{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-6","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-6","heading":"Principal departments.","body":"In addition to the principal departments enumerated in the Executive Organization Act of 1971, all executive and administrative powers, duties, and functions not including those of the General Assembly and its agencies, the General Court of Justice and the administrative agencies created pursuant to Article IV of the Constitution of North Carolina, and higher education previously vested by law in the several State agencies, are vested in the following principal departments:\n(1)\tDepartment of Natural and Cultural Resources.\n(2)\tDepartment of Health and Human Services.\n(3)\tDepartment of Revenue.\n(4)\tDepartment of Public Safety.\n(5)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2012-83, s. 48, effective June 26, 2012.\n(6)\tDepartment of Environmental Quality.\n(7)\tDepartment of Transportation.\n(8)\tDepartment of Administration.\n(9)\tDepartment of Commerce.\n(10)\tCommunity Colleges System Office.\n(11)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2012-83, s. 48, effective June 26, 2012.\n(12)\tDepartment of Information Technology.\n(13)\tDepartment of Military and Veterans Affairs.\n(14)\tDepartment of Adult Correction.\n(15)\tState Bureau of Investigation.\n(16)\tState Highway Patrol. (1973, c. 476, s. 6; c. 620, s. 9; c. 1262, ss. 10, 86; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; c. 879, s. 46; 1977, c. 70, s. 23; c. 198, s. 22; c. 771, s. 4; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1130, s. 3; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(122); c. 751, s. 7(19); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 38; 1997-443, ss. 11A.118(a), 11A.119(a); 1999-84, s. 23; 2000-137, s. 4(mm); 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (h), (l); 2012-83, s. 48; 2015-241, ss. 7A.1(d), 14.30(s), (u), 24.1(aa); 2015-268, s. 7.3(a); 2021-180, s. 19C.9(e); 2023-134, s. 19F.4(c); 2024-57, s. 3E.1(c).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 1. General Provisions.","Part 1. In General."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-6.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"d0332f6aab3030cb4c772e1a9455ed13c042b2d6ffb6994e5ada7cdba52e5678","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-5","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}