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NC Gen Stat § 143-318.16B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 33C - Meetings of Public Bodies.|§ 143-318.16B - Assessments and awards of attorneys' fees.

 143-318.16B. Assessments and awards of attorneys' fees.When an action is brought pursuant to G.S. 143-318.16 or G.S. 143-318.16A, the court may make written findings specifying the prevailing party or parties, and may award the prevailing party or parties a reasonable attorney's fee, to be taxed against the losing party or parties as part of the costs. The court may order that all or any portion of any fee as assessed be paid personally by any individual member or members of the public body found by the court to have knowingly or intentionally committed the violation; provided, that no order against any individual member shall issue in any case where the public body or that individual member seeks the advice of an attorney, and such advice is followed. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 932, s. 2; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 570, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-318.16C (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 33C - Meetings of Public Bodies.|§ 143-318.16C - Accelerated hearing; priority.

 143-318.16C. Accelerated hearing; priority.Actions brought pursuant to G.S. 143-318.16 or G.S. 143-318.16A shall be set down for immediate hearing, and subsequent proceedings in such actions shall be accorded priority by the trial and appellate courts. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 570, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-318.16D (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 33C - Meetings of Public Bodies.|§ 143-318.16D - Local acts.

 143-318.16D. Local acts.Any reference in any city charter or local act to an "executive session" is amended to read "closed session". (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 570, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-318.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 33C - Meetings of Public Bodies.|§ 143-318.17 - Disruptions of official meetings.

 143-318.17. Disruptions of official meetings.A person who willfully interrupts, disturbs, or disrupts an official meeting and who, upon being directed to leave the meeting by the presiding officer, willfully refuses to leave the meeting is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1979, c. 655, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 1028; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-318.18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 33C - Meetings of Public Bodies.|§ 143-318.18 - Exceptions.

 143-318.18. Exceptions.This Article does not apply to any of the following:(1) Grand and petit juries.(2) Any public body that is specifically authorized or directed by law to meet in executive or confidential session, to the extent of the authorization or direction.(3) The Judicial Standards Commission.(3a) The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission.(4) Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 694, s. 9.(4a) The Legislative Ethics Committee.(4b) A conference committee of the General Assembly.(4c) A caucus by members of the General Assembly; however, no member of the General Assembly shall participate in a caucus that is called for the purpose of evading or subverting this Article.(5) Law enforcement agencies.(6) A public body authorized to investigate, examine, or determine the character and other qualifications of applicants for professional or occupational licenses or certificates or to take disciplinary actions against persons holding these licenses or certificates, (i) while preparing, approving, administering, or grading examinations or (ii) while meeting with respect to an individual applicant for or holder of the license or certificate. This exception does not amend, repeal, or supersede any other statute that requires a public hearing or other practice and procedure in a proceeding before the public body.(7) Any public body subject to the State Budget Act, Chapter 143C of the General Statutes, and exercising quasi-judicial functions, during a meeting or session held solely for the purpose of making a decision in an adjudicatory action or proceeding.(8) The boards of trustees of endowment funds authorized by G.S. 116-36.(9) Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 694, s. 9.(10) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-234, s. 10, effective July 3, 2013.(11) The General Court of Justice.  (1979, c. 655, s. 1; 1985, c. 757, s. 206(e); 1991, c. 694, s. 9; 2006-184, s. 6; 2006-203, s. 95; 2010-171, s. 5; 2013-234, s. 10; 2021-88, s. 13.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-320 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 34 - Local Affairs.|§ 143-320 - Definitions.

 143-320. Definitions.As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.(2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Environmental Quality.(3) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-20, s. 4(b), effective June 3, 2019.  (1969, c. 1145, s. 1; 1973, c. 1262, s. 51; 1977, c. 771, ss. 4, 8; 1989, c. 727, s. 168; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u), (v); 2019-20, s. 4(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-323 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 34 - Local Affairs.|§ 143-323 - Functions of Department of Environmental Quality.

