{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-428","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-428","heading":"Department of Commerce - declaration of policy.","body":"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of North Carolina to actively encourage the expansion of existing environmentally sound North Carolina industry; to actively encourage the recruitment of environmentally sound national and international industry into North Carolina through industrial recruitment efforts and through effective advertising, with an emphasis on high-wage-paying industry; to promote the development of North Carolina's labor force to meet the State's growing industrial needs; to promote the growth and development of our travel and tourist industries; to promote the development of our State ports; and to assure throughout State government, the coordination of North Carolina's economic development efforts. (1977, c. 198, s. 1; 1989, c. 751, s. 7(24); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 46; 2003-340, s. 1.10.)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 10. Department of Commerce.","Part 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-428.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"3065f7c9546f0bb02763f07d3580ab0750be83dfa2ceab39ad861cfbcb6cd2ca","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-427","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-429"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}