{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-279.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-279.1","heading":"Department of Environmental Quality - creation.","body":"(a)\tThere is hereby created and constituted a department to be known as the Department of Environmental Quality, with the organization, powers, and duties defined in this Article and other applicable provisions of law.\n(b)\tThe provisions of Article 1 of this Chapter not inconsistent with this Article shall apply to the Department of Environmental Quality. (1989, c. 727, s. 3; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 7. Department of Environmental Quality.","Part 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-279.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"2d8c64efd6c47c9c95f8bf3bb7138cf82c56501c435d921d6a83fc0a4fbdfc6e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-279","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-279.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}