 143-323. Functions of Department of Environmental Quality.(a) Recodified as G.S. 143B-50.1(b), by Session Laws 2019-20, s. 4(a), effective June 3, 2019.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 70, s. 32.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 751, s. 5.(d) Recodified as G.S. 143B-50.1(c), by Session Laws 2019-20, s. 4(a), effective June 3, 2019.(e) General. - The Department shall have the following general powers and duties.(1) To study and to sponsor research on all aspects of local government and of relationships between the federal government, the State and local governments in North Carolina.(2) To collect, collate, analyze, publish, and disseminate information necessary for the effective operation of the Department and useful to local government.(3) To maintain an inventory of data and information, and to act as a clearinghouse of information and as a referral agency with respect to State, federal, and private services and programs available to local government; and to facilitate local participation in those programs by furnishing information, education, guidance, and technical assistance with respect to those programs.(4) To assist in coordinating State and federal activities relating to local government.(5) To assist local governments in the identification and solution of their problems.(6) To assist local officials in bringing specific governmental problems to the attention of the appropriate State, federal, and private agencies.(7) To advise and assist local governments with respect to intergovernmental contracts, joint service agreements, regional service arrangements, and other forms of intergovernmental cooperation.(8) To inform and advise the Governor on the affairs and problems of local government and on the need for the administrative and legislative action with respect to local government.  (1969, c. 1145, s. 1; 1973, c. 1262, s. 51; 1977, c. 70, s. 32; c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(116); c. 751, s. 5; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2011-284, s. 92; 2015-241, s. 14.30(u); 2019-20, s. 4(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-325 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 34 - Local Affairs.|§ 143-325 - Functions of committees.

 143-325. Functions of committees.(a) Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 51.(b) Committee on Law and Order. - The Committee on Law and Order shall have policy-making and supervisory authority over the policies, programs, and activities of the Department in the field of the administration of criminal justice in assisting and participating with State and local law-enforcement agencies, at their request, to improve law enforcement and the administration of criminal justice.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 51. (1969, c. 1145, s. 1; 1973, c. 1262, s. 51.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-326 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 34 - Local Affairs.|§ 143-326 - Transfer of functions, records, property, etc.

 143-326. Transfer of functions, records, property, etc.(a) All of the powers, duties, functions, records, property, supplies, equipment, personnel, funds, credits, appropriations, quarterly allotments, and executory contracts of the North Carolina Recreation Commission are transferred to the Department of Local Affairs, effective July 1, 1969. All statutory references to the "North Carolina Recreation Commission" or the "Recreation Commission" are amended to read "North Carolina Department of Local Affairs."(b) All of the powers, duties, functions, records, property, supplies, equipment, personnel, funds, credits, appropriations, quarterly allotments, and executory contracts of the Governor's Committee on Law and Order are transferred to the Department of Local Affairs, effective July 1, 1969. All statutory references to the "Governor's Committee on Law and Order" are amended to read "North Carolina Department of Local Affairs."(c) All of the powers, duties, functions, records, property, supplies, equipment, personnel, funds, credits, appropriations, quarterly allotments, and executory contracts of the Division of Community Planning of the Department of Conservation and Development are transferred to the Department of Local Affairs.(d) Such portion of the powers, duties, functions, records, property, supplies, equipment, personnel, funds, credits, appropriations, quarterly allotments, and executory contracts of the State Planning Task Force Division of the Department of Administration as the Governor may designate is transferred to the Department of Local Affairs, effective July 1, 1969.(e) The transfers directed by subsections (a) through (d), above shall be made under the supervision of the Governor, and he shall be the final arbiter of all differences or disputes arising incident to those transfers.(f) No transfer of functions to the Department of Local Affairs provided for in this Article shall affect any action, suit, proceeding, prosecution, contract, lease, agreement, or other business transaction involving any of those functions that was initiated, undertaken, or entered into prior to or pending the time of the transfer, except that the Department shall be substituted for the agency from which the function was transferred, and as far as practicable the procedure provided for in this Article shall be employed in completing or disposing of the matter. All rules, regulations, and policies of the agencies from which powers, duties, and functions are herein transferred to the Department of Local Affairs shall continue in force as rules, regulations, and policies of the Department of Local Affairs until altered pursuant to G.S. 143-320(9). (1969, c. 1145, s. 1; 1973, c. 1262, s. 51.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-329 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 35 - Youth Service Commission.|§ 143-329 - Expired.

