context clearly indicates a...
- § 147-9.3 Annuity contracts; salary deductions
Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 143B‑426.40A and notwithstanding any provision of law relating to salaries or salary schedules of State employees, if the employee be...
- § 147-9.4 Deferred Compensation Plan
Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 143B‑426.40A and notwithstanding any provision of law relating to salaries or salary schedules of teachers or State employees, the chief...
Article 3 - The Governor.
- § 147-10 Governor to reside in Raleigh; mansion and accessories
The Governor shall reside in the City of Raleigh during his continuance in office. A convenient and commodious furnished dwelling house, supplied with necessary lights,...
- § 147-11 Salary and expense allowance of Governor; allowance to person designated to represent Governor's office
(a) The salary of the Governor shall be one hundred thirty‑five thousand eight hundred fifty‑four dollars ($135,854) annually, payable monthly. (b) He shall be paid...
- § 147-11.1 Succession to office of Governor; Acting Governor
(a) Lieutenant Governor. (1) The Lieutenant Governor‑elect shall become Governor upon the failure of the Governor‑elect to qualify. The Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor upon...
- § 147-12 Powers and duties of Governor
(a) In addition to the powers and duties prescribed by the Constitution, the Governor has the powers and duties prescribed in this and the following...
- § 147-13 May convene Council of State; quorum; journal
(a) The Governor may convene the Council for consultation whenever he may deem it proper. In all meetings of the Council of State, five members...
- § 147-13.1 Governor's power to consolidate State agencies
(a) The Governor is hereby authorized to direct the inauguration of studies to determine which agencies of the State conduct operations which are so nearly...
- § 147-14 Appointment of private secretary; official correspondence preserved; books produced before General Assembly
The Governor shall appoint a private secretary, who shall enter in books kept for that purpose all such letters, written by and to the Governor,...
- § 147-15 Salary of private secretary
The salary of the private secretary to the Governor shall be fixed by the Governor. (R.C., c. 102, s. 12; 1856‑7, p. 71, res.; 1881,...
- § 147-15.1 Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 379, s. 11
- § 147-16 Records kept; certain original applications preserved; notice of commutations
(a) The Governor shall cause to be kept the following records: (1) A register of all applications for pardon, or for commutation of any sentence,...
- § 147-16.1 Publication of executive orders
The Governor must submit Executive Orders to the Secretary of State, who must compile, index, and publish the Executive Orders. The Governor's office shall also...
- § 147-16.2 Duration of boards and councils created by executive officials; extensions
(a) Any executive order of the Governor that creates a board, committee, council, or commission expires two years after the effective date of the executive...
- § 147-16.3 Timely nominations if legislative body must confirm
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever: (1) A statute specifies that an office shall be filled by nomination by the Governor and confirmation by...
- § 147-17 May employ counsel in cases wherein State is interested
(a) No department, officer, agency, institution, commission, bureau or other organized activity of the State which receives support in whole or in part from the...
- § 147-19 To appoint a day of thanksgiving
The Governor is directed to set apart a day in every year, and by proclamation give notice thereof, as a day of solemn and public...
- § 147-20 Repealed by Session Laws 1955, c. 867, s. 13
- § 147-21 Form and contents of applications for pardon
Every application for pardon must be made to the Governor in writing, signed by the party convicted, or by some person in his behalf. And...
- § 147-22 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 309
- § 147-23 Conditional pardons may be granted
In any case in which the Governor is authorized by the Constitution to grant a pardon he may, upon the petition of the prisoner, grant...
- § 147-24 Governor's duties when conditions of pardon violated
If a prisoner who has been pardoned upon conditions to be observed and performed by him violates such conditions, or any of them, the Governor,...
- § 147-25 Duty of sheriff and clerk on pardon granted
If a prisoner is pardoned conditionally or unconditionally, or his punishment is commuted, the officer to whom the warrant for such purpose is issued shall,...
- § 147-26 To procure great seal of State; its description
The Governor shall procure for the State a seal, which shall be called the great seal of the State of North Carolina, and shall be...
- § 147-27 Affixing great seal a second time to public papers
In all cases where any person may find it necessary to have the great seal of the State put again to any public paper, other...
- § 147-28 To procure seals for departments and courts
The Governor shall also procure a seal for each department of the State government to be used for attesting and authenticating grants, proclamations, commissions, and...
- § 147-29 Seal of Department of State described
The seal of the Department of State shall be two inches in diameter and shall be of the same design as the great seal of...
