§ 122C‑116.  Status of area authority; status of consolidated human services agency.

(a) An area authority is a local political subdivision of the State.

(b) A consolidated human 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; 2012‑151, s. 2(a).)