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The School of Government provides substantial educational and other resources on a wide range of local government topics. The School's faculty members assist North Carolina government employees and officials, particularly at the local level, understand and apply the law that governs their work. Resources and information in this area will also be of interest to citizens and representatives of the media who seek information about the law governing local government activities.
Some local government law topics, such as land use planning and development and local government finance are described elsewhere on this website. Visit Courses and Resources for other specific topics. Areas of focus in local government law that are contained in this section include the following:
- Basic local government law
- Elected and appointed board structure and redistricting
- Elected and appointed board procedures
- Election law
- Municipal incorporation
- Governmental cooperation
- City-county consolidation and other government restructuring
- Municipal annexation
- Open meetings
- Public records
- Public contracting
- Public enterprises and utilities
- Property law
- Notaries public
- Public liability
- Public official conflicts and ethics
- Legal ethics
- Emergency management
- Fire protection
- Animal control
- Land development regulation
- Code enforcement
- Economic development
- Housing and community development
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Faculty and Program PersonnelFleming Bell, Professor
Rich Ducker, Associate Professor
Bob Joyce, Professor
David Lawrence, Professor
Kara Millonzi, Assistant Professor
David Owens, Professor
Chuck Szypszak, Associate Professor
Bill Thornton, Adjunct Instructor
Aimee Wall, Assistant Professor
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