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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-603 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-603
§ 160A-603. Creation of Authority
Status: in_force

(a) The Boards of Commissioners of all three counties within an area for which an authority may be created as defined in G.S. 160A-602 may by resolution signify their determination to organize an authority under the provisions of this Article. Each of such resolutions shall be adopted after a public hearing thereon, notice of which hearing shall be given by publication at least once, not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such hearing, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county. Such notice shall contain a brief statement of the substance of the proposed resolution, shall set forth the proposed articles of incorporation of the Authority and shall state the time and place of the public hearing to be held thereof. No county shall be required to make any other publication of such resolution under the provisions of any other law.

(b) Each such resolution shall include articles of incorporation which shall set forth:

(1) The name of the authority;

(2) A statement that such authority is organized under this Article; and

(3) The names of the three organizing counties.

(c) A certified copy of each of such resolutions signifying the determination to organize an authority under the provisions of this Article shall be filed with the Secretary of State, together with proof of publication of the notice of hearing on each of such resolutions. If the Secretary of State finds that the resolutions, including the articles of incorporation, conform to the provisions of this Article and that the notices of hearing were properly published, he shall file such resolutions and proofs of publication in his office and shall issue a certificate of incorporation under the seal of the State and shall record the same in an appropriate book of record in his office. The issuance of such certificate of incorporation by the Secretary of State shall constitute the Authority a public body and body politic and corporate of the State of North Carolina. Said certificate of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that such authority has been duly created and established under the provisions of this Article.

(d) When the Authority has been duly organized and its officers elected as herein provided the secretary of the Authority shall certify to the Secretary of State the names and addresses of such officers as well as the address of the principal office of the Authority.

(e) The Authority may become a Designated Recipient pursuant to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-126 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-126
§ 54C-126. Methods of loan repayment
Status: in_force

Subject to any rules as the Commissioner of Banks may prescribe, a savings bank shall agree in writing with borrowers as to the method or plan by which an indebtedness shall be repaid.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18C-140 — NC Code / Chapter 18C / Section 18C-140
§ 18C-140. Contracting with lottery game retailers
Status: in_force

The Commission may contract with lottery game retailers to sell tickets or shares for lottery games upon such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate. The contract entered into between the Commission and the lottery game retailer shall be considered a permit for purposes of Chapter 18B of the General Statutes. No contract to act as a lottery game retailer is assignable or transferable. All contracts with lottery game retailers shall provide that the Director may terminate the contract if the lottery game retailer violates a provision of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-278-40C — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-278-40C
§ 163-278.40C. Campaign report; nonpartisan election and runoff
Status: in_force

If any city election conducted under the nonpartisan election and runoff basis in accordance with G.S. 163-279(a)(4) and [G.S.] 163-293 , the following reports shall be filed in addition to the organizational report:

(1) Thirty-five-day Report.--The treasurer shall file a report with the board 35 days before the election.

(2) Pre-election Report.--The treasurer shall file a report with the board 10 days before the election.

(3) Pre-runoff Report.--The treasurer shall file a report with the board 10 days before the runoff if the candidate is in a runoff.

(4) Semiannual Reports.--If contributions are received or expenditures made during any part of a calendar year, for which no reports are otherwise required by this section, any and all those contributions and expenditures shall be reported on semiannual reports due on the last Friday in July, covering the period through June 30, and due on the last Friday in January, covering the period through December 31 of the previous year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-359-1 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-359-1
§ 20-359.1. Insurance requirements
Status: in_force

(a) No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to this Article unless the applicant files with the Department a certificate or certificates of insurance, from an insurance company or companies authorized to do business in this State, providing:

(1) Motor vehicle insurance for bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident and for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident with minimum coverage of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) combined single limit of liability;

(2) Comprehensive general liability insurance with a minimum coverage of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) combined single limit of liability, including coverage of operations on North Carolina streets and highways that are not covered by motor vehicle insurance; and

(3) Workers' compensation insurance that complies with Chapter 97 for all employees if the person is licensed as a professional housemover. The exemptions in G.S. 97-13 from the provisions of Chapter 97 shall not apply to licensed professional housemovers.

(b) The certificate or certificates shall provide for continuous coverage during the effective period of the license issued pursuant to this Article. At the time the certificate is filed, the applicant shall also file with the Department a current list of all motor vehicles covered by the certificate. The applicant shall file amendments to the list within 15 days of any changes.

