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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-163-1A — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-163-1A
§ 105-163.1A. Ordained or licensed clergyman may elect to be considered an employee
Status: in_force

An ordained or licensed clergyman who performs services for a church of any religious denomination may file an election with the Secretary and the church he serves to be considered an employee of the church instead of self-employed. Until a clergyman files an election, amounts paid by a church to a clergyman are not subject to withholding. A church shall withhold taxes from a clergyman's wages after the clergyman files an election with it under this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-107A — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-107A
§ 143-215.107A. Motor vehicle emissions testing and maintenance program
Status: reserved

(a) General Provisions.--

(1) G.S. 143-215.107(a)(6) shall be implemented as provided in this section.

(2) Motor vehicle emissions inspections shall be performed by a person who holds an emissions inspection mechanic license issued as provided in G.S. 20-183.4A(c) at a station that holds an emissions inspection station license issued under G.S. 20-183.4A(a) or at a place of business that holds an emissions self-inspector license issued as provided in G.S. 20-183.4A(d) . Motor vehicle emissions inspections may be performed by a decentralized network of test-and-repair stations as described in 40 Code of Federal Regulations § 51.353 (1 July 1998 Edition). The Commission may not require that motor vehicle emissions inspections be performed by a network of centralized or decentralized test-only stations.

(b) Repealed by S.L. 2000-134, § 2, eff. July 14, 2000 .

(c) Counties Covered.--Motor vehicle emissions inspections shall be performed in the following counties: Alamance, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Johnston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Randolph, Rowan, Union, and Wake.

(d) Repealed by S.L. 2012-200, § 12(a), eff. Aug. 1, 2012 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-159 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-159
§ 143-159. Governor given authority to direct investigation
Status: in_force

The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to call upon and direct the Attorney General to investigate the management of or condition within any department, agency, bureau, division or institution of the State, or any other matters pertaining to the administration of the Executive Department, when the Governor shall determine that such an investigation shall be necessary.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-303 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-303
§ 7A-303. Equipment and supplies in clerk's office
Status: in_force

Upon the establishment of the district court in any county, supplies and all equipment in the office of the clerk of superior court shall become the property of the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-302-7 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-302-7
§ 115C-302.7. Salary supplement for highly qualified teaching graduates
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, a “highly qualified graduate” or “graduate” is an individual entering the teaching profession who has graduated from an approved educator preparation program located in North Carolina who has both of the following:

(1) A grade point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent.

(2) A score of the following or higher on an edTPA assessment or an equivalent score on a nationally normed and valid pedagogy assessment used to determine clinical practice performance:

a. A score of 42 for the World Languages and Classical Languages edTPA assessment.

b. A score of 57 for the Elementary Education edTPA assessment.

c. A score of 48 for all other edTPA assessments.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent funds are made available for this purpose, a highly qualified graduate who is employed by a local board of education shall receive a salary supplement each month at the highest level for which the graduate qualifies as follows:

(1) A graduate who accepts initial employment at a school identified as low-performing by the State Board of Education pursuant to G.S. 115C-105.37 shall receive a salary supplement during the graduate's first three years of employment as a teacher, without a break in service, equivalent to the difference between the State-funded salary of the graduate and the State-funded salary of a similarly situated teacher with three years of experience on the “A” Teachers Salary Schedule, as long as the graduate (i) remains teaching at the same school or (ii) accepts subsequent employment at another low-performing school or local school administrative unit identified as low-performing.

(2) A graduate licensed and employed to teach in the areas of special education, science, technology, engineering, or mathematics shall receive a salary supplement during the graduate's first two years of employment as a teacher, without a break in service, equivalent to the difference between the State-funded salary of the graduate and the State-funded salary of a similarly situated teacher with two years of experience on the “A” Teachers Salary Schedule, as long as the graduate continues teaching in one of those areas.

