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2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 33C - Meetings of Public Bodies. › § 143-318.9 - Public policy.

§ 143-318.9. Public policy.
Whereas the public bodies that administer the legislative, policy-making, quasi-judicial, administrative, and advisory functions of North Carolina and its political subdivisions exist solely to conduct the people's business, it is the public policy of North Carolina that the hearings, deliberations, and actions of these bodies be conducted openly. (1979, c. 655, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 33C - Meetings of Public Bodies. › § 143-318.13 - Electronic meetings; written ballots; acting by reference.

§ 143-318.13. Electronic meetings; written ballots; acting by reference.
(a) Electronic Meetings. – If a public body holds an official meeting by use of conference telephone or other electronic means, it shall provide a location and means whereby members of the public may listen to the meeting and the notice of the meeting required by this Article shall specify that location. A fee of up to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) may be charged each such listener to defray in part the cost of providing the necessary location and equipment.
(b) Written Ballots. – Except as provided in this subsection or by joint resolution of the General Assembly, a public body may not vote by secret or written ballot. If a public body decides to vote by written ballot, each member of the body so voting shall sign his or her ballot; and the minutes of the public body shall show the vote of each member voting. The ballots shall be available for public inspection in the office of the clerk or secretary to the public body immediately following the meeting at which the vote took place and until the minutes of that meeting are approved, at which time the ballots may be destroyed.
(c) Acting by Reference. – The members of a public body shall not deliberate, vote, or otherwise take action upon any matter by reference to a letter, number or other designation, or other secret device or method, with the intention of making it impossible for persons attending a meeting of the public body to understand what is being deliberated, voted, or acted upon. However, this subsection does not prohibit a public body from deliberating, voting, or otherwise taking action by reference to an agenda, if copies of the agenda, sufficiently worded to enable the public to understand what is being deliberated, voted, or acted upon, are available for public inspection at the meeting.
(d) Except as provided in G.S. 166A-19.24(b)(6), this section shall not apply to remote meetings conducted in accordance with this section even if all members of the public body are participating remotely. (1979, c. 655, s. 1; 2020-3, s. 4.31(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 33C - Meetings of Public Bodies. › § 143-318.14 - Broadcasting or recording meetings.

§ 143-318.14. Broadcasting or recording meetings.
(a) Except as herein below provided, any radio or television station is entitled to broadcast all or any part of a meeting required to be open. Any person may photograph, film, tape-record, or otherwise reproduce any part of a meeting required to be open.
(b) A public body may regulate the placement and use of equipment necessary for broadcasting, photographing, filming, or recording a meeting, so as to prevent undue interference with the meeting. However, the public body must allow such equipment to be placed within the meeting room in such a way as to permit its intended use, and the ordinary use of such equipment shall not be declared to constitute undue interference; provided, however, that if the public body, in good faith, should determine that the size of the meeting room is such that all the members of the public body, members of the public present, and the equipment and personnel necessary for broadcasting, photographing, filming, and tape-recording the meeting cannot be accommodated in the meeting room without unduly interfering with the meeting and an adequate alternative meeting room is not readily available, then the public body, acting in good faith and consistent with the purposes of this Article, may require the pooling of such equipment and the personnel operating it; and provided further, if the news media, in order to facilitate news coverage, request an alternate site for the meeting, and the public body grants the request, then the news media making such request shall pay any costs incurred by the public body in securing an alternate meeting site. (1979, c. 655, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 33C - Meetings of Public Bodies. › § 143-318.16 - Injunctive relief against violations of Article.

§ 143-318.16. Injunctive relief against violations of Article.
(a) The General Court of Justice has jurisdiction to enter mandatory or prohibitory injunctions to enjoin (i) threatened violations of this Article, (ii) the recurrence of past violations of this Article, or (iii) continuing violations of this Article. Any person may bring an action in the appropriate division of the General Court of Justice seeking such an injunction; and the plaintiff need not allege or prove special damage different from that suffered by the public at large. It is not a defense to such an action that there is an adequate remedy at law.
(b) Any injunction entered pursuant to this section shall describe the acts enjoined with reference to the violations of this Article that have been proved in the action.
(c) Repealed by Session Laws 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 932, s. 3, effective October 1, 1986. (1979, c. 655, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 932, s. 3.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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).)
2023 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.)
2023 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).)
2023 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).)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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).)
2023 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).)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › § 143-345.5 - Program for location and construction of future public buildings.

