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NC Gen Stat § 143B-344.46 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 7 - Department of Environmental Quality.|§ 143B-344.46 - Weatherization Assistance Program and Heating/Air Repair and Replacement Program.

 143B-344.46. Weatherization Assistance Program and Heating/Air Repair and Replacement Program.The State Energy Office within the Department may administer the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Families and the Heating/Air Repair and Replacement Program functions. Nothing in this Part shall be construed as obligating the General Assembly to appropriate funds for the Program or as entitling any person to services under the Program.  (2003-284, s. 10.3; 2013-360, s. 15.22(h), (i).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-344.48 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 7 - Department of Environmental Quality.|§ 143B-344.48 - Legislative findings and purpose.

 143B-344.48. 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 essential levels of heat and electric service regardless of their economic circumstances.(2) Serving the State's most vulnerable citizens, its low-income elderly, persons with disabilities, families with children, high residential energy users, and households with a high-energy burden, is a priority.(3) Conserving energy benefits all citizens and the environment.(4) Ensuring proper payment to public utilities and other entities providing energy services actually rendered is a responsibility of this State.(5) Declining federal low-income energy assistance funding necessitates a State response to ensure the continuity and further development of energy assistance and related policies and programs in this State.(6) Current energy assistance policies and programs have benefited North Carolina citizens and should be continued with the modifications provided in this Part.(b) The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of this State that weatherization, replacement of heating and cooling systems, and other energy-related assistance programs be utilized to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low-income persons, reduce their total residential expenditures, and improve their health and safety. The State shall utilize all appropriate and available means to fund the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Families and the Heating/Air Repair and Replacement Program under G.S. 143B-344.46, and any other energy-related assistance program for low-income persons while, to the extent possible, identifying and utilizing sources of funding to achieve the objectives of this Part.  (2006-206, s. 2; 2009-446, s. 2(a); 2013-360, s. 15.22(j).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-344.49 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 7 - Department of Environmental Quality.|§ 143B-344.49 - Definitions.

 143B-344.49. 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 the owner of a dwelling unit applying for program services.(2) Department. - The Department of Environmental Quality.(3) Secretary. - The Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality.(4) Subgrantee. - An entity managing a weatherization project that receives a federal grant of funds awarded pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 440 (1 January 2006 edition) from this State or other entity named in the Notification of Grant Award and otherwise referred to as the grantee.(5) Weatherization. - The modification of homes and home heating and cooling systems to improve heating and cooling efficiency by caulking and weather stripping, as well as insulating ceilings, attics, walls, and floors.  (2006-206, s. 2; 2009-446, ss. 2(a), (b); 2013-360, ss. 15.22(j), (k); 2015-241, s. 14.30(mmm).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-344.50 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 7 - Department of Environmental Quality.|§ 143B-344.50 - The State Energy Office designated agency; powers and duties.

 143B-344.50. The State Energy Office designated agency; powers and duties.(a) The State Energy Office in the Department of Environmental Quality shall administer the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Families established by 42 U.S.C. 6861, et seq., and 42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.; the Heating/Air Repair and Replacement Program established by the Secretary under G.S. 143B-344.46; and any other energy-related assistance program for the benefit of low-income persons in existing housing. The State Energy Office shall exercise the following powers and duties:(1) Establish standards and criteria to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Part.(2) Develop policy, criteria, and standards for receiving and processing applications for weatherization assistance.(3) Make decisions and pursue appeals from decisions to accept or deny applications for weatherization, replacement of heating and cooling systems, and other energy-related assistance programs or otherwise participate in the State plan as a subgrantee or contractor.(4) Adopt rules, consistent with the laws of this State, that may be required by the federal government for grants-in-aid for the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Families, the Heating/Air Repair and Replacement Program, or other energy-related assistance programs for the benefit of low-income residents in existing housing. This section shall be liberally construed in order that this State and its citizens may benefit from such grants-in-aid.(5) Establish procedures for the submission of periodic reports by any community action agency or other agency or entity authorized to manage a weatherization project, replacement of heating and cooling systems, or other energy-related assistance project.(6) Implement criteria for periodic review of weatherization, replacement of heating and cooling systems, or other energy-related programs in existing housing for low-income households.(7) Solicit, accept, hold, and administer on behalf of this State any grants or devises of money, securities, or property for the benefit of low-income residents in existing housing for use by the Department or other agencies in the administration of this Part.(8) Create a Policy Advisory Council within the State Energy Office that shall advise the State Energy Office with respect to the development and implementation of a Weatherization Program for Low-Income Families, the Heating/Air Repair and Replacement Program, and any other energy-related assistance program for the benefit of low-income persons in existing housing.(b) The Secretary shall have final decision-making authority with regard to all functions described in this Part.  (2006-206, s. 2; 2009-446, s. 2(a); 2011-284, s. 101; 2013-360, ss. 15.22(j), 15.22(k); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-344.55 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 7 - Department of Environmental Quality.|§ 143B-344.55 - Energy Policy Council transfer.