(c) An insurance company issuing any insurance policy required by subsection (a) of this section shall notify the Department of any of the following events at least 30 days before its occurrence: (i) cancellation of the policy, (ii) nonrenewal of the policy, or (iii) any change in the policy.

(d) In addition to all coverages required by this section, the applicant shall file with the Department a copy of either: (i) a bond or other acceptable surety providing coverage in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the benefit of a person contracting with the housemover to move that person's structure for all claims for property damage arising from the movement of a structure pursuant to this Article, or (ii) a policy of cargo insurance in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-16-03 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-16-03
§ 55-16-03. Scope of inspection right
Status: in_force

(a) A qualified shareholder may appoint an agent or attorney to exercise the qualified shareholder's inspection and copying rights under G.S. 55-16-02 .

(b) The corporation may, if reasonable, satisfy the right of a qualified shareholder to copy records under G.S. 55-16-02 by furnishing to the qualified shareholder copies by photocopy or other means chosen by the corporation, including copies through an electronic transmission.

(c) The corporation may impose a reasonable charge to cover the costs of providing copies of documents to the qualified shareholder, which may be based on an estimate of the costs.

(d) The corporation may comply with a qualified shareholder's demand to inspect the record of shareholders under G.S. 55-16-02(b)(3) by providing the shareholder with a list of its shareholders that was compiled no earlier than the date of the qualified shareholder's demand.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-395 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-395
§ 113-395. Permits, fees, and notice required for oil and gas activities
Status: in_force

(a) Before any well, in search of oil or gas, shall be drilled, the person desiring to drill the same shall submit an application for a permit to the Department upon such form as the Department may prescribe and shall pay a fee of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the first well to be drilled on a pad and fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for each additional well to be drilled on the same pad. The drilling of any well is prohibited unless the Department has issued a permit for the activity.

(b) Any person desiring to use hydraulic fracturing treatments in conjunction with oil and gas operations or activities shall submit an application for a permit to the Department upon such form as the Department may prescribe. The use of hydraulic fracturing treatments is prohibited unless the Department has issued a permit for the activity.

(c) Each abandoned well and each dry hole shall be plugged promptly in the manner and within the time required by rules prescribed by the Commission, and the owner of such well shall give notice, upon such form as the Commission may prescribe, of the abandonment of each dry hole and of the owner's intention to abandon, and shall pay a fee of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00). No well shall be abandoned until such notice has been given and such fee has been paid.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-272-1 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-272-1
§ 163-272.1. Penalties for violation of this Chapter
Status: in_force

Whenever in this Chapter it is provided that a crime is a misdemeanor, the punishment shall be for a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-341 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-341
§ 130A-341. Consideration of a site with existing fill
Status: in_force

Upon application to the local health department, a site that has existing fill, including one on which fill material was placed prior to July 1, 1977, and that has sand or loamy sand for a depth of at least 36 inches below the existing ground surface, shall be evaluated for an on-site wastewater system. The Commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-4-2 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-4-2
§ 28A-4-2. Persons disqualified to serve as personal representative
Status: reserved

No person is qualified to serve as a personal representative who:

(1) Is under 18 years of age;

(2) Has been adjudged incompetent in a formal proceeding and remains under such disability;

(3) Is a convicted felon, under the laws either of the United States or of any state or territory of the United States, or of the District of Columbia and whose citizenship has not been restored;

(4) Is a nonresident of this State who has not appointed a resident agent to accept service of process in all actions or proceedings with respect to the estate, and caused such appointment to be filed with the court; or who is a resident of this State who has, subsequent to appointment as a personal representative, moved from this State without appointing such process agent;

(5) Is a corporation not authorized to act as a personal representative in this State;

(6) Repealed by Session Laws 1999-133, s. 1.

(7) Has lost that person's rights as provided by Chapter 31A;

(8) Is illiterate;

(9) Is a person whom the clerk of superior court finds otherwise unsuitable; or

(10) Is a person who has renounced either expressly or by implication as provided in G.S. 28A-5-1 and 28A-5-2 .

