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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-187-63 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-187-63
§ 105-187.63. Use of tax proceeds
Status: in_force

From the taxes received pursuant to this Article, the Secretary may retain the costs of collection, not to exceed two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) a year, as reimbursement to the Department. The Secretary must credit or distribute taxes received pursuant to this Article, less the cost of collection, on a quarterly basis as follows:

(1) Fifty percent (50%) to the Inactive Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund established by G.S. 130A-310.11 .

(2) Thirty-seven and one-half percent (37.5%) to cities and counties in the State on a per capita basis, using the most recent annual estimate of population certified by the State Budget Officer. One-half of this amount must be distributed to cities, and one-half of this amount must be distributed to counties. For purposes of this distribution, the population of a county does not include the population of a city located in the county.

A city or county is excluded from the distribution under this subdivision if it does not provide solid waste management programs and services and is not responsible by contract for payment for these programs and services. The Department of Environmental Quality must provide the Secretary with a list of the cities and counties that are excluded under this subdivision. The list must be provided by May 15 of each year and applies to distributions made in the fiscal year that begins on July 1 of that year.

Funds distributed under this subdivision must be used by a city or county solely for solid waste management programs and services.

(3) Twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) to the General Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-42-25 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-42-25
§ 58-42-25. Basis for participation
Status: in_force

Each plan shall specify the basis for participation by insurers, agents, statistical organizations, and other participants and shall specify the conditions under which risks shall be accepted and underwritten by the plan.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-7-404 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-7-404
§ 25-7-404. No liability for good-faith delivery pursuant to document of title
Status: in_force

A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise disposed of the goods according to the terms of a document of title or pursuant to this Article is not liable for the goods even if:

(1) The person from whom the bailee received the goods did not have authority to procure the document or to dispose of the goods; or

(2) The person to whom the bailee delivered the goods did not have authority to receive the goods.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-145 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-145
§ 90-145. Grant of license
Status: in_force

The North Carolina State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall grant to each applicant who is found to be competent, upon examination, a license authorizing him or her to practice chiropractic in North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-380-3 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-380-3
§ 14-380.3. Bribe defined
Status: in_force

The word “bribe,” as used in this Article, shall have the same meaning as set forth in G.S. 14-376 , in relation to athletic contests.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-295 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-295
§ 115C-295. Minimum age and license prerequisites
Status: in_force

(a) All teachers employed in the public schools of the State or in schools receiving public funds, shall be required either to hold or be qualified to hold a license in compliance with the provision of the law or in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education: Provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the employment of temporary personnel under such rules as the State Board of Education may prescribe: Provided further, that no person shall be employed to teach who is under 18 years of age.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any board of education to employ or keep in service any teacher who neither holds nor is qualified to hold a license in compliance with the provision of the law or in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education.

(c) This section shall not prohibit the employment of individuals exempted from licensure under G.S. 115C-270.21 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-21 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-21
§ 1-21. Defendant out of State; when action begun or judgment enforced
Status: in_force

If when the cause of action accrues or judgment is rendered or docketed against a person, he is out of the State, action may be commenced, or judgment enforced within the times herein limited after the return of the person into this State, and if, after such cause of action accrues or judgment is rendered or docketed, such person departs from and resides out of this State, or remains continuously absent therefrom for one year or more, the time of his absence shall not be a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action or the enforcement of the judgment. Provided, that where a cause of action arose outside of this State and is barred by the laws of the jurisdiction in which it arose, no action may be maintained in the courts of this State for the enforcement thereof, except where the cause of action originally accrued in favor of a resident of this State.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the extent that a court of this State has or continues to have jurisdiction over the person under the provisions of G.S. 1-75.4 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 158-18 — NC Code / Chapter 158 / Section 158-18
§ 158-18. Form of ballot; when ballots supplied; designation of ballot box
Status: in_force