(3) All other graduates shall receive a salary supplement during the graduate's first year of employment as a teacher, without a break in service, equivalent to the difference between the State-funded salary of the graduate and the State-funded salary of a similarly situated teacher with one year of experience on the “A” Teachers Salary Schedule.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-741 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-741
§ 15A-741. Governor may recall warrant or issue alias
Status: in_force

The Governor may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he deems proper.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-13-10 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-13-10
§ 28A-13-10. Liability of personal representative
Status: in_force

(a) Property of Estate. -- A personal representative shall be liable for and chargeable in the personal representative's accounts with all of the estate of the decedent which comes into the personal representative's possession at any time, including all the income therefrom; but the personal representative shall not be liable for any debts due to the decedent or other assets of the estate which remain uncollected without the personal representative's fault. Except for commissions allowable by law, the personal representative shall not be entitled to any profits caused by an increase in values, nor be chargeable with loss by a decrease in value or destruction without the personal representative's fault, of any part of the estate.

(b) Property Not a Part of Estate. -- A personal representative shall be chargeable in the personal representative's accounts with property not a part of the estate which comes into the personal representative's possession at any time and shall be liable to the persons entitled thereto if:

(1) The property was received under a duty imposed on the personal representative by law in the capacity of personal representative; or

(2) The personal representative has commingled such property with the assets of the estate.

(c) Breach of Duty. -- A personal representative shall be liable and chargeable in the personal representative's accounts for any loss to the estate arising from the personal representative's embezzlement or commingling of the estate with other property; for loss to the estate through self-dealing; for any loss to the estate from wrongful acts or omissions of the personal representative's joint personal representatives which the personal representative could have prevented by the exercise of ordinary care; and for any loss to the estate arising from the personal representative's failure to act in good faith and with such care, foresight and diligence as an ordinarily reasonable and prudent person would act with the ordinarily reasonable and prudent person's own property under like circumstances. If the exercise of power concerning the estate is improper, the personal representative is liable for breach of fiduciary duty to interested persons for resulting damage or loss to the same extent as a trustee of an express trust.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-407-7 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-407-7
§ 115C-407.7. Appointment of compact commissioner
Status: in_force

As required by Article VIII of the compact, the Governor shall appoint as compact commissioner an individual who represents at least one local board of education with a high concentration of military children. The compact commissioner shall be responsible for the administration and management of the State's participation in the compact.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-113 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-113
§ 163-113. Nominee's right to withdraw as candidate
Status: in_force

A person who has been declared the nominee of a political party for a specified office under the provisions of G.S. 163-182.15 or G.S. 163-110 , shall not be permitted to resign as a candidate unless, prior to the first day on which military and overseas absentee ballots are transmitted to voters under Article 21A of this Chapter, that [the] person submits to the board of elections which certified the nomination a written request that person be permitted to withdraw.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-225-2 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-225-2
§ 153A-225.2. Payment of medical care of prisoners
Status: reserved

(a) Counties shall reimburse those providers and facilities providing requested or emergency medical care outside of the local confinement facility the lesser amount of either a rate of seventy percent (70%) of the provider's then-current prevailing charge or two times the then-current Medicaid rate for any given service. Each county shall have the right to audit any provider from whom the county has received a bill for services under this section but only to the extent necessary to determine the actual prevailing charge to ensure compliance with this section.

(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude a county from contracting with a provider for services at rates that provide greater documentable cost avoidance for the county than do the rates contained in subsection (a) of this subsection or at rates that are less favorable to the county but that will ensure the continued access to care.

(c) The county shall make reasonable efforts to equitably distribute prisoners among all hospitals or other appropriate health care facilities located within the same county and shall do so based upon the licensed acute care bed capacity at each of the hospitals located within the same county. Counties with more than one hospital or other appropriate health care facility shall provide semiannual reports conspicuously posted on the county's Web site that detail compliance with this section, including information on the distribution of prisoner health care services among different hospitals and health care facilities.

(d) For the purposes of this section, “ requested or emergency medical care ” shall include all medically necessary and appropriate care provided to an individual from the time that individual presents to the provider or facility in the custody of county law enforcement officers until the time that the individual is safely transferred back to the care of county law enforcement officers or medically discharged to another community setting, as appropriate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-140 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-140
§ 20-140. Reckless driving
Status: reserved

(a) Any person who drives any vehicle upon a highway or any public vehicular area carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others shall be guilty of reckless driving.

(b) Any person who drives any vehicle upon a highway or any public vehicular area without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property shall be guilty of reckless driving.

(c) Repealed by Laws 1983, c. 435, § 23, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.