(11) Is a person who is employed by, acts as an agent for, serves as legal counsel for, or conducts business in any contractual capacity with a property finder, as defined in G.S. 116B-52(11a) , who has entered into an agreement subject to G.S. 116B-78 to locate the estate property defined by the agreement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-20-1 — NC Code / Chapter 90A / Section 90A-20-1
§ 90A-20.1. Definitions
Status: in_force

In this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Board” or “Board of Certification” means the Water Treatment Facility Operators Board of Certification.

(2) “Operator” means a person who operates, maintains or inspects water treatment facilities.

(3) “Operator in responsible charge” means a person designated by the owner of the water treatment facility to be responsible for the total operation and maintenance of the facility.

(4) “Public water system” means a system for the provision of piped water for human consumption as defined in G.S. 130A-313(10) .

(5) “Unit of local government” means a county, city, consolidated city-county, sanitary district or other local political subdivision, authority or agency of local government.

(6) “Water treatment facility” means any facility or facilities used or available for use in the collection, treatment, testing, storage, pumping, or distribution of water for a public water system.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-58-2 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-58-2
§ 160A-58.2. Public hearing
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a petition for annexation under this Part, the city council shall cause the city clerk to investigate the petition, and to certify the results of his investigation. If the clerk certifies that upon investigation the petition appears to be valid, the council shall fix a date for a public hearing on the annexation. Notice of the hearing shall be published once at least 10 days before the date of hearing.

At the hearing, any person residing in or owning property in the area proposed for annexation and any resident of the annexing city may appear and be heard on the questions of the sufficiency of the petition and the desirability of the annexation. If the council then finds and determines that (i) the area described in the petition meets all of the standards set out in G.S. 160A-58.1(b), (ii) the petition bears the signatures of all of the owners of real property within the area proposed for annexation (except those not required to sign by G.S. 160A-58.1(a) ), (iii) the petition is otherwise valid, and (iv) the public health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the city and of the area proposed for annexation will be best served by the annexation, the council may adopt an ordinance annexing the area described in the petition. The ordinance may be made effective immediately or on any specified date within six months from the date of passage.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159C-10 — NC Code / Chapter 159C / Section 159C-10
§ 159C-10. Location of projects
Status: in_force

Except as provided in this section, any project or projects of an authority shall be located within the boundaries of the county for which the authority was created. A portion or portions of any project including, but not limited to, any real or personal property or improvements necessary or convenient for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the project, may be located in a county or counties other than the county in which the principal part of the project is located so long as the additional portion or portions constitute functionally appurtenant or incidental facilities and the governing body of each other county in which the additional portion or portions of the project is or are located approves the project. In addition, if a project or a group of related projects is located in two or more adjacent counties, the authority created for any one of the counties may issue bonds as provided in G.S. 159C-6 for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of the project or group of related projects if the following conditions are met:

(1) The board of commissioners of each county in which the project or group of related projects is located has consented.

(2) The governing body of the authority created for each county in which the project or group of related projects is located has consented.

(3) The bonds are issued in compliance with all other provisions of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-3-270 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-3-270
§ 58-3-270. Coverage for surveillance tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer
Status: in_force

(a) Every health benefit plan, as defined in G.S. 58-3-167 , shall provide coverage for surveillance tests for women age 25 and older at risk for ovarian cancer. As used in this section:

(1) “At risk for ovarian cancer” means either:

a. Having a family history:

1. With at least one first-degree relative with ovarian cancer; and

2. A second relative, either first-degree or second-degree, with breast, ovarian, or nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; or

b. Testing positive for a hereditary ovarian cancer syndrome.

(2) “Surveillance tests” mean annual screening using:

a. Transvaginal ultrasound; and

b. Rectovaginal pelvic examination.

(b) The same deductibles, coinsurance, and other limitations as apply to similar services covered under the plan apply to coverage for transvaginal ultrasound and rectovaginal pelvic examinations required to be covered under this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17-20 — NC Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-20
§ 17-20. Liability of judge refusing precept
Status: in_force

If any judge refuses to grant the precept provided for in G.S. 17-19 , he shall be liable to impeachment, and moreover shall forfeit to the party aggrieved twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-23 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-23
§ 66-23. Sale of electrical goods regulated
Status: in_force

Every person, firm or corporation before selling, offering for sale, assigning, or disposing of by gift as premiums or in any similar manner any electrical material, devices, appliances or equipment shall first determine if such electrical materials, devices, appliances and equipment comply with the provision of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 93-8 — NC Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93-8
§ 93-8. Public practice of accounting by corporations prohibited
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any certified public accountant to engage in the public practice of accountancy in this State through any corporate form, except as provided in General Statutes Chapter 55B.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-329 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-329
§ 20-329. Commercial driver training school road test certification
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed commercial driver training school is authorized to administer road tests required for licensure under G.S. 20-11(d)(3) only when certified under this section by the Division.

