2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 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:

(1)        Department of Cultural Resources

(2)        Department of Health and Human Services

(3)        Department of Revenue

(4)        Department of Crime Control and Public Safety

(5)        Department of Correction

(6)        Department of Environment and Natural Resources

(7)        Department of Transportation

(8)        Department of Administration

(9)        Department of Commerce

(10)      Community Colleges System Office

(11)      Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. (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).)