Could Decker privatize N.C. Commerce Department?

[octoberlib]

North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Sharon Decker is mulling the possibility of privatizing the state Commerce Department.
That's what she told Catherine Carlock of The Business Journal, a sister publication of Triangle Business Journal that serves the Triad region of North Carolina. Decker said she is considering turning the Commerce Department into a private marketing and sales organization and raised the possibility of regional economic development groups going by the wayside.

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/morning_call/2013/03/could-decker-privatize-nc-commerce.html?ana=fbk

Is this legal???

[elleng]

1. Presumably there's a Chamber of Commerce.

Why the State would want to sacrifice any control over such as this? Not smart, imo. Legal? Dunno.

'turning the Commerce Department into a private marketing and sales organization and raised the possibility of regional economic development groups going by the wayside.'

[octoberlib]

2. Thanks, elleng