(d) Reckless driving as defined in subsections (a) and (b) is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

(e) Repealed by Laws 1983, c. 435, § 23, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.

(f) A person is guilty of the Class 2 misdemeanor of reckless driving if the person drives a commercial motor vehicle carrying a load that is subject to the permit requirements of G.S. 20-119 upon a highway or any public vehicular area either:

(1) Carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; or

(2) Without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-78 — NC Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148-78
§ 148-78. Reports
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Department of Adult Correction may prepare and release reports on the work of the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction, including statistics and other data, accounts of research, and recommendations for legislation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 43-16 — NC Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-16
§ 43-16. Certificates numbered; entries thereon
Status: in_force

All certificates of title to land in the county shall be numbered consecutively, which number shall be retained as long as the boundaries of the land remain unchanged, and a separate page or more, with appropriate space for subsequent entries, shall be devoted to each title in the registration of titles book for the county. Every entry made upon any certificate of title in such book or upon the owner's certificate, under any of the provisions of this Chapter, shall be signed by the register of deeds and minutely dated in conformity with the dates shown by the entry book.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-2-102 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2-102
§ 48-2-102. Transfer, stay, or dismissal
Status: in_force

(a) If the court, on its own motion or on motion of a party, finds in the interest of justice that the matter should be heard in another county where venue lies under G.S. 48-2-101 , the court may transfer, stay, or dismiss the proceeding.

(b) If an adoptee is also the subject of a pending proceeding under Chapter 7B of the General Statutes, then the district court having jurisdiction under Chapter 7B shall retain jurisdiction until the final order of adoption is entered. The district court may waive jurisdiction for good cause.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-790 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-790
§ 143-790. Confidentiality; access to records
Status: in_force

(a) The records of the Section are not public records under G.S. 132-1 .

(b) The Section shall exchange information as required by this Article.

(c) The Section may share information with other State and federal agencies as permitted or required by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-202 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3-202
§ 48-3-202. Direct placement for adoption
Status: in_force

(a) In a direct placement, a parent or guardian must personally select a prospective adoptive parent, but a parent or guardian may obtain assistance from another person or entity, or an adoption facilitator, in locating or evaluating a prospective adoptive parent, subject to the limitations of Article 10 of this Chapter.

(b) Information about a prospective adoptive parent shall be provided to a prospective placing parent or guardian by the prospective adoptive parent, the prospective adoptive parent's attorney, or a person or entity assisting the parent or guardian. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this information shall include the preplacement assessment prepared pursuant to Part 3 of this Article, and may include additional information requested by the parent or guardian. The agency preparing the preplacement assessment may redact from the preplacement assessment the information described in G.S. 48-3-303(c)(12) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-109-53 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-109-53
§ 54-109.53. Shares
Status: reserved

(a) The capital of a credit union consists of the payments made by members on shares, undivided surplus, and reserves.

(b) Shares may be subscribed to, paid for and transferred in such manner as the bylaws prescribe.

(c) A certificate need not be issued to denote ownership of a share in a credit union.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-118-10 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-118-10
§ 90-118.10. Annual renewal of licenses
Status: in_force

Since the laws of North Carolina now in force provided for the annual renewal of any license issued by the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this State that all licenses heretofore issued by the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry, or hereafter issued by said Board are subject to annual renewal and the exercise of any privilege granted by any license heretofore issued or hereafter issued by the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry is subject to the issuance on or before the first day of January of each year of a certificate of renewal of license.

On or before the first day of January of each year, each optometrist engaged in the practice of optometry in North Carolina shall make application to the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry and receive from said Board, subject to the further provisions of this section and of this Article, a certificate of renewal of said license.

The application shall show the serial number of the applicant's license, his full name, address and the county in which he has practiced during the preceding year, the date of the original issuance of license to said applicant and such other information as the said Board from time to time may prescribe by regulation.

If the application for such renewal certificate, accompanied by the fee required by this Article, is not received by the Board before January 31 of each year, an additional fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be charged for renewal certificate. If such application accompanied by the renewal fee is not received by the Board before March 31 of each year, every person thereafter continuing to practice optometry without having applied for a certificate of renewal shall be guilty of the unauthorized practice of optometry and shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by G.S. 90-118.11 .