The form of the question shall be substantially the words “For Industrial Development Tax,” and “Against Industrial Development Tax,” which alternates shall appear separated from each other on one ballot containing opposite, and to the left of each alternate, squares of appropriate size in one of which squares the voters may make a mark “X” to designate the voter's choice for or against such tax. Such ballot shall be printed on white paper and each polling place shall be supplied with a sufficient number of ballots not later than the day before the election. At such special election the election board shall cause to be placed at each voting precinct in said county a ballot box marked “Industrial Development Tax Election.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1041 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1041
§ 143B-1041. Interagency coordination
Status: in_force

(a) The Office shall establish an intergovernmental working group composed of representatives from the Department of Environmental Quality and other relevant State agencies, local governments, and other stakeholders to identify legislative, economic, jurisdictional, and other challenges related to stream management and flooding reduction. Beginning January 1, 2022, and biannually thereafter, the Office shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division regarding the findings and recommendations of the working group.

(b) The Office of Recovery and Resiliency and the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety, the Director of the Division of Coastal Management of the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, or their respective designees, shall meet at least quarterly beginning January 1, 2022, in order to coordinate the grant making and technical assistance activities each agency is carrying out related to subsection (a) of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309-24 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-309-24
§ 130A-309.24. Permits for used oil recycling facilities
Status: in_force

(a) Each person who intends to operate, modify, or close a used oil recycling facility shall obtain an operation or closure permit from the Department prior to operating, modifying, or closing the facility.

(b) By 1 January 1992, the Department shall develop a permitting system for used oil recycling facilities after reviewing and considering the applicability of the permit system for hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities.

(c) Permits shall not be required under this section for the burning of used oil as a fuel, provided:

(1) A valid air permit issued by the Department is in effect for the facility; and

(2) The facility burns used oil in accordance with applicable United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations, local government regulations, and the requirements and conditions of its air permit.

(d) No permit is required under this section for the use of used oil for the beneficiation or flotation of phosphate rock.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-55 — NC Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87-55
§ 87-55. Regular and special meetings; quorum
Status: in_force

The Board after holding its first meeting, as hereinbefore provided, shall thereafter hold at least two regular meetings each year. Special meetings may be held at such times and places as the bylaws and/or rules of the Board provide; or as may be required in carrying out the provisions hereof. A quorum of the Board shall consist of four members.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-31-26 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-31-26
§ 58-31-26. Medical liability insurance for certain physicians and dentists
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Department of Adult Correction may provide medical liability insurance not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) per incident on behalf of employees of these Departments who are licensed to practice medicine or dentistry; on behalf of all licensed physicians who are faculty members of The University of North Carolina who perform work on a contractual basis for the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services for incidents that occur in Division programs; and on behalf of physicians in all residency training programs from The University of North Carolina who are in training at institutions operated by the Department of Health and Human Services. This coverage may include commercial insurance or self-insurance and shall cover these individuals for their acts or omissions only while they are engaged in providing medical and dental services pursuant to their State employment or training.

(b) The coverage provided pursuant to this section shall not cover any individual for any act or omission that the individual knows or reasonably should know constitutes a violation of the applicable criminal laws of any state or the United States, or that arises out of any sexual, fraudulent, criminal, or malicious act or out of any act amounting to willful or wanton negligence.

(c) The coverage provided pursuant to this section shall not require any additional appropriations and, except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, shall not apply to any individual providing contractual service to the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Adult Correction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-449-91 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-449-91
§ 105-449.91. Remittance of tax to supplier
Status: in_force

(a) Distributor.--A distributor must remit tax due on motor fuel removed at a terminal rack to the supplier of the fuel. A licensed distributor has the right to defer the remittance of tax to the supplier, as trustee, until the date the trustee must pay the tax to this State or to another state. The time when an unlicensed distributor must remit tax to a supplier is governed by the terms of the contract between the supplier and the unlicensed distributor.

(b) Exporter.--A licensed exporter must remit tax due on motor fuel removed at a terminal rack to the supplier of the fuel. The time when a licensed exporter must remit tax to a supplier is governed by the law of the destination state of the exported motor fuel.