- § 147-30 To provide new seals when necessary
Whenever the great seal of the State shall be lost or so worn or defaced as to render it unfit for use, the Governor shall...
- § 147-31 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 913, s. 48, effective July 22, 1983
- § 147-31.1 Office space and expenses for Governor-elect and Lieutenant Governor-elect; and other Council of State members-elect
(a) The Department of Administration, upon request of the Governor‑elect and Lieutenant Governor‑elect, made after the general election for these respective offices, is empowered and...
- § 147-32 Compensation for surviving spouses of Governors
All surviving spouses of Governors of the State of North Carolina, who make written request to the Director of the Budget, shall be paid the...
- § 147-33 Compensation and expenses of Lieutenant Governor
The salary of the Lieutenant Governor shall be set by the General Assembly in the Current Operations Appropriations Act. In addition to this salary, the...
Article 3A - Emergency War Powers of Governor.
- § 147-33.1 Short title
This Article may be cited as the "North Carolina Emergency War Powers Act." (1943, c. 706, s. 1; 1959, c. 337, s. 6.)
- § 147-33.2 Emergency war powers of the Governor
Upon his own initiative, or on the request or recommendation of the President of the United States, the army, navy or any other branch of...
- § 147-33.3 Orders, rules and regulations
All orders, rules and regulations promulgated by the Governor pursuant to this Article shall have the full force and effect of law from and after...
- § 147-33.4 Immunity
Neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof, nor the agents or representatives of the State or any political subdivision thereof, under any circumstances, nor...
- § 147-33.5 Federal action controlling
All action taken under this Article and all orders, rules and regulations made pursuant thereto in any field or with respect to any subject matter...
- § 147-33.6 Construction of Article
This Article shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purposes. (1943, c. 706, s. 6; 1959, c. 337, s. 6.)
- § 147-33.7 through 147-33.11 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 3B - North Carolina Housing Commission.
Article 3C - Office of Juvenile Justice.
Article 3D - State Information Technology Services.
- § 147-33.72A Purpose
The purposes of this Article are to: (1) Establish a systematic process for planning and financing the State's information technology resources. (2) Develop standards and...
- § 147-33.72B Planning and financing State information technology resources
(a) In order to provide a systematic process for meeting the State's technology needs, the State Chief Information Officer shall develop a biennial State Information...
- § 147-33.72C Project approval standards
(a) Project Review and Approval. The State Chief Information Officer shall: (1) Review all State agency information technology projects that cost or are expected to...
- § 147-33.72D Agency/State CIO Dispute Resolution
(a) Agency Request for Review. In any instance where the State CIO has denied or suspended the approval of an information technology project, or has...
- § 147-33.72E Project management standards
(a) Agency Responsibilities. Each agency shall provide for one or more project managers who meet the applicable quality assurance standards for each information technology project...
- § 147-33.72F Procurement procedures; cost savings
Pursuant to Part 4 of this Article, the Office of Information Technology Services shall establish procedures for the procurement of information technology. The procedures may...
- § 147-33.72G Information Technology Advisory Board
(a) Creation; Membership. The Information Technology Advisory Board is established and shall be located within the Office of Information Technology Services for organizational, budgetary, and...
- § 147-33.72H Information Technology Fund
There is established a special revenue fund to be known as the Information Technology Fund, which may receive transfers or other credits as authorized by...
- § 147-33.73 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 147-33.74 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 147-33.75 Office located in the Office of the Governor
(a) The Office of Information Technology Services ("Office") shall be housed in the Office of the Governor. (b) The Governor has the authority, powers, and...
- § 147-33.76 Qualification, appointment, and duties of the State Chief Information Officer
(a) The Office of Information Technology Services shall be managed and administered by the State Chief Information Officer ("State CIO"). The State Chief Information Officer...
- § 147-33.77 Office of Information Technology Services; organization and operation
(a) The State Chief Information Officer may appoint a Chief Deputy Information Officer. The salary of the Chief Deputy Information Officer shall be set by...
- § 147-33.78 Repealed by Session Laws 2004-129, ss. 4, 5
- § 147-33.79 Repealed by Session Laws 2004-129, ss. 4, 5
- § 147-33.80 Exempt agencies
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, this Article shall not apply to the General Assembly, the Judicial Department, or The University of North Carolina...
