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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-5 — NC Code / Chapter 89C / Section 89C-5
§ 89C-5. Board members; qualifications
Status: in_force

Each engineer member of the Board shall be a resident of North Carolina and shall be a licensed professional engineer engaged in the lawful practice of engineering in North Carolina for at least six years.

Each land surveyor member of the Board shall be a resident of North Carolina and shall be a licensed professional land surveyor engaged in the lawful practice of land surveying in North Carolina for at least six years.

Each public member of the Board shall be a resident of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-16 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-16
§ 54C-16. Appeal
Status: in_force

The final decision of the Commission may be appealed in accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-421 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-421
§ 153A-421. Definitions; applicability; creation of authorities
Status: reserved

(a) Unless a different meaning is required by the context, terms relating to the management of solid waste used in this Article have the same meaning as in G.S. 130A-2 and in G.S. 130A-290 . As used in this Article, the term “solid waste” means nonhazardous solid waste, that is, solid waste as defined in G.S. 130A-290 but not including hazardous waste. In addition to the meaning set out in G.S. 130A-290 , the term “unit of local government” means the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.

(b) This Article shall not be construed to authorize any authority created pursuant to this Article to regulate or manage hazardous waste. An authority created under this Article may manage sludges, other than a sludge that is a hazardous waste, under rules of the Commission for Public Health and criteria established by the Department of Environmental Quality for the management of sludge.

(c) Any two or more units of local government may create a regional solid waste management authority by adopting substantially identical resolutions to that effect in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The resolutions creating a regional solid waste management authority and any amendments thereto are referred to in this Article as the “charter” of the regional solid waste management authority. Units of local government which participate in the creation of a regional solid waste management authority are referred to in this Article as “members”.

(d) As used in G.S. 153A-427(a)(24) , the term “transferred” means placed at or delivered to any (i) place normally and customarily used by the authority for the collection of solid waste, (ii) other place agreed upon by the generator or owner of recyclable materials and the authority, or (iii) facility owned, operated, or designated by the authority.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-1-111 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-1-111
§ 36C-1-111. Nonjudicial settlement agreements
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, “ interested persons ” means persons whose consent would be required in order to achieve a binding settlement were the settlement to be approved by the court.

(b) Interested persons may enter into a binding nonjudicial settlement agreement with respect to any of the following matters involving a trust:

(1) The approval of a trustee's report or accounting;

(2) Direction to a trustee to perform or refrain from performing a particular administrative act or the grant to a trustee of any necessary or desirable administrative power, including a power granted under G.S. 36C-8-816 ;

(3) The resignation or appointment of a trustee and the determination of a trustee's compensation;

(4) Transfer of a trust's principal place of administration; and

(5) Liability of a trustee for any action taken under subdivisions (1) through (4) of this subsection.

(c) A nonjudicial settlement agreement is valid only to the extent it does not violate a material purpose of the trust and includes terms and conditions that could be properly approved by the court under this Chapter or other applicable law.

(d) Any interested person may request the court to approve a nonjudicial settlement agreement, to determine whether the representation as provided in Article 3 of this Chapter was adequate, and to determine whether the agreement contains terms and conditions the court could have properly approved.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-17 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-17
§ 108A-17. Compensation
Status: in_force

The special county attorney for social service matters shall receive compensation for the performance of his duties and for his expenses in such amount as the board of commissioners may provide. His compensation shall be a proper item in the annual budget of the county department of social services.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 169-5 — NC Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169-5
§ 169-5. Regulatory assistance; technical assistance; nonprofit organizations
Status: in_force

A designated nonprofit organization which has been duly authorized by the Office of the Secretary of State shall be recognized as partners that may help sandbox applicants navigate the regulatory sandbox application process. Certain participating nonprofit organizations may also assist sandbox participants with the design and implementation of products and services during the regulatory sandbox program period. Nonprofit organizations wishing to assist regulatory sandbox applicants and participants shall submit an application to the Innovation Council for approval. Such organizations shall additionally be empowered to explore, provide input, analyze, and make recommendations with respect to innovations and the application of innovative technologies that would additionally provide benefit to the State, its consumers, and its industry.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15B-5 — NC Code / Chapter 15B / Section 15B-5
§ 15B-5. Attorney General to represent State
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall represent the interest of the State when:

