North Carolina § 143B-6 - Principal departments.

§ 143B-6. Principal departments.

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: Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Department of Health and Human Services. Department of Revenue. Department of Public Safety. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-83, s. 48, effective June 26, 2012. Department of Environmental Quality. Department of Transportation. Department of Administration. Department of Commerce. Community Colleges System Office. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-83, s. 48, effective June 26, 2012. Department of Information Technology. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. History (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).) Editor's Note. - Subdivision (12) as enacted by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 24.1(aa), was redesignated as subdivision (13) at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7.25, as amended by Session Laws 2016-94, s. 7.12, provides: "(a) On or before July 1, 2016, unless exempted by the Governor, all State agencies identified as principal departments under G.S. 143B-6 shall become direct members of and shall use the Enterprise Active Directory. A principal department may submit to the State Chief Information Officer a written request to deviate from certain requirements of the Enterprise Active Directory, provided that any deviation shall be consistent with available funding and shall be subject to any terms and conditions specified by the State Chief Information Officer. "(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the State Bureau of Investigation, the State Highway Patrol, or the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 24.1(ww), as amended by Session Laws 2015-268, s. 7.3(a), made subdivision (13) as added by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 24.1(aa), effective July 1, 2015. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2016-94, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2016.'" Session Laws 2016-94, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2016-2017 fiscal year." Session Laws 2016-94, s. 39.7, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (h), and ( l ), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Public Safety" for "Crime Control and Public Safety" in subdivision (4); substituted "Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Correction" in subdivision (5); and substituted "Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention" in subdivision (11). Session Laws 2012-83, s. 48, effective June 26, 2012, deleted subdivisions (5) and (11), pertaining to the Divisions of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, respectively, and made minor punctuation changes. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.1(d), effective September 18, 2015, added subdivision (12). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(s), (u), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Department of Natural and Cultural Resources" for "Department of Cultural Resources" in subdivision (1) and substituted "Department of Environmental Quality" for "Department of Environment and Natural Resources" in subdivision (6). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 24.1(aa), effective July 1, 2015, added subdivision (13). For effective date, see editor's note.