- § 147-33.81 Definitions
As used in this Article: (1) "Distributed information technology assets" means hardware, software, and communications equipment not classified as traditional mainframe‑based items, including personal computers,...
- § 147-33.82 Functions of the Office of Information Technology Services
(a) In addition to any other functions required by this Article, the Office of Information Technology Services shall: (1) Procure all information technology for State...
- § 147-33.83 Information resources centers and services
(a) With respect to all executive departments and agencies of State government, except the Department of Justice if they do not elect at their option...
- § 147-33.84 Deviations authorized for Department of Revenue; agency requests for deviations
(a) The Department of Revenue is authorized to deviate from any provision in G.S. 147‑33.83(a) that requires departments or agencies to consolidate information processing functions...
- § 147-33.85 Repealed by Session Laws 2004-129, ss. 17, 18, effective July 1, 2004
- § 147-33.87 Financial reporting and accountability for information technology investments and expenditures
The Office of Information Technology Services, the Office of State Budget and Management, and the Office of the State Controller shall jointly develop a system...
- § 147-33.88 Information technology reports
(a) The Office shall develop an annual budget for review and approval by the Office of State Budget and Management prior to April 1 of...
- § 147-33.89 Business continuity planning
(a) Each State agency shall develop and continually review and update as necessary a business and disaster recovery plan with respect to information technology. Each...
- § 147-33.90 Analysis of State agency legacy systems
(a) The Office of Information Technology Services shall analyze the State's legacy information technology systems and develop a plan to ascertain the needs, costs, and...
- § 147-33.91 Telecommunications services; duties of State Chief Information Officer with respect to State agencies
(a) With respect to State agencies, the State Chief Information Officer shall exercise general coordinating authority for all telecommunications matters relating to the internal management...
- § 147-33.92 Telecommunications services for local governmental entities and other entities
(a) The State Chief Information Officer shall provide cities, counties, and other local governmental entities with access to a central telecommunications system or service established...
- § 147-33.93 Fees; dispute resolution panel
In addition to the powers granted pursuant to Article 6B of this Chapter or by any other provision of law, the Office of Information Technology...
- § 147-33.94 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 147-33.95 Procurement of information technology
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office of Information Technology Services shall procure all information technology for State agencies. The Office shall integrate...
- § 147-33.96 Restriction on State agency contractual authority with regard to information technology; local governments
(a) All State agencies covered by this Part shall use contracts for information technology acquired by the Office for any information technology required by the...
- § 147-33.97 Information technology procurement policy; reporting requirements
(a) Policy. In order to further the policy of the State to encourage and promote the use of small, minority, physically handicapped, and women contractors...
- § 147-33.98 Unauthorized use of public purchase or contract procedures for private benefit prohibited
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, by the use of the powers, policies, or procedures described in this Part or established hereunder, to...
- § 147-33.99 Financial interest of officers in sources of supply; acceptance of bribes
Neither the State Chief Information Officer nor the Chief Deputy State Information Officer shall be financially interested, or have any personal beneficial interest, either directly...
- § 147-33.100 Certification that information technology bid submitted without collusion
The Office shall require bidders to certify that each bid on information technology contracts overseen by the Office is submitted competitively and without collusion. False...
- § 147-33.101 Board of Awards review
(a) When the dollar value of a contract for the procurement of information technology equipment, materials, and supplies exceeds the benchmark established by the State...
- § 147-33.102 Penalty for violations; costs
Any employee or official of the State who violates this Part shall be liable to the State to repay any amount expended in violation of...
- § 147-33.103 Attorney General contract assistance; rule-making authority
(a) At the request of the State Chief Information Officer, the Attorney General shall provide legal advice and services necessary to implement this Part. (b)...
- § 147-33.104 (Effective July 1, 2009) Purchase by State agencies and governmental entities of certain computer equipment prohibited
(a) The exemptions set out in G.S. 147‑33.80 do not apply to this section. (b) No State agency, political subdivision of the State, or other...
- § 147-33.105 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 147-33.106 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 147-33.107 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 147-33.108 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 147-33.109 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 147-33.110 Statewide security standards
The State Chief Information Officer shall establish a statewide set of standards for information technology security to maximize the functionality, security, and interoperability of the...
- § 147-33.111 State CIO approval of security standards and security assessments
(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 143‑48.3 or any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided by this section, all information technology security purchased using State...
- § 147-33.112 Assessment of agency compliance with security standards
The State Chief Information Officer shall assess the ability of each agency to comply with the current security enterprise‑wide set of standards established pursuant to...