(c) Importer.--A licensed importer must remit tax due on motor fuel removed at a terminal rack of a permissive or an elective supplier to the supplier of the fuel. A licensed importer that removes fuel from a terminal rack of a permissive or an elective supplier has the right to defer the remittance of tax to the supplier until the date the supplier must pay the tax to this State.

(d) General.--A person who removes motor fuel at a terminal rack and is not subject to another subsection in this section must remit tax due on the motor fuel to the supplier of the fuel. The time the person must remit tax to a supplier is governed by the terms of the contract between the supplier and the person.

The method by which a person must remit tax to a supplier under this section is governed by the terms of the contract between the supplier and that person. G.S. 105-449.76 governs the cancellation of a license of a distributor, an exporter, and an importer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-31A-15 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-31A-15
§ 58-31A-15. Authority and rules for organization of system
Status: in_force

The Commissioner is hereby authorized, directed, and empowered to establish a division to manage and operate a system of insurance for public education property. The Commissioner shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to provide all details inherent in the insurance of public education property. The Commissioner shall employ any staff necessary, which in his or her opinion is necessary to insure and protect effectively public education property, and he or she shall fix their compensation consistent with the policies of the State Human Resources Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-6-616 — NC Code / Chapter 52C / Section 52C-6-616
§ 52C-6-616. Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification
Status: in_force

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this State under G.S. 52C-6-601 through G.S. 52C-6-608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1251 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1251
§ 143B-1251. Finding and declaration of necessity
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that conditions resulting from the concentration in various cities and towns of the State having a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants of persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States in connection with the present war, or who after having served in the Armed Forces of the United States during the present war, or previously have been honorably discharged, require the construction, maintenance and operation of adequate recreation facilities for the use of such persons; that it is in the public interest that adequate recreation facilities be provided in such concentrated centers; and the necessity, in the public interest, for the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-79-22 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-79-22
§ 58-79-22. Door lock exemption permit
Status: in_force

Any business entity licensed to sell automatic weapons as a federal firearms dealer that is in the business of selling firearms or ammunition and that operates a firing range which rents firearms and sells ammunition that desires to be exempt from the door lock requirements of Chapter 10 of Volume 1 of the North Carolina State Building Code may apply for a permit to do so with the Department in accordance with G.S. 143-143.4 and rules adopted by the Department. The Department shall charge a permit fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the issuance of a permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-143.4 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-24 — NC Code / Chapter 166A / Section 166A-24
§ 166A-24. Immunity of Regional Response Team Personnel
Status: in_force

Members of a regional response team shall be protected from liability under the provisions of G.S. 166A-19.60(a) while responding to a hazardous materials or terrorist incident pursuant to authorization from the Division of Emergency Management.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-147-10 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-147-10
§ 108A-147.10. Health advancement IGT actual receipts adjustment component
Status: in_force

The health advancement IGT actual receipts adjustment component is a positive or negative dollar amount equal to the health advancement presumptive IGT adjustment component calculated under G.S. 108A-147.9 for the previous quarter, plus the positive or negative IGT share of the reconciliation adjustment component calculated under G.S. 108A-147.11(b) for the previous quarter, and minus the amount of money received during the previous quarter by the Department through intergovernmental transfer and designated in the Department's accounting system as a receipt for health advancement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-1111 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-1111
§ 160D-1111. Expiration of building permits
Status: reserved

A building permit issued pursuant to this Article expires by limitation six months, or any lesser time fixed by ordinance, after the date of issuance if the work authorized by the permit has not been commenced. If, after commencement, the work is discontinued for a period of 12 months, the permit shall immediately expire. No work authorized by any building permit that has expired shall be performed until a new permit has been secured.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-408 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-408
§ 106-408. Marketing facilities prescribed; records of purchases and sales; time of sales; notice
Status: in_force

All public livestock markets operating under this Article shall have proper facilities for handling livestock and such other equipment as specified by regulation of the North Carolina Board of Agriculture. Scales approved by the North Carolina Division of Weights and Measures shall be provided at public livestock markets where animals are bought, sold or exchanged by weight. The premises, including yards, pens, alleys, and chutes shall be cleaned and disinfected in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board of Agriculture pursuant to the authority contained in G.S. 106-416 . The market shall keep a complete legible permanent record, including the use of numbered invoices, showing the name and address of the person or firm from whom all animals are received and the name and address of the person or firm to whom sold. Symbols in lieu of names shall not be used. The weight, if sold by weight, and the price paid and the price received shall be recorded on the invoice. Such records as specified in this section shall be available for inspection to the Commissioner of Agriculture or his authorized representative during regular business hours.