(1) A decision of the Commission is appealed to the courts; and

(2) When the State is sued or when it brings or enters a lawsuit pursuant to this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159D-51 — NC Code / Chapter 159D / Section 159D-51
§ 159D-51. Bonds or notes eligible for investment
Status: in_force

Bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this Article are securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the State and its political subdivisions, and all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. These bonds or notes are securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any State or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes or obligations of this State is authorized by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-568-5 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-568-5
§ 106-568.5. When assessment shall and shall not be levied
Status: in_force

If in such referendum more than one third of the farmers and producers eligible to participate therein and voting therein shall vote in the negative and against the levying or collection of such assessment, then in such event no assessment shall be levied or collected, but if two thirds or more of such farmers and producers voting therein shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying or collection of such assessment, then such assessment shall be collected in the manner hereinafter provided.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-224 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-224
§ 113-224. Cooperative agreements by Department
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Department is empowered to enter into cooperative agreements with public and private agencies and individuals respecting the matters governed in this Subchapter. Pursuant to such agreements the Department may expend funds, assign employees to additional duties within or without the State, assume additional responsibilities, and take other actions that may be required by virtue of such agreements, in the overall best interests of the conservation of marine and estuarine resources.

(b) The Fisheries Director or a designee of the Fisheries Director shall not enter into an agreement with the National Marine Fisheries Service of the United States Department of Commerce allowing Division of Marine Fisheries inspectors to accept delegation of law enforcement powers over matters within the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-325-4 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-325-4
§ 90-325.4. Sanctions against health care providers prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) A licensing board shall not revoke, fail to renew, suspend, or take any other disciplinary action against a health care provider licensed under this Chapter, based solely on the health care provider's recommendations to an eligible patient regarding access to or treatment with an investigational drug, biological product, or device.

(b) An entity responsible for Medicare certification shall not take action against a health care provider's Medicare certification based solely on the health care provider's recommendation that a patient have access to an investigational drug, biological product, or device.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-257 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-257
§ 131E-257. Title; purpose; applicability of other laws; “public hospital” defined
Status: in_force

(a) This Article shall be known and may be cited as the “Public Hospital Personnel Act”.

(b) The purpose of this Article is to protect the privacy of the personnel records of public hospital employees and to authorize public hospitals to determine employee compensation and personnel policies and to establish employee benefit plans.

(c) Unless otherwise provided, none of the provisions of Part 4, Article 5, Chapter 153A and Part 4, Article 7, Chapter 160A shall apply to public hospitals.

(d) If any provision of this Article is inconsistent with any provision of any other law, the provision of this Article shall be controlling.

(e) As used in this Article, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term “public hospital” has the same meaning as in G.S. 159-39 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-65-47 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-65-47
§ 106-65.47. Authority under other statutes not abrogated; memoranda of understanding
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Article shall in no way abrogate the authority as defined in other Articles of the General Statutes of the State of North Carolina as previously enacted. The Commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into memoranda of understanding with other State and federal agencies and individuals concerning biological organisms or pest mitigation programs when such action is desirable to ensure cooperation and prevent conflicts of interest.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 32C-2-206 — NC Code / Chapter 32C / Section 32C-2-206
§ 32C-2-206. Stocks and bonds
Status: in_force

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to stocks and bonds authorizes the agent to do all of the following:

(1) Buy, sell, and exchange stocks and bonds.

(2) Establish, continue, modify, or terminate an account with respect to stocks and bonds.

(3) Pledge stocks and bonds as security for the principal or any entity in which the principal has an ownership interest to borrow money, or to pay, renew, or extend the time of payment of (i) a debt of the principal, (ii) a debt guaranteed by the principal, (iii) a debt of any entity in which the principal has an ownership interest, or (iv) a debt guaranteed by any entity in which the principal has an ownership interest.

(4) Receive certificates and other evidences of ownership with respect to stocks and bonds.

