Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 143 > Article 63 - State Employees Workplace Requirements Program for Safety, Health, and Workers' Compensation

• following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• State agency: means any department, commission, division, board, or institution of the State within the executive branch of government, including The University of North Carolina system, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-580