- § 147-33.113 State agency cooperation
(a) The head of each State agency shall cooperate with the State Chief Information Officer in the discharge of his or her duties by: (1)...
Article 4 - Secretary of State.
- § 147-34 Office and office hours
The Secretary of State shall attend at his office, in the City of Raleigh, between the hours of 10 o'clock A.M. and three o'clock P.M.,...
- § 147-35 Salary of Secretary of State
The salary of the Secretary of State shall be set by the General Assembly in the Current Operations Appropriations Act. In addition to the salary...
- § 147-36 Duties of Secretary of State
It is the duty of the Secretary of State: (1) To perform such duties as may then be devolved upon the Secretary by resolution of...
- § 147-36.1 Deputy Secretary of State
The duly classified Deputy Secretary of State as reflected by the records of the State Department of Personnel, appointed by the Secretary of State to...
- § 147-37 Secretary of State; fees to be collected
When no other charge is provided by law, the Secretary of State shall collect such fees for copying any document or record on file in...
- § 147-38 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 85, s. 3
- § 147-39 Custodian of statutes, records, deeds, etc
The Secretary of State is charged with the custody of all statutes and joint resolutions of the legislature, all documents which pass under the great...
- § 147-40 Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1184, s. 8
- § 147-41 To keep records of oyster grants
The Secretary of State shall keep books of records in which shall be recorded a full description of all grounds granted for oyster beds under...
- § 147-42 Binding original statutes, resolutions, and documents
The original statutes and joint resolutions passed at each session of the General Assembly the Secretary of State shall immediately thereafter cause to be bound...
- § 147-43 Reports of State officers
The Secretary of State shall file and keep in his office one copy of each of the reports of State officers in the best binding...
- § 147-43.1 through 147-43.3 Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1184, s. 8
- § 147-44 Repealed by Session Laws 1943, c. 48, s. 2
- § 147-45 Distribution of copies of State publications
The Secretary of State shall, at the State's expense, as soon as possible after publication, provide such number of copies of the Session Laws and...
- § 147-46 Repealed by Session Laws 1955, c. 987
- § 147-46.1 Publications furnished State departments, bureaus, institutions and agencies
Upon request of any State department, bureau, institution or agency, and upon authorization by the Governor and Council of State, the Secretary of State shall...
- § 147-47 Repealed by Session Laws 1955, c. 748
- § 147-48 Sale of Laws and Journals
Such Laws and Journals as may be printed in excess of the number directed to be distributed, the Secretary of State may sell at such...
- § 147-49 Disposition of damaged and unsaleable publications
The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and empowered to dispose of damaged and unsaleable House and Senate Journals and Session Laws of various years...
- § 147-50 Publications of State officials and department heads furnished to certain institutions, agencies, etc
Every State official and every head of a State department, institution or agency issuing any printed report, bulletin, map, or other publication shall, on request,...
- § 147-50.1 Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 771, s. 1
- § 147-51 Clerks of superior courts responsible for Appellate Division Reports; lending prohibited
From and after March 9, 1927, the clerks of the superior courts of the State of North Carolina are held officially responsible for the volumes...
- § 147-52 Transferred to § 7A-14 by Session Laws 1975, c. 328
- § 147-53 Superseded by Session Laws 1943, c. 716
- § 147-54 Printing, distribution and sale of the North Carolina Manual
The Secretary of State shall have printed biennially for distribution and sale, two thousand three hundred fifty (2,350) copies of the North Carolina Manual, and...
- § 147-54.1 Division of Publications; duties
The Secretary of State is authorized to set up a division to be designated as the Division of Publications and to appoint a director thereof...
- § 147-54.2 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 477, s. 2
- § 147-54.3 Land records management program
(a) The Secretary of State shall administer a land records management program for the purposes (i) of advising registers of deeds, local tax officials, and...
- § 147-54.4 Certification of local government property mappers
(a) Definitions. The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Department. The Department of the Secretary of State. (2) Large‑scale. A scale that uses an...
- § 147-54.5 Investor Protection and Education Trust Fund; administration; limitations on use of the Fund
(a) The Investor Protection and Education Trust Fund created in the Department of the Secretary of State as an expendable trust account to be used...
- § 147-54.6 International relations assistance
(a) The Secretary of State may offer direct and indirect assistance in matters relating to international relations and protocol to other governmental agencies and units...
