North Carolina § 120C-603 - Enforcement by district attorney and Attorney General.

§ 120C-603. Enforcement by district attorney and Attorney General.

The Commission or the Secretary of State, as appropriate, may investigate complaints of violations of this Chapter and shall report apparent violations of this Chapter to the district attorney of the prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 of which Wake County is a part, who shall prosecute any person or governmental unit who violates any provisions of this Chapter. Complaints of violations of this Chapter involving the Commission or any member employee of the Commission shall be referred to the Attorney General for investigation. The Attorney General shall, upon receipt of a complaint, make an appropriate investigation thereof, and the Attorney General shall forward a copy of the investigation to the district attorney of the prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 of which Wake County is a part, who shall prosecute any person or governmental unit who violates any provisions of this Chapter. History (1975, c. 820, s. 1; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037, s. 112; 2005-456, s. 1; 2006-201, s. 18; 2006-259, s. 43.5(b); 2008-213, s. 36; 2016-125, 4th Ex. Sess., s. 4; 2017-6, ss. 2, 3, 6; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).) Editor's Note. - This section was recodified as now former G.S. 163A-398 by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Former G.S. 163A-398 was then re-recodified as this section by Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), effective January 31, 2019. The historical citation from the former section has been added to this section as re-recodified. Session Laws 2017-6, s. 2 repealed Part 1 of Session Laws 2016-125, 4th Ex. Sess., including s. 4, which had amended this section. Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(b), effective January 31, 2019, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, ss. 3 and 6, which had amended this section. Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, had recodified this section. Session Laws 2017-6, s. 6, had substituted "this Article" for "this Chapter" and "State Board" for "Commission" throughout the section, and, substituted "The State Board" for "The Commission or the Secretary of State, as appropriate" at the beginning of subsection (a). Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-259, s. 43.5(b), effective January 1, 2007, inserted "or the Secretary of State, as appropriate" near the beginning of subsection (a). Session Laws 2008-213, s. 36, effective August 15, 2008, inserted "or governmental unit" in subsections (a) and (b). Session Laws 2017-6, s. 6, effective May 1, 2017, substituted "this Article for "this Chapter" and "State Board" for "Commission" throughout the section; and, at the beginning of subsection (a), substituted "The State Board" for "The Commission or the Secretary of State, as appropriate." §§ 120C-604 through 120C-699: Reserved for future codification purposes.