(b) A person that successfully passes a road test required for licensure administered by a commercial driver training school may submit proof to the Division that the person passed the road test, in a format specified by the Division, for the purpose of meeting the requirement of G.S. 20-11(d)(3) .

(c) The Commissioner may adopt rules for school certification to administer road tests, including requirements concerning location, equipment, instructors, schedule of fees and charges, insurance, bond or other security in such sum and with such provisions as the Commissioner deems necessary to protect adequately the interests of the public, and such other matters as the Commissioner may prescribe.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-85-27 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-85-27
§ 90-85.27. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in G.S. 90-85.28 through G.S. 90-85.31 :

(1) Biological product .--As defined in section 351(i) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 262(i) .

(1a) Equivalent drug product .--A drug product which has the same established name, active ingredient, strength, quantity, and dosage form, and which is therapeutically equivalent to the drug product identified in the prescription.

(2) Established name .--As defined in section 502(e)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 352(e)(3) .

(3) Good manufacturing practice .--As defined in Part 211 of Chapter 1 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations .

(3a) Interchangeable biological product .--A biological product determined by the United States Food and Drug Administration to meet the standards for interchangeability set forth in 42 U.S.C. § 262(k)(4) .

(4) Manufacturer .--The actual manufacturer of the finished dosage form of the drug.

(4a) Narrow therapeutic index drugs .--Those pharmaceuticals having a narrowly defined range between risk and benefit. Such drugs have less than a twofold difference in the minimum toxic concentration and minimum effective concentration in the blood or are those drug product formulations that exhibit limited or erratic absorption, formulation-dependent bioavailability, and wide intrapatient pharmacokinetic variability that requires blood-level monitoring. Drugs identified as having narrow therapeutic indices shall be designated by the North Carolina Secretary of Health and Human Services upon the advice of the State Health Director, North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, and North Carolina Medical Board, as narrow therapeutic index drugs and shall be subject to the provisions of G.S. 90-85.28(b1) . The North Carolina Board of Pharmacy shall submit the list of narrow therapeutic index drugs to the Codifier of Rules, in a timely fashion for publication in January of each year in the North Carolina Register.

(5) Prescriber .--Anyone authorized to prescribe drugs pursuant to the laws of this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-15 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-15
§ 131E-15. Title and purpose
Status: in_force

(a) This Part shall be known as the “Hospital Authorities Act.”

(b) The General Assembly finds and declares that in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, including that of low income persons, it is necessary that counties and cities be authorized to provide adequate hospital, medical, and health care and that the provision of such care is a public purpose. Therefore, the purpose of this Part is to provide an alternate method for counties and cities to provide hospital, medical, and health care.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-22 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-22
§ 159-22. Withdrawals
Status: in_force

Withdrawals from a capital reserve fund may be authorized by resolution or ordinance of the governing board of the local government or public authority. No withdrawal may be authorized for any purpose not specified in the resolution or ordinance establishing the fund or in a resolution or ordinance amending it. The withdrawal resolution or ordinance shall authorize an appropriation from the capital reserve fund to an appropriate appropriation in one of the funds maintained pursuant to G.S. 159-13(a) . No withdrawal may be made which would result in an appropriation for purposes for which an adequate balance of eligible moneys or investment securities is not then available in the capital reserve fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-48-6 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-48-6
§ 54B-48.6. Applicable laws, rules and regulations
Status: in_force

(a) Any North Carolina association that is controlled by a savings and loan holding company that is not a North Carolina savings and loan holding company shall be subject to all laws of this State and all rules and regulations under such laws that are applicable to North Carolina associations that are controlled by North Carolina savings and loan holding companies.

(b) The Commissioner of Banks may promulgate rules, including the imposition of a reasonable application and administration fee, to implement and effectuate the provisions of this Article.