 143B-344.55. Energy Policy Council - transfer.The Energy Policy Council, as established by Chapter 113B of the General Statutes and other applicable laws of this State, is hereby transferred to the Department of Environmental Quality by a Type II transfer as defined in G.S. 143A-6.  (2013-365, s. 8(m); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-344.62 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 7 - Department of Environmental Quality.|§ 143B-344.62 - Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council executive director; staff.

 143B-344.62. Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council - executive director; staff.The Council may, subject to appropriations or other funds that accrue to it, employ an executive director to carry out the day-to-day responsibilities and business of the Council. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Council. The executive director, also subject to appropriations or other funds that accrue to the Council, may hire additional staff and consultants to assist in the discharge of the executive director's responsibilities, as determined by the Council.  (2017-212, s. 4.5(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-344.64 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 7 - Department of Environmental Quality.|§ 143B-344.64 - Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council report.

 143B-344.64. Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council - report.On or before December 1, 2019, and at least annually thereafter, the Council shall submit a report to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division regarding its activities, initiatives, partnerships, and use of donated and appropriated funds.  (2018-5, s. 13A.1(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-345 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 8 - Department of Transportation.|§ 143B-345 - Department of Transportation - creation.

 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 1 of Chapter 143B, except as modified in this Article. (1975, c. 716, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-346 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 8 - Department of Transportation.|§ 143B-346 - Department of Transportation - purpose and functions.

 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 for the economical and safe transportation of people and goods as provided for by law. The Department shall also provide and maintain an accurate register of transportation vehicles as provided by statutes, and the Department shall enforce the laws of this State relating to transportation safety assigned to the Department. The Department of Transportation shall be responsible for all of the transportation functions of the executive branch of the State as provided by law except those functions delegated to the Utilities Commission and the Commissioners of Navigation and Pilotage as provided for by Chapter 76. The major transportation functions include aeronautics, highways, mass transportation, motor vehicles, and transportation safety as provided for by State law. The Department of Transportation shall succeed to all functions vested in the Board of Transportation and the Department of Motor Vehicles on July 1, 1977.  (1975, c. 716, s. 1; 1977, c. 464, s. 2; 2011-145, s. 14.6(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-348 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 8 - Department of Transportation.|§ 143B-348 - Department of Transportation head; rules, regulations, etc., of Board of Transportation.

 143B-348. Department of Transportation - head; rules, regulations, etc., of Board of Transportation.(a) 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 be responsible for carrying out the policies, programs, priorities, and projects approved by the Board of Transportation. He shall be responsible for all other transportation matters assigned to the Department of Transportation, except those reserved to the Board of Transportation by statute. Except as otherwise provided for by statute, the Secretary shall have all the powers and duties as provided for in Article 1 of Chapter 143B including the responsibility for all management functions for the Department of Transportation. The Secretary shall be vested with authority to adopt design criteria, construction specifications, and standards as required for the Department of Transportation to construct and maintain highways, bridges, and ferries. The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall be vested with authority to promulgate rules and regulations concerning all transportation functions assigned to the Department.(b) All rules, regulations, ordinances, specifications, standards, and criteria adopted by the Board of Transportation and in effect on July 1, 1977, shall continue in effect until changed by the Board of Transportation or the Secretary of Transportation. The Secretary shall have complete authority to modify any of these matters existing on July 1, 1977, except as specifically restricted by the Board. Whenever any such criteria, rule, regulation, ordinance, specification, or standards are continued in effect under this section and the words "Board of Transportation" are used, the words shall mean the "Department of Transportation" unless the context makes such meaning inapplicable. All actions pending in court by or against the Board of Transportation may continue to be prosecuted in that name without the necessity of formally amending the name to the Department of Transportation.(c) The Secretary of Transportation shall require that every transportation station, rest area, and welcome center in the State prominently display in a place that is clearly conspicuous and visible to employees and the public a public awareness sign created and provided by the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission that contains the National Human Trafficking Resource hotline information.  (1975, c. 716, s. 1; 1977, c. 464, s. 4; 2010-165, s. 11; 2017-57, ss. 17.4(e), (g).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-354 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 8 - Department of Transportation.|§ 143B-354 - Recodified as § 143B-451 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26.

 143B-354: Recodified as 143B-451 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26.
NC Gen Stat § 143B-355 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 8 - Department of Transportation.|§ 143B-355 - Division of Aeronautics.

 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 Department of Transportation by Article 1B of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes.  (1975, c. 716, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-360 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 8 - Department of Transportation.|§ 143B-360 - Powers and duties of Department and Secretary.

