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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-type-text field-field-answer&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-label&quot;&gt;Answer:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oversees state tax collection.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As head of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dornc.com&quot;&gt;N.C. Department of Revenue&lt;/a&gt;, the governor-appointed secretary supervises the administration and enforcement of state tax laws.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is one of 10 &lt;a href=&quot;/under_the_dome/faq/who_serves_in_the_governors_cabinet&quot;&gt;Cabinet&lt;/a&gt;-level positions appointed by the governor to head state agencies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The department was created by the state legislature in 1921 under the administration of Gov. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_A._Morrison&quot;&gt;Cameron Morrison&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Two women have been heads: Janice Faulkner and Betsy Justus, who served as Revenue secretaries in the 1990s. The department has also had two black heads: Reginald Hinton, who served from 2007 to 2008, and current secretary &lt;a href=&quot;/under_the_dome/profiles/kenneth_lay&quot;&gt;Kenneth Lay&lt;/a&gt;, who was appointed in 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;U.S. Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/howard_coble&quot;&gt;Howard Coble&lt;/a&gt; served as Revenue secretary under Gov. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holshouser&quot;&gt;Jim Holshouser&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The department is outlined in general statutes under Article 4 of &lt;a href=&quot;http://ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_143B.html&quot;&gt;G.S. 143B&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-type-text field-field-brief&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-label&quot;&gt;Brief:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item&quot;&gt;Oversees state tax collection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:21:36 -0500</pubDate>
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