 143-329: Expired.
NC Gen Stat § 143-330 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 35 - Youth Service Commission.|§ 143-330 - Expired.

 143-330: Expired.
NC Gen Stat § 143-331 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 35 - Youth Service Commission.|§ 143-331 - Expired.

 143-331: Expired.
NC Gen Stat § 143-332 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 35 - Youth Service Commission.|§ 143-332 - Expired.

 143-332: Expired.
NC Gen Stat § 143-333 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 35 - Youth Service Commission.|§ 143-333 - Expired.

 143-333: Expired.
NC Gen Stat § 143-334 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-334 - Short title.

 143-334. Short title.This Article may be cited as the Department of Administration Act. (1957, c. 269, s. 1; 2000-140, s. 76(h).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-335 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-335 - Department of Administration created.

 143-335. Department of Administration created.There is hereby created the Department of Administration. (1957, c. 269, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-336 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-336 - Definitions.

 143-336. Definitions.As used in this Article:"Agency" includes every agency, institution, board, commission, bureau, council, department, division, officer, and employee of the State, but does not include counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, county and city boards of education, and other local public bodies."Community college buildings" means all buildings, utilities, and other property developments located at a community college, which is defined in G.S. 115D-2(2)."Department" means the Department of Administration, unless the context otherwise requires."Public buildings" means all buildings owned or maintained by the State in the City of Raleigh, but does not mean any building which a State agency other than the Department of Administration is required by law to care for and maintain."Public buildings and grounds" means all buildings and grounds owned or maintained by the State in the City of Raleigh, but does not mean any building or grounds which a State agency other than the Department of Administration is required by law to care for and maintain."Public grounds" means all grounds owned or maintained by the State in the City of Raleigh, but does not mean any grounds which a State agency other than the Department of Administration is required by law to care for and maintain."Secretary" means the Secretary of Administration, unless the context otherwise requires."State buildings" mean all State buildings, utilities, and other property developments except the State Legislative Building, railroads, highway structures, bridge structures, and any buildings, utilities, or property owned or leased by the North Carolina Global TransPark Authority.But under no circumstances shall this Article or any part thereof apply to the judicial or to the legislative branches of the State.  (1957, c. 215, s. 2; c. 269, s. 1; 1963, c. 1, s. 6; 1971, c. 1097, s. 1; 1975, c. 879, s. 46; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1991, c. 749, s. 5; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 777, s. 4(h); 2001, c. 442, ss. 5, 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-342 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-342 - Rules governing allocation of property and space.

 143-342. Rules governing allocation of property and space.The Governor, with the approval of the Council of State, shall adopt such reasonable rules, regulations, and procedures as he deems necessary concerning the allocation and reallocation by the Department of land, buildings, and space within buildings to and among the several State agencies. (1957, c. 269, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-342.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-342.1 - State-owned office space; fees for use by self-supporting agencies.

 143-342.1. State-owned office space; fees for use by self-supporting agencies.The Department shall determine equitable fees for the use of State owned and operated office space, and it shall assess the Department of State Treasurer, the Department of Insurance, and all self-supporting agencies using any of this office space for payment of these fees. For the purposes of this section, self-supporting agencies are those agencies designated by the Director of the Budget as being primarily funded from sources other than State appropriations. Fees assessed under this section shall be paid to the General Fund. (1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1219, s. 48; 1983, c. 717, ss. 76, 77; 1997-443, s. 27.4.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-343 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-343 - General Services Division.

 143-343. General Services Division.If the Governor and Council of State at any time determine, pursuant to G.S. 129-11, that the General Services Division should be made a part of the Department of Administration, the powers and duties given the Director of General Services by statute shall thereafter be deemed a part of the statutory powers and duties of the Director of Administration, and the powers and duties given the General Services Division by statute shall thereafter be deemed a part of the statutory powers and duties of the Department of Administration. The head of the General Services Division shall thereafter be appointed and removed, and his salary shall be fixed, in the same manner prescribed for other division heads. Upon the accomplishment of such transfer, the General Services Division shall thereafter be in all respects a part of the Department of Administration and subject to the supervision and control of the Director of Administration. (1957, c. 269, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-344 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-344 - Transfer of functions, property, records, etc.

