N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-394.27: State Youth Council.

There shall be a State Youth Council. It shall be established within one year of July 1, 1975, in accordance with the methods and procedures established by the Youth Advisory Council. The State Youth Council is authorized and empowered to do the following:

(1) To consider problems affecting youth and recommend solutions or approaches to these problems to State and local governments and their officials;

(2) To promote statewide activities for the benefit of youth; and,

(3) To elect the youth representatives to the Youth Advisory Council. (1975, c. 879, s. 28; 2016-94, s. 32.5(d).)