(5) Exercise voting rights with respect to stocks and bonds in person or by proxy, enter into voting trusts, and consent to limitations on the right to vote.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-82A-30 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-82A-30
§ 58-82A-30. Examination fees
Status: in_force

(a) Each applicant for a license as a pyrotechnic display operator, a proximate audience display operator, or assistant display operator shall take a written examination approved by the Commissioner. The Commissioner may contract with a person to process, administer, and grade the examination in the same manner as for agent examinations under Article 33 of this Chapter. The Commissioner may charge a fee to offset the costs of the contract for examination services.

(b) The fee for the examination is ten dollars ($10.00). The examination fee is nonrefundable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 88B-22 — NC Code / Chapter 88B / Section 88B-22
§ 88B-22. Licenses required; criminal penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this Chapter, no person may practice or attempt to practice cosmetic art for pay or reward in any form, either directly or indirectly, without being licensed as an apprentice, cosmetologist, esthetician, natural hair care specialist, or manicurist by the Board.

(b) Except as provided in this Chapter, no person may practice cosmetic art or any part of cosmetic art, for pay or reward in any form, either directly or indirectly, outside of a licensed cosmetic art shop.

(c) No person may open or operate a cosmetic art shop in this State unless a license has been issued by the Board for that shop.

(d) An individual licensed as an esthetician, natural hair care specialist, or manicurist may practice only that part of cosmetic art for which the individual is licensed.

(d1) No person may teach cosmetic art in a Board-approved cosmetic art school unless the person is a teacher licensed under this Chapter. A guest lecturer may be exempt from the requirements of this subsection upon approval by the Board.

(e) An apprentice licensed under the provisions of this Chapter shall apprentice under the direct supervision of a cosmetologist. An apprentice shall not operate a cosmetic art shop.

(f) A violation of this Chapter is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2-320 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2-320
§ 25-2-320. C.I.F. and C. & F. terms
Status: in_force

(1) The term C.I.F. means that the price includes in a lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight to the named destination. The term C. & F. or C.F. means that the price so includes cost and freight to the named destination.

(2) Unless otherwise agreed and even though used only in connection with the stated price and destination, the term C.I.F. destination or its equivalent requires the seller at his own expense and risk to

(a) put the goods into the possession of a carrier at the port for shipment and obtain a negotiable bill or bills of lading covering the entire transportation to the named destination; and

(b) load the goods and obtain a receipt from the carrier (which may be contained in the bill of lading) showing that the freight has been paid or provided for; and

(c) obtain a policy or certificate of insurance, including any war risk insurance, of a kind and on terms then current at the port of shipment in the usual amount, in the currency of the contract, shown to cover the same goods covered by the bill of lading and providing for payment of loss to the order of the buyer or for the account of whom it may concern; but the seller may add to the price the amount of the premium for any such war risk insurance; and

(d) prepare an invoice of the goods and procure any other documents required to effect shipment or to comply with the contract; and

(e) forward and tender with commercial promptness all the documents in due form and with any indorsement necessary to perfect the buyer's rights.

(3) Unless otherwise agreed the term C. & F. or its equivalent has the same effect and imposes upon the seller the same obligations and risks as a C.I.F. term except the obligation as to insurance.

(4) Under the term C.I.F. or C. & F. unless otherwise agreed the buyer must make payment against tender of the required documents and the seller may not tender nor the buyer demand delivery of the goods in substitution for the documents.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-73 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-73
§ 66-73. Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this Article:

(1) A “diamond” is a natural mineral consisting essentially of pure carbon crystallized in the isometric system and is found in many colors. Its hardness is 10; its specific gravity approximately 3.52; and it has a refractive index 2.42.

(2) “A member of the diamond industry” shall be construed to mean any person, firm, corporation or organization engaged in the business of selling, offering for sale, or distributing in commerce, diamonds (other than industrial diamonds), whether cut, polished, or in the rough, synthetic diamonds and imitation diamonds, and of any jewelry items or other products containing diamonds, synthetic diamonds, or imitation diamonds.

