State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_122C > GS_122C-116§ 122C‑116. Status ofarea authority; status of consolidated human services agency.
(a) An area authorityis a local political subdivision of the State except that a single county areaauthority is considered a department of the county in which it is located forthe purposes of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes.
(b) A consolidatedhuman services agency is a department of the county. (1977,c. 568, s. 1; c. 679, s. 7; 1979, c. 358, s. 2; 1981, c. 51, ss. 3, 4; c. 539,s. 1; 1983, c. 280; c. 383, s. 2; 1985, c. 589, s. 2; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996),c. 690, s. 10.)