In issuing a certificate of renewal, the Board shall expressly state whether such person, otherwise licensed in the practice of optometry, has been certified to prescribe and use pharmaceutical agents.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-14-40 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-14-40
§ 55-14-40. Disposition of amounts due to unavailable shareholders and creditors
Status: in_force

Upon liquidation of a corporation, the portion of the assets distributable to a creditor or shareholder who is unknown or cannot be found shall be disposed of in accordance with Chapter 116B.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202-3 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-202-3
§ 14-202.3. Solicitation of child by computer or certain other electronic devices to commit an unlawful sex act
Status: in_force

(a) Offense.--A person is guilty of solicitation of a child by a computer if the person is 16 years of age or older and the person knowingly, with the intent to commit an unlawful sex act, entices, advises, coerces, orders, or commands, by means of a computer or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission, a child who is less than 16 years of age and at least five years younger than the defendant, or a person the defendant believes to be a child who is less than 16 years of age and who the defendant believes to be at least five years younger than the defendant, to meet with the defendant or any other person for the purpose of committing an unlawful sex act. Consent is not a defense to a charge under this section.

(b) Jurisdiction.--The offense is committed in the State for purposes of determining jurisdiction, if the transmission that constitutes the offense either originates in the State or is received in the State.

(c) Punishment.--A violation of this section is punishable as follows:

(1) A violation is a Class H felony except as provided by subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(2) If either the defendant, or any other person for whom the defendant was arranging the meeting in violation of this section, actually appears at the meeting location, then the violation is a Class G felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86B-69 — NC Code / Chapter 86B / Section 86B-69
§ 86B-69. Certification renewal
Status: in_force

Every certificate issued pursuant to G.S. 86B-67 or G.S. 86B-68 shall be renewed annually. On or before the date the current certificate expires, the applicant must submit an application for renewal of certification on a form approved by the Board, meet criteria for renewal established by the Board, and pay the required fee. Failure to renew the certificate within 90 days after the expiration date shall result in automatic forfeiture of any certification issued pursuant to this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-183 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-183
§ 66-183. Supplier's duty to repurchase
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a dealer enters into an agreement evidenced by a written or oral contract in which the dealer agrees to maintain an inventory, and the agreement is terminated by either party, the supplier shall repurchase the dealer's inventory as provided in this Article unless the dealer chooses to keep the inventory. If the dealer has any outstanding debts to the supplier, then the repurchase amount may be set off or credited to the retailer's account.

(b) Whenever a dealer enters into an agreement in which the dealer agrees to maintain an inventory, and the dealer or the majority stockholder of the dealer, if the dealer is a corporation, dies or becomes incompetent, the supplier shall, at the option of the heir, personal representative, or guardian of the dealer, or the person who succeeds to the stock of the majority stockholder, repurchase the inventory as if the agreement had been terminated. The heir, personal representative, guardian, or succeeding stockholder has one year from the date of the death of the dealer or majority stockholder to exercise the option under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-303 — NC Code / Chapter 120C / Section 120C-303
§ 120C-303. Gifts by lobbyists and lobbyist principals prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no lobbyist or lobbyist principal may do any of the following:

(1) Knowingly give a gift to a designated individual.

(2) Knowingly give a gift with the intent that a designated individual be an ultimate recipient.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to gifts as described in G.S. 138A-32(f) .

(c) The offering or giving of a gift in compliance with this Chapter without corrupt intent shall not constitute a violation of the statutes related to bribery under G.S. 14-217 , 14-218 , or 120-86 , but shall be subject to civil fines under G.S. 120C-602(b) .

(d) Gifts made to a nonpartisan state, regional, national, or international legislative organization of which the General Assembly is a member or a legislator or legislative employee is a member or participant of by virtue of that legislator's or legislative employee's public position, or to an affiliated organization of that nonpartisan state, regional, national, or international organization, shall not constitute a violation of subdivision (a)(2) of this section or of G.S. 138A-32(c) .

(e) Gifts made to a nonpartisan state, regional, national, or international organization of which a public servant's agency is a member or a public servant is a member or participant of by virtue of that public servant's public position, or to an affiliated organization of that nonpartisan state, regional, national, or international organization, shall not constitute a violation of subdivision (a)(2) of this section or of G.S. 138A-32(c) .