§ 143-345.5. Program for location and construction of future public buildings.
The Department of Administration is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to formulate a long range building policy program and shall cooperate with the governing board of the City of Raleigh in zoning property adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Capitol Square when and if the City of Raleigh desires to zone said property. If the Department of Administration is of opinion that property adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Capitol Square will, in the future, be needed for State building purposes, it shall so advise the governing body of the City of Raleigh. At such times as the governing body of the City of Raleigh shall rezone property adjacent to or within four blocks of the State Capitol, it shall request an opinion from the Department of Administration as to whether the Department finds a future need for such property for State building purposes. In the event that the governing board of the City of Raleigh is informed by the Department of Administration that any property herein covered be needed for building purposes by the State in the future, the governing body of the City of Raleigh shall give full consideration to such opinion of the Department before making any rezoning order. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no local zoning ordinance shall apply to any State-owned building built or to be built on any State-owned land within six blocks of the State Capitol without the consent of the Council of State. (1951, c. 1132; 1957, c. 215, s. 2; 1971, c. 1097, s. 4; 2007-482, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › §§ 143-345.6: Recodified as § 147-54.3 by Session Laws 1991, c. 689, s. 181(b).

§ 143-345.6: Recodified as § 147-54.3 by Session Laws 1991, c. 689, s. 181(b).
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › § 143-345.7 - Repair and reconstruction of the Western Residence of the Governor.

§ 143-345.7. Repair and reconstruction of the Western Residence of the Governor.
If the Western Residence of the Governor in Asheville is damaged or destroyed by fire or other disaster, it shall be repaired or reconstructed. Funds from the Contingency and Emergency Fund may be used for this purpose with the approval of the Director of the Budget if insurance coverage on the property should be inadequate. Insurance on the Western Governor's mansion shall be as adequate as possible and used in case of a fire or devastation of the mansion for the purpose of rebuilding or repairing the mansion. (1983, c. 602.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › § 143-345.8 - North Carolina Purchase Directory.

§ 143-345.8. North Carolina Purchase Directory.
The Division of Purchase and Contract of the Department of Administration shall electronically advertise information on contract and purchase requirements from the Division of Purchase and Contract, the Office of State Construction, the Department of Transportation, and other agencies of State government which make direct purchases from private suppliers. The Division shall coordinate with the other departments of State government to ensure that the electronic advertisement is meeting the goals of disseminating as widely as possible and in a timely manner information on those State contracts which are open for bids. A printed copy of any information that is electronically advertised shall be made available to any party upon request. The Secretary of the Department of Administration may adopt rules governing the routine and procedures to be followed in advertising information on contract and purchase opportunities, what contracts and purchases will be advertised, and under what conditions exceptions to the electronic advertisement may occur. (1983, c. 839; 1999-417, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › § 143-345.9 - Official "Prisoner of War/Missing in Action" flag to be flown over the State Capitol.

§ 143-345.9. Official "Prisoner of War/Missing in Action" flag to be flown over the State Capitol.
The Department of Administration is authorized to fly the official "Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA)" flag over the State Capitol on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, and all other national holidays honoring veterans. (1989, c. 613.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › § 143-345.10 - Parking of maintenance vehicles.

§ 143-345.10. Parking of maintenance vehicles.
Maintenance vehicles of the Department of Administration may park without charge at any metered parking space located on the street blocks bordering the State's Capitol Square when performing work at or on the State's Capitol Square. No maintenance vehicle shall be parked upon the State's Capitol Square in a location that obstructs the view of or access to any monument on the Square, unless the vehicle itself is needed to perform some maintenance function or duty required by this Article. (2009-262, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › § 143-345.11 - Secretary's approval of plans for State buildings required.

§ 143-345.11. Secretary's approval of plans for State buildings required.
(a) No agency or other person authorized or directed by law to select a plan and erect a building for the use of the State or any State institution shall receive and approve of the plan until it is submitted to and approved by the Secretary as to State construction standards and at a minimum as to the safety of the proposed building from fire, including the property's occupants or contents. For the purposes of this subsection, buildings, facilities, or projects located on State lands that are (i) privately owned or privately leased and (ii) located within the North Carolina Global TransPark are exempt.
(b) Any plan submitted to the Commissioner of Insurance and approved prior to October 1, 2009 shall be deemed to have been approved jointly by the Commissioner of Insurance and the Secretary.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate the authority of the Commissioner of Insurance under G.S. 58-31-40 or any other provision of law.
(d) The Secretary shall provide quarterly written reports on plans reviewed and approved under this section to the Commissioner of Insurance. The reports shall be made in a form approved by the Commissioner of Insurance and the Secretary. (2009-474, s. 2; 2020-90, s. 2.5.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › § 143-345.13 - Reporting of stocks of coal and petroleum fuels.

