North Carolina Statutes § 163-28 State Board of Elections independent agency
Statute Text
The State Board
[of Elections]
shall
[not]
be
[placed within any principal administrative department.]
administratively located within, and supported administratively by, the Department of the Secretary of State.
The State Board shall exercise its statutory powers, duties, functions, and authority
[and shall have all powers and duties conferred upon the heads of principal departments under
G.S.
143B-10
.]
independently from authority of the Secretary of State.
History
Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 139 , s. 1.1-b , eff. 1/1/2024 .
1973, c. 1409, s. 2; 2017-6, ss. 4(c), 7(g); 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 3.2(f).
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