- § 147-54.7 Abrogation of offensive geographical place-names
(a) The General Assembly finds that certain geographical place‑names are offensive or insulting to the State's people, history, and heritage. These place‑names should be replaced...
- § 147-54.7A Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 19, effective January 1, 2007
Article 4A - Constitutional Amendments Publication Commission.
- § 147-54.8 Constitutional Amendments Publication Commission
(a) There is established within the Department of the Secretary of State the Constitutional Amendments Publication Commission (hereinafter "Commission"). (b) The Commission shall consist of...
- § 147-54.9 Officers; meetings; quorum
(a) The Secretary of State shall be the Chairman of the Commission. (b) A quorum shall consist of all three members. (c) The Commission shall...
- § 147-54.10 Powers
At least 60 days before an election in which a proposed amendment to the Constitution, or a revised or new Constitution, is to be voted...
Article 4B - Business License Information Office.
Article 4C - Executive Branch Lobbying.
Article 5 - Auditor.
- § 147-55 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 913, s. 1
- § 147-56 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 913, s. 1, effective July 22, 1983
- § 147-57 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 884, s. 12
- § 147-58 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 913, s. 1, effective July 22, 1983
- § 147-59 through 147-61 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 302
- § 147-62 Recodified as § 143-3.3 by Session Laws 1983, c. 913, s. 49
- § 147-63, 147-64 Recodified as § 143-3.4 by Session Laws 1983, c. 913, ss. 50, 51
Article 5A - Auditor.
- § 147-64.1 Salary of State Auditor
(a) The salary of the State Auditor shall be set by the General Assembly in the Current Operations Appropriations Act. (b) In addition to the...
- § 147-64.2 Legislative policy and intent
The General Assembly is ultimately responsible for authorizing the expenditure of public moneys, designating the sources from which moneys may be collected, and shaping the...
- § 147-64.3 Legislative and management control system
It is the intent of this Article that the State Auditor shall perform or coordinate all audit functions for State government. As appropriate, all State...
- § 147-64.4 Definitions
The words and phrases used in this Article have the following meanings: (1) "Audit". An independent review or examination of government organizations, programs, activities, and...
- § 147-64.5 Cooperation with Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and other governmental bodies
(a) Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. The Auditor shall furnish copies of any and all audits only when requested by the Joint Legislative Commission...
- § 147-64.6 Duties and responsibilities
(a) It is the policy of the General Assembly to provide for the auditing of State agencies by the impartial, independent State Auditor. (b) The...
- § 147-64.6A Audit of community colleges
The State Auditor, within funds available to his Department, shall audit the Community Colleges and Technical Institutes so that all 58 institutions are audited no...
- § 147-64.7 Authority
(a) Access to Persons and Records. (1) The Auditor and the Auditor's authorized representatives shall have ready access to persons and may examine and copy...
- § 147-64.7A Obstruction of audit
Any person who shall willfully make or cause to be made to the State Auditor or his designated representatives any false, misleading, or unfounded report...
- § 147-64.8 Independence
The Auditor shall maintain independence in the performance of his authorized duties. Except as otherwise provided by law, neither the General Assembly nor the Governor...
- § 147-64.9 Rules and regulations
The Auditor shall make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary for the operation of his office. The Auditor shall install an...
- § 147-64.10 Powers of appointment
The Auditor may, subject to the provisions of the State Personnel Act, appoint all employees necessary to perform the duties and functions assigned to him...
- § 147-64.11 Review of office
The Auditor may, on his own initiative and as often as he deems necessary, or as requested by the General Assembly, cause to be made...
- § 147-64.12 Conflict of interest
(a) To preserve the independence and objectivity of the audit function, the Auditor and his employees may not, unless otherwise expressly authorized by statute, serve...
- § 147-64.13 Construction
This Article shall be construed liberally in the aid of its declared purpose. It is the intent of this Article that the establishment of the...
- § 147-64.14 Severability
If any provision of this Article or the application thereof to any person, State agency, political subdivision, or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidation shall...
Article 6 - Treasurer.
- § 147-65 Salary of State Treasurer
The salary of the State Treasurer shall be as established in the Current Operations Appropriations Act. In addition to the salary set by the General...
- § 147-66 Office and office hours
The Treasurer shall keep his office at the City of Raleigh, and shall attend there between the hours of 10 o'clock A.M. and three o'clock...
- § 147-67 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 884, s. 14
- § 147-68 To receive and disburse moneys; to make reports
(a) It is the duty of the Treasurer to receive all moneys which shall from time to time be paid into the treasury of this...