§ 143-345.13. Reporting of stocks of coal and petroleum fuels.
The Department of Administration may, with the prior express approval of the Energy Policy Council and the Governor, require that all coal and petroleum suppliers in North Carolina supplying coal, motor gasoline, middle distillates, residual oils, and propane for resale within the State, file with the Department of Administration, on forms prepared by the Department, accurate reports as to the stocks of coal and petroleum products and storage capacities maintained by the supplier, including the supplier's current inventory and stock of coal, motor gasoline, middle distillates, residual oils and propane, the expected time such supplies will last under ordinary distribution demand and the schedule for receiving additional or replacement stocks. The reports and the information contained therein shall be proprietary information available only to regular employees of the Department of Administration, except that aggregate tables or schedules consolidating information from the reports may be released if they do not reveal individual report data for any named supplier. It is further the intent of this section that no information shall be required from coal and petroleum suppliers, that is, at the time the reports are requested, already on file with any agency, commission, or department of State government.
It is the intent of this section that the reports be filed only at such times as the Energy Policy Council and the Governor determine that an energy crisis as defined in G.S. 113B-20 exists or may be imminent.
If any petroleum or coal supplier fails to file the accurate reports as may be required by this section for more than 10 days after the date on which any such report is due, the Secretary of Administration is authorized and empowered to petition the district court, Division of the General Court of Justice, in the county in which the principal office or place of business of the supplier is located, for a mandatory injunction compelling the supplier to file the report. (2000-140, s. 76(i).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › §§ 143-345.16: Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.14 by Session Laws 2010-96, s. 21, effective July 20, 2010.

§ 143-345.16: Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.14 by Session Laws 2010-96, s. 21, effective July 20, 2010.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › §§ 143-345.17: Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.15 by Session Laws 2010-96, s. 21, effective July 20, 2010.

§ 143-345.17: Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.15 by Session Laws 2010-96, s. 21, effective July 20, 2010.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 36 - Department of Administration. › §§ 143-345.18: Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.16 by Session Laws 2010-96, s. 21, effective July 20, 2010.

§ 143-345.18: Recodified as G.S. 143B-437.16 by Session Laws 2010-96, s. 21, effective July 20, 2010.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 38 - Water Resources. › § 143-350 - Definitions.

§ 143-350. Definitions.
As used in this Article:
(1) "Commission" means the Environmental Management Commission.
(2) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.
(3) "Essential water use" means the use of water necessary for firefighting, health, and safety; water needed to sustain human and animal life; and water necessary to satisfy federal, State, and local laws for the protection of public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and natural resources; and a minimum amount of water necessary to support and sustain the economy of the State, region, or area.
(3a) "Gray water" means water that is discharged as waste from bathtubs, showers, wash basins, and clothes washers. "Gray water" does not include water that is discharged from toilets or kitchen sinks.
(3b) "Gray water system" means a water reuse system that is contained within a single family residence or multiunit residential or commercial building that filters gray water or captured rain water and reuses it for nonpotable purposes such as toilet flushing and irrigation.
(4) "Large community water system" means a community water system, as defined in G.S. 130A-313(10), that regularly serves 1,000 or more service connections or 3,000 or more individuals.
(4a) "Pretreatment mixing basin" means a basin created from lands that do not include waters of the State and in which raw water is mixed with reclaimed water before it is treated to the standards to make it suitable for potable water supply.
(5) "Unit of local government" means a county, city, consolidated city-county, sanitary district, or other local political subdivision or authority or agency of local government.
(6) "U.S. Drought Monitor" means the national drought map that designates areas of drought using the following categories D0-Abnormally Dry, D1-Moderate, D2-Severe, D3-Extreme, and D4-Exceptional. The U.S. Drought Monitor is developed and maintained by the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility, the Climate Prediction Center, the National Climatic Data Center, and the National Drought Mitigation Center with input from the United States Geological Survey, the National Water and Climate Center, the Climate Diagnostics Center, the National Weather Service, state climatologists, and state water resource agencies.
(7) "Water shortage emergency" means a water shortage resulting from prolonged drought, contamination of the water supply, damage to water infrastructure, or other unforeseen causes that presents an imminent threat to public health, safety, and welfare or to the environment. (1959, c. 779, s. 1; 1967, c. 892, s. 12; 1973, c. 1262, s. 23; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(117); 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 18; c. 1024, s. 34; 1991, c. 342, s. 15(a); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2008-143, s. 3; 2010-143, s. 1; 2011-394, s. 12(a); 2014-113, s. 2; 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 38 - Water Resources. › § 143-352 - Purpose of Article.

§ 143-352. Purpose of Article.
The purpose of this Article is to create a State agency to coordinate the State's water resource activities; to devise plans and policies and to perform the research and administrative functions necessary for a more beneficial use of the water resources of the State, in order to insure improvements in the methods of conserving, developing and using those resources. (1959, c. 779, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 38 - Water Resources. › § 143-355.4 - Water system efficiency.

