{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-120-72","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-72","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply in this Article:\n(1)\tAgency employee. - Defined in G.S. 120-131.1.\n(2)\tCommission. - The Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.\n(3)\tCommission staff. - A legislative employee whose primary responsibility is to provide professional or administrative services to the Commission.\n(4)\tDocument. - Defined in G.S. 120-129.\n(5)\tLegislative employee. - Defined in G.S. 120-129.\n(6)\tLocal funds. - Any moneys held by a unit of local government or a public authority except moneys deposited in a trust fund.\n(7)\tNon-state entity. - A unit of local government, a public authority, or an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, or any other private organization or group acting as a unit.\n(8)\tProgram. - A specific activity or set of activities established or described by law, administrative rule, executive order, policy, or local ordinance.\n(9)\tPublic authority. - Defined in G.S. 143C-1-1.\n(10)\tPublic funds. - State funds, local funds, or both. The term does not apply to State funds or local funds received by a non-State entity that is an individual, a firm, a partnership, an association, a corporation, or any other private organization or group acting as a unit unless the non-State entity received the funds to (i) conduct a program or (ii) provide a service to a State agency, a unit of local government, or a public authority.\n(11)\tState agency. - A unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of State government, such as a department, institution, division, commission, board, council, community college, or The University of North Carolina.\n(12)\tState funds. - Defined in G.S. 143C-1-1.\n(13)\tUnit of local government. - Defined in G.S. 143C-1-1. (1975, c. 490; 2023-134, s. 27.10(b).)","path":["Chapter 120. General Assembly.","Article 13. Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_120/GS_120-72.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:18:52Z","sha256":"d4d82d3818030a70d0fd90e7b883c4f813958eac6f169354652e3adb699e815d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-120-71","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-120-73"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}