(3) “The diamond industry” or “the industry” as used in this Article is a trade, industry or business which shall be construed to embrace all persons, firms, corporations and organizations engaged in selling, offering for sale, or the distribution in commerce of diamonds (other than industrial diamonds), whether cut, polished or in the rough, synthetic diamonds and imitation diamonds, and of any jewelry item or other products containing diamonds, synthetic diamonds or imitation diamonds.

(4) “Unfair trade practices” as referred to herein are unfair methods of competition, unfair or deceptive acts or practices and other illegal practices which are prohibited by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-89A-140 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-89A-140
§ 58-89A-140. Required information
Status: in_force

Each licensee shall:

(1) Maintain adequate books and records regarding the licensee's duties and responsibilities, including accounting and employment records relating to all PEO agreement activities, for a minimum of three years.

(2) Maintain and make available at all times to the Commissioner the following information, which shall be treated as proprietary and confidential and which is exempt from disclosure to persons other than other governmental agencies that have a reasonable, legitimate purpose for obtaining the information:

a. The correct name, address, and telephone number of each client company.

b. Each client company contract or PEO agreement.

c. A listing of each client company by classification code as described in the “Standard Industrial Classification Manual” published by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-17 — NC Code / Chapter 104 / Section 104-17
§ 104-17. Construction, maintenance, etc., of bridges over waterway
Status: in_force

The Board of Transportation or the road governing body of any political subdivision of the State of North Carolina is hereby authorized and directed to construct, maintain and operate in perpetuity, all bridges over the waterway without cost to the United States.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-451-16 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-451-16
§ 106-451.16. Delivery to warehouse presumed for storage
Status: in_force

Any cotton delivered to a warehouse under this Article shall be presumed to be delivered for storage.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-71-180 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-71-180
§ 58-71-180. Disposition of fees
Status: in_force

Fees collected by the Commissioner pursuant to this Article shall be credited to the Insurance Regulatory Fund created under G.S. 58-6-25 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-8B-26 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-8B-26
§ 36C-8B-26. Later-discovered property
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, if exercise of the decanting power was intended to distribute all the principal of the first trust to one or more second trusts, later-discovered property belonging to the first trust and property paid to or acquired by the first trust after the exercise of the power is part of the trust estate of the second trust or trusts.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, if exercise of the decanting power was intended to distribute less than all the principal of the first trust to one or more second trusts, later-discovered property belonging to the first trust or property paid to or acquired by the first trust after exercise of the power remains part of the trust estate of the first trust.

(c) An authorized fiduciary may provide in an exercise of the decanting power or by the terms of a second trust for disposition of later-discovered property belonging to the first trust or property paid to or acquired by the first trust after exercise of the power.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-275-1 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-275-1
§ 14-275.1. Disorderly conduct at bus or railroad station or airport
Status: in_force

Any person shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, if such person while at, or upon the premises of,

(1) Any bus station, depot or terminal, or

(2) Any railroad passenger station, depot or terminal, or

(3) Any airport or air terminal used by any common carrier, or

(4) Any airport or air terminal owned or leased, in whole or in part, by any county, municipality or other political subdivision of the State, or privately owned airport

shall

(1) Engage in disorderly conduct, or

(2) Use vulgar, obscene or profane language, or

(3) On any one occasion, without having necessary business there, loiter and loaf upon the premises after being requested to leave by any peace officer or by any person lawfully in charge of such premises.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-467 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-467
§ 130A-467. Validity of unregistered documents
Status: in_force

Failure to register a document with the registry maintained by the Secretary of State pursuant to this Article shall not affect the document's validity. Failure to notify the Secretary of State of the revocation of a document filed with the registry shall not affect the validity of a revocation that meets the statutory requirements for the revocation to be valid.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115D-58-3 — NC Code / Chapter 115D / Section 115D-58-3
§ 115D-58.3. Provision for disbursement of State money
Status: in_force

The deposit of money in the State treasury to the credit of the institution shall be made in monthly installments, and additionally as necessary, at such time and in such manner as may be convenient for the operation of the community college system. Before an installment is credited, the institution shall certify to the Community Colleges System Office, the expenditures to be made by the institution from the State Current Fund during the month.

The