 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 by the laws of North Carolina for the purpose of securing the benefits available to this State under the Federal Highway Safety Act of 1966. To that end, the Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate, with the Governor's approval, the activities of any and all departments and agencies of the State and its subdivisions relating thereto.All of the duties and responsibilities of the Governor's Highway Safety Program, established pursuant to this section, are transferred to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. (1975, c. 716, s. 1; 2001-424, s. 27.11(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-366 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 9 - Department of Administration.|§ 143B-366 - Department of Administration - creation.

 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 Executive Organization Act of 1973. (1975, c. 879, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-367 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 9 - Department of Administration.|§ 143B-367 - Duties of the Department.

 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 services as the other departments of State government might need to insure efficient and effective operations. (1975, c. 879, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-368 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 9 - Department of Administration.|§ 143B-368 - Functions of the Department.

 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 Constitution of North Carolina, all functions of the executive branch of the State in relation to interdepartmental administration previously delineated and further including those prescribed powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities enumerated in Article 10 of Chapter 143A of the General Statutes of North Carolina.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 542, s. 11. (1975, c. 879, s. 4; 1991, c. 134, s. 2, c. 542, s. 11.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-369 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 9 - Department of Administration.|§ 143B-369 - Head of the Department.

 143B-369. Head of the Department.The Secretary of Administration shall be the head of the Department. (1975, c. 879, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-370.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 9 - Department of Administration.|§ 143B-370.1 - Defibrillators in State buildings.

 143B-370.1. Defibrillators in State buildings.(a) Subject to the receipt of public-private funds for this purpose, the Department of Administration shall, in consultation with OEMS, AHA, and a qualified vendor/provider of AEDs and training services, develop and adopt policies and procedures relative to the placement and use of automated external defibrillators in State-owned and State-leased buildings. The Department of Administration shall also require that all State buildings, facilities, and institutions shall develop a Medical Emergency Response Plan that facilitates the following:(1) Effective and efficient communication throughout the State-owned and State-leased buildings.(2) Coordinated and practiced response plans.(3) Training and equipment for first aid and CPR.(4) Implementation of a lay rescuer AED program.(b) In addition, for each State building, facility, or institution there shall be developed and periodically updated a maintenance plan that takes the following into account:(1) Implementation of an appropriate training course in the use of AEDs, including the role of CPR.(2) Proper maintenance and testing of the devices.(3) Ensuring coordination with appropriate licensed professionals in the oversight of training of the devices.(4) Ensuring coordination with local emergency medical systems regarding the placement of AEDs in State buildings, facilities, or institutions where such devices are to be used.  (2012-198, s. 3(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-373 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 9 - Department of Administration.|§ 143B-373 - North Carolina Capital Planning Commission ¦ creation; powers and duties.

 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 all of the following powers and duties:a. Compile and maintain up-to-date building requirements for State governmental agencies in Wake County.b. Formulate and maintain an up-to-date long-range capital improvement program as required for State central governmental agencies in Wake County.c. Recommend the acquisition of land as required.d. Recommend to the Governor the locations for State government buildings, monuments, memorials and improvements in Wake County, except for buildings occupied by the General Assembly.e. Recommend to the Governor the name for any new State government building or any building hereafter acquired by the State of North Carolina in Wake County, with the exception of buildings comprising a part of the North Carolina State University, the Dorothea Dix Hospital, the General Assembly or the Governor Morehead School.(2), (3) Repealed by Session Laws 2014-115, s. 56.7A, effective August 11, 2014.(b) Any:(1) City exercising any jurisdiction in Wake County under Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes (or under any local act of similar nature); and(2) County exercising any jurisdiction in Wake County under Article 18 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes (or under any local act of similar nature)shall provide to the North Carolina Capital Planning Commission no later than August 1, 1989, a copy of any ordinance adopted under that Article and in effect on July 1, 1989, and shall provide a copy of any additional ordinance adopted or amended under such Article or similar local act after July 1, 1989, within 30 days of adoption; provided that no ordinance adopted under G.S. 160A-441 shall be so provided unless it applies to a structure owned by the State.  (c) Any:(1) City exercising any jurisdiction in Wake County under Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes (or under any local act of similar nature); and(2) County exercising any jurisdiction in Wake County under Article 18 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes (or under any local act of similar nature)shall provide to the North Carolina Capital Planning Commission within seven days of first consideration by the governing body any proposal under either of those Articles or local acts which, if adopted would affect property within Wake County owned by the State.  (d) Repealed by Session Laws 2014-115, s. 56.7A, effective August 11, 2014.  (1975, c. 879, s. 10; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1191, s. 66; 1989, c. 32; 2014-115, s. 56.7A.)