The sales of all livestock at livestock auction markets shall start no later than 2:00 P.M.; provided, however, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall have authority to authorize a sale to begin as late as 4:00 P.M. when the sale (i) consists solely of the sale of pigs weighing no more than 150 pounds and sold as feeder pigs, (ii) continues without interruption, and (iii) lasts no later than 5:00 P.M., or when the sale consists solely of slaughter hogs sold by teleconference. The sale of livestock shall be continuous until all are sold.

Each public livestock market operator operating under this Article shall post notice of the day(s) of sale and the starting time in a conspicuous place on the market premises. In the event of subsequent changes in day of sale or starting time, the operator shall post notice on the premises and notify the State Veterinarian in writing at least two weeks in advance of the date of change.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-302-10 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-302-10
§ 115C-302.10. Qualifications for certain education-based salary supplements
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, only the following teachers and instructional support personnel shall be paid on the “M” salary schedule or receive a salary supplement for academic preparation at the six-year degree level or at the doctoral degree level:

(1) Certified school nurses and instructional support personnel in positions for which a master's degree is required for licensure.

(2) Teachers and instructional support personnel who were paid on that salary schedule or received that salary supplement prior to the 2014-2015 school year.

(3) Teachers and instructional support personnel who (i) complete a degree at the master's, six-year, or doctoral degree level for which they completed at least one course prior to August 1, 2013, and (ii) would have qualified for the salary supplement pursuant to State Board of Education policy TCP-A-006, as it was in effect on June 30, 2013.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1105 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1105
§ 35A-1105. Petition before clerk
Status: in_force

A verified petition for the adjudication of incompetence of an adult, or of a minor who is within six months of reaching majority, may be filed with the clerk by any person, including any State or local human services agency or healthcare provider through its authorized representative without the need for legal counsel.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-7-501 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-7-501
§ 25-7-501. Form of negotiation and requirements of due negotiation
Status: in_force

(a) The following rules apply to a negotiable tangible document of title:

(1) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person, the document is negotiated by the named person's indorsement and delivery. After the named person's indorsement in blank or to bearer, any person may negotiate the document by delivery alone.

(2) If the document's original terms run to bearer, it is negotiated by delivery alone.

(3) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person and it is delivered to the named person, the effect is the same as if the document had been negotiated.

(4) Negotiation of the document after it has been indorsed to a named person requires indorsement by the named person and delivery.

(5) A document is duly negotiated if it is negotiated in the manner stated in this subsection to a holder that purchases it in good faith, without notice of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any person, and for value, unless it is established that the negotiation is not in the regular course of business or financing or involves receiving the document in settlement or payment of a monetary obligation.

(b) The following rules apply to a negotiable electronic document of title:

(1) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person or to bearer, the document is negotiated by delivery of the document to another person. Indorsement by the named person is not required to negotiate the document.

(2) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person and the named person has control of the document, the effect is the same as if the document had been negotiated.

(3) A document is duly negotiated if it is negotiated in the manner stated in this subsection to a holder that purchases it in good faith, without notice of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any person, and for value, unless it is established that the negotiation is not in the regular course of business or financing or involves taking delivery of the document in settlement or payment of a monetary obligation.

(c) Indorsement of a nonnegotiable document of title neither makes it negotiable nor adds to the transferee's rights.

(d) The naming in a negotiable bill of lading of a person to be notified of the arrival of the goods does not limit the negotiability of the bill or constitute notice to a purchaser of the bill of any interest of that person in the goods.