 143-344. Transfer of functions, property, records, etc.(a) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, 2nd Session, c. 1137, s. 39.(b) All of the powers, duties, functions, records, property, supplies, equipment, personnel, funds, credits, appropriations, quarterly allotments, and executory contracts of the Division of Purchase and Contract are hereby transferred to the Department of Administration, effective July 1, 1957. All statutory references to the "Division of Purchase and Contract" or the "Purchase and Contract Division" shall be deemed to refer to the Department of Administration.(c) The transfers directed by subsections (a) and (b) above, shall be made under the supervision of the Governor, and he shall be the final arbiter of all differences or disputes arising incident to such transfers.(d) Repealed by Session Laws 2006-203, s. 98, effective July 1, 2007, and applicable to the budget for the 2007-2009 biennium and each subsequent biennium thereafter. (1957, c. 269, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1137, s. 39; 2006-203, s. 98.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-345 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-345 - Saving clause.

 143-345. Saving clause.No transfer of functions to the Department of Administration provided for in this Article shall affect any action, suit, proceeding, prosecution, contract, lease, or other business transaction involving such a function which was initiated, undertaken, or entered into prior to or pending the time of the transfer, except that the Department shall be substituted for the agency from which the function was transferred, and so far as practicable the procedure provided for in this Article shall be employed in completing or disposing of the matter. (1957, c. 269, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-345.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-345.1 - Rules and regulations.

 143-345.1. Rules and regulations.The Governor, with the approval of the Council of State, shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the use, care, protection, and maintenance of the public buildings and grounds (other than parking). Any person who violates a rule or regulation adopted by the Governor with the approval of the Council of State is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1957, c. 215, s. 2; 1971, c. 1097, s. 4; 1993, c. 539, s. 1031; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-345.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-345.2 - Disorderly conduct in and injury to public buildings and grounds.

 143-345.2. Disorderly conduct in and injury to public buildings and grounds.Any person who commits a nuisance or conducts himself in a disorderly manner in or around any public building or grounds, or defaces or injures any public building or grounds, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1957, c. 215, s. 2; 1971, c. 1097, s. 4; 1993, c. 539, s. 1032; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-345.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-345.3 - Construction and repair of public buildings; use of Contingency and Emergency Fund.

 143-345.3. Construction and repair of public buildings; use of Contingency and Emergency Fund.It is lawful to resort to the Contingency and Emergency Fund provided in the Appropriation Act for financial aid in the construction, alteration, renovation, or repair of any public building, when in the opinion of the Governor and Council of State it is necessary to construct, alter, renovate, or repair such building. (1957, c. 215, s. 2; 1971, c. 1097, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-345.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 36 - Department of Administration.|§ 143-345.4 - Moore and Nash squares and other public lots.

 143-345.4. Moore and Nash squares and other public lots.The governing body of the City of Raleigh is authorized, at its own expense, to grade, to lay out in walks, to plant with trees, shrubbery, and flowers and otherwise to adorn Moore and Nash squares and to that end has the general charge and management of these squares. The governing body may manage and improve in like manner any of the vacant lots within the city limits which belong to the State and which are not otherwise appropriated, subject to the approval of the Governor and Council of State. The governing body may not prevent the free access of the public to such squares or lots during reasonable hours.Whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary, the governing body is not properly keeping the squares or lots which it has taken in charge under this section, the Secretary shall call the matter to the attention of the governing body, and if the governing body then fails for a period of 60 days to begin to take proper care of the squares or lots, the Governor and Council of State may repossess them and proceed to manage and control them for the preservation of such property.In the event that the use of these squares and lots is at any time needed by the State, the license of the City of Raleigh to control and manage them shall terminate six months after notice given by the Governor and Council of State to the governing body of the city, and possession shall be promptly surrendered to the State. (1957, c. 215, s. 2; 1971, c. 1097, s. 4; 1975, c. 879, s. 46.)