- § 147-68.1 Banking operations
The cost of administration, management, and operations of the banking operations of the Department of State Treasurer shall be apportioned equitably among the funds and...
- § 147-69 Deposits of State funds in banks and savings and loan associations regulated
Banks and savings and loan associations having State deposits shall furnish to the Auditor of the State, upon the Auditor's request, a statement of the...
- § 147-69.1 Investments authorized for General Fund and Highway Funds assets
(a) The Governor and Council of State, with the advice and assistance of the State Treasurer, shall adopt such rules and regulations as shall be...
- § 147-69.2 Investments authorized for special funds held by State Treasurer
(a) This section applies to funds held by the State Treasurer to the credit of each of the following: (1) The Teachers' and State Employees'...
- § 147-69.3 Administration of State Treasurer's investment programs
(a) The State Treasurer shall establish, maintain, administer, manage, and operate within the Department of State Treasurer one or more investment programs for the deposit...
- § 147-69.4 Local Government Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund
The Local Government Other Post‑Employment Benefits Fund is established as a fund in the Office of the State Treasurer under the management of the Treasurer....
- § 147-69.5 Local Government Law Enforcement Special Separation Allowance Fund
The Local Government Law Enforcement Special Separation Allowance Fund is established as a fund in the Office of the State Treasurer under the management of...
- § 147-70 To make short-term notes in emergencies
Subject to the approval of the Governor and Council of State, the State Treasurer is authorized to make short‑term notes for temporary emergencies, but such...
- § 147-71 May demand and sue for money and property of State
The Treasurer is authorized to demand, sue for, collect and receive all money and property of the State not held by some person under authority...
- § 147-72 Ex officio treasurer of State institutions; duties as such
The Treasurer shall be ex officio the treasurer of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and...
- § 147-73 Office of treasurer of each State institution abolished
The office of treasurer of each of the several State institutions of which the State Treasurer is ex officio treasurer is hereby abolished. (1929, c....
- § 147-74 Office of State Treasurer declared office of deposit and disbursement
The office of the State Treasurer is declared to be an office of deposit and disbursement and only such records and accounts as may be...
- § 147-75 Deputy to act for Treasurer
The Treasurer may authorize a deputy to perform any duties pertaining to the office. The Treasurer may authorize a deputy to affix the Treasurer's signature...
- § 147-76 Liability for false entries in his books
If the Treasurer of the State shall wittingly or falsely make, or cause to be made, any false entry or charge in any book by...
- § 147-77 Daily deposit of funds to credit of Treasurer
All funds belonging to the State of North Carolina, in the hands of any head of any department of the State which collects revenue for...
- § 147-78 Treasurer to select depositories
The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to select and designate, wherever necessary, in this State some bank or banks, savings and loan association...
- § 147-78.1 Good faith deposits; use of master trust
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Treasurer is authorized to select a bank or trust company as master trustee to hold cash or...
- § 147-79 Deposits to be secured; reports of depositories
(a) The amount of funds deposited by the State Treasurer in an official depository shall be adequately secured by deposit insurance, surety bonds, or investment...
- § 147-80 Deposit in other banks unlawful; liability
It shall be unlawful for any funds of the State to be deposited by any person, institution, or department or agency in any place or...
- § 147-81 Number of depositories; contract
The State Treasurer is authorized and empowered to select as many depositories in one place and in the State as may appear to him to...
- § 147-82 Accounts of funds kept separate
In order to preserve and keep them separate, all funds that are now required by law to be kept separate or to be separately administered,...
- § 147-83 Receipts from federal government and gifts not affected
General Statutes 147‑77, 147‑78, 147‑80, 147‑81, 147‑82, 147‑83 and 147‑84 shall not be held or construed to affect or interfere with the receipts and disbursements...
- § 147-84 Refund of excess payments
Whenever taxes or other receipts of any kind are or have been by clerical error, misinterpretation of the law, or otherwise, collected and paid into...
- § 147-85 Fiscal year
The fiscal year of the State government shall annually close on the thirtieth day of June. (1868‑9, c. 270, s. 77; 1883, c. 60; Code,...
- § 147-86 Additional clerical assistance authorized; compensation and duties
The State Treasurer, by and with the consent and advice of the Governor and Council of State, is authorized to employ an additional clerk in...
