2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-475. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety - functions.

§ 143B‑475.  Department of Crime Control and Public Safety – functions.

(a)        All functions, powers, duties and obligations heretofore vested in the following subunits of the following departments are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety:

(1)        The National Guard, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

(2)        Civil Preparedness, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

(3)        State Civil Air Patrol, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

(4)        State Highway Patrol, Department of Transportation.

(5)        State Board of Alcoholic Control Enforcement Division, Department of Commerce.

(6)        Governor's Crime Commission, Department of Natural and Economic Resources.

(7)        Crime Control Division, Department of Natural and Economic Resources.

(8)        Criminal Justice Information System Board, Department of Natural and Economic Resources.

(9)        Criminal Justice Information System Security and Privacy Board, Department of Natural and Economic Resources.

(10)      The Commercial Vehicle, Oversize/Overweight, Motor Carrier Safety Regulation and Mobile Home and Manufactured Housing regulatory and enforcement functions of the Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Section.

(11)      Emergency Management Division, Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. The purpose of this subdivision is to statutorily vest in the Department the powers previously conferred on the Division by executive order or otherwise.

(12)      State Capitol Police, Department of Administration.

(b)        The Department shall perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Governor.

(c)        All such functions, powers, duties and obligations heretofore vested in any existing agency in Article 5 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, except as otherwise provided by the Executive Organization Act of 1973, as amended.

(d)        Repealed by Session Laws 1983 (Regular Session, 1984), c. 1034, s. 103.

(e)        The Crime Victims Compensation Commission established by Chapter 15B is vested in the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. The Commission shall be administered as provided in Chapter 15B.  (1977, c. 70, s. 1; 1981, c. 929; 1983, c. 832, s. 3; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 103; 1989, c. 751, s. 7(42); 1991, c. 301, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 73; 2002‑159, s. 31.5(b); 2002‑190, s. 14; 2009‑397, s. 1; 2009‑451, s. 17.3(d).)