§ 143-355.4. Water system efficiency.
(a) Local government water systems and large community water systems shall require separate meters for new in-ground irrigation systems on lots platted and recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county or counties in which the real property is located after July 1, 2009, that are connected to their systems. This section shall not apply to lots with privately owned septic tanks systems or other types of privately owned innovative on-site wastewater systems if a lockable cutoff valve approved by the water system and a testable backflow prevention device approved by the water system for the appropriate level of risk associated with the irrigation system or other identified risk are installed on the water supply line for the irrigation system. The lockable cutoff value shall be installed on the water supply line for the irrigation system within 24 inches of the water meter and the testable backflow device shall be installed on the water supply line for the irrigation system.
(b) To be eligible for State water infrastructure funds from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund or the Drinking Water Reserve or any other grant or loan of funds allocated by the General Assembly whether the allocation of funds is to a State agency or to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of extending waterlines or expanding water treatment capacity, a local government or large community water system must demonstrate that the system:
(1) Has established a water rate structure that is adequate to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the system, including reserves for payment of principal and interest on indebtedness incurred for maintenance or improvement of the water system during periods of normal use and periods of reduced water use due to implementation of water conservation measures. The funding agency shall apply guidelines developed by the State Water Infrastructure Authority in determining the adequacy of the water rate structure to support operation and maintenance of the system.
(2) Has implemented a leak detection and repair program.
(3) Has an approved water supply plan pursuant to G.S. 143-355.
(4) Meters all water use except for water use that is impractical to meter, including, but not limited to, use of water for firefighting and to flush waterlines.
(5) Does not use a rate structure that gives residential water customers a lower per-unit water rate as water use increases.
(6) Has evaluated the extent to which the future water needs of the water system can be met by reclaimed water.
(7) Has implemented a consumer education program that emphasizes the importance of water conservation and that includes information on measures that residential customers may implement to reduce water consumption. (2008-143, s. 9; 2010-142, s. 13; 2010-180, s. 16; 2011-374, s. 3.2; 2013-360, s. 14.21(l); 2017-130, s. 7.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 38 - Water Resources. › § 143-355.8 - Regional water supply planning organizations.

§ 143-355.8. Regional water supply planning organizations.
(a) One or more water systems may establish a water supply planning organization to plan for and coordinate water resource supply and demand on a regional basis. A water supply planning organization may include representatives of local government water systems, water authorities, nongovernmental water systems, and registered water withdrawers.
(b) A regional water supply planning organization may do any of the following:
(1) Identify sources of raw water supply for regional systems.
(2) Identify areas suitable for the development of new regional water sources.
(3) Identify opportunities for purchase and sale of water between water systems to meet regional water supply needs.
(4) Prepare joint water supply plans.
(5) Enter into agreements with the Department for technical assistance in identifying practical alternatives to meet regional water supply needs pursuant to G.S. 143-355.7 or to provide studies in support of a proposed regional water supply project.
(6) Support cooperative arrangements between water systems for purchase and sale of water by providing technical assistance and voluntary mediation of disputes concerning water supply.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the requirements for obtaining a certificate for an interbasin transfer. (2011-374, s. 1.2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 38 - Water Resources. › § 143-358 - Cooperation of State officials and agencies.

§ 143-358. Cooperation of State officials and agencies.
All State agencies and officials shall cooperate with and assist the Commission in enforcing and carrying out the provisions of this Article and rules adopted by the Commission under this Article. (1959, c. 779, s. 6; 1973, c. 1262, s. 23; 1991, c. 342, s. 15(b); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 890, s. 19.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 39 - U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission. › §§ 143-366. Recodified as § 143B-73.1 by Session Laws 1977, c. 741, s. 8.

§ 143-366. Recodified as § 143B-73.1 by Session Laws 1977, c. 741, s. 8.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 39 - U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission. › §§ 143-367 through 143-369. Recodified as §§ 143B-74.1 to 143B-74.3 by Session Laws 1977, c. 741, s. 8.

§§ 143-367 through 143-369. Recodified as §§ 143B-74.1 to 143B-74.3 by Session Laws 1977, c. 741, s. 8.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 40 - Advisory Commission for State Museum of Natural History. › §§ 143-370 through 143-373: Recodified as §§ 143B-344.18 through 143B-344.21 by Session Laws 1993, c. 561, s. 116.

Article 40.
Advisory Commission for State Museum of Natural History.
§§ 143-370 through 143-373: Recodified as §§ 143B-344.18 through 143B-344.21 by Session Laws 1993, c. 561, s. 116.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions › Article 41 - Science and Technology Research Center. › §§ 143-374 through 143-377: Recodified as §§ 143B-442 through 143B-445 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26.

Article 41.
Science and Technology Research Center.
§§ 143-374 through 143-377: Recodified as §§ 143B-442 through 143B-445 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26.