- § 147-86.1 Pool account for local government unemployment compensation
(a) The State Treasurer is authorized to establish a pool account, in accordance with rules and regulations of the Employment Security Commission, in cooperation with...
- § 147-86.2 through 147-86.9 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 6A - Cash Management.
- § 147-86.10 (Statement of policy
It is the policy of the State of North Carolina that all agencies, institutions, departments, bureaus, boards, commissions, and officers of the State, whether or...
- § 147-86.11 Cash management for the State
(a) Uniform Plan. The State Controller, with the advice and assistance of the State Treasurer, the State Budget Officer, and the State Auditor, shall develop,...
- § 147-86.12 Cash management for school administration units
All school administrative units and their officers and employees are subject to the provision of G.S. 147‑86.11 with respect to moneys required by law to...
- § 147-86.13 Cash management for community colleges
All community colleges and their officers and employees are subject to the provisions of G.S. 147‑86.11 with respect to moneys required by law to be...
- § 147-86.14 Cash management for the General Court of Justice
All agencies, institutions, bureaus, boards, commissions, and officers of the General Court of Justice as defined in Article IV of the Constitution are subject to...
- § 147-86.15 Cash management of the Highway Fund and the Highway Trust Fund
The State Treasurer may combine the balances of the Highway Fund and the Highway Trust Fund for cash management purposes. The State Treasurer may make...
- § 147-86.16 through 147-86.19 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 6B - Statewide Accounts Receivable Program.
- § 147-86.20 Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Account Receivable. An asset of the State reflecting a debt that is owed to the State and...
- § 147-86.21 State agencies to collect accounts receivable in accordance with statewide policies
A State agency to which an account receivable is owed is responsible for collecting the account receivable. In fulfilling this responsibility, a State agency shall...
- § 147-86.22 Statewide accounts receivable program
(a) Program. The State Controller shall implement a statewide accounts receivable program. As part of this program, the State Controller shall do all of the...
- § 147-86.23 Interest and penalties
A State agency shall charge interest at the rate established pursuant to G.S. 105‑241.21 on a past‑due account receivable from the date the account receivable...
- § 147-86.24 Debtor information and skip tracing
A State agency shall collect from clients and debtors minimum identifying information as prescribed by the State Controller. A State agency shall use all available...
- § 147-86.25 Setoff debt collection
The State Controller shall implement a statewide setoff debt collection program to provide for collection of accounts receivable that have been written off. The statewide...
- § 147-86.26 Reporting requirements
A State agency shall provide the State Controller a complete report of the agency's accounts receivable at least quarterly or more frequently as required by...
- § 147-86.27 Rules
A State agency may adopt rules to implement this Article. (1993, c. 512, s. 1.)
- § 147-86.28 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 147-86.29 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 6C - Health and Wellness Trust Fund.
Article 6D - Sudan (Darfur) Divestment Act.
- § 147-86.41 Legislative findings
(1) On July 23, 2004, the United States Congress declared that "the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide." (2) On September 9, 2004, Secretary...
- § 147-86.42 Definitions
As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (1) "Active Business Operations" means all Business Operations that are not Inactive Business Operations. (2) "Business...
- § 147-86.43 Identification of companies
(a) Within 90 days of August 30, 2007, the Public Fund shall make its best efforts to identify all Scrutinized Companies in which the Public...
- § 147-86.44 Required actions
(a) General. The Public Fund shall adhere to the procedure for Companies on the Scrutinized Companies List as provided in this section: (b) Engagement. (1)...
- § 147-86.45 Reporting
(a) The Public Fund shall file a publicly available report to the General Assembly that includes the Scrutinized Companies List annually. (b) Annually thereafter, the...
- § 147-86.46 Expiration of this article
This article expires upon the occurrence of any of the following: (1) The Congress or President of the United States declaring that the Darfur genocide...
- § 147-86.47 Other legal obligations
With respect to actions taken in compliance with this article, including all good faith determinations regarding Companies as required by this article, the Public Fund...
- § 147-86.48 Reinvestment in certain companies with Scrutinized Active Business Operations
Notwithstanding anything in this article, the Public Fund is permitted to cease divesting from certain Scrutinized Companies pursuant to G.S. 147‑86.44(c) and/or reinvest in certain...
- § 147-86.49 Enforcement
The Attorney General is charged with enforcing the provisions of this article and, through any lawful designee, may bring such actions in court as are...
Article 7 - Secretary of Revenue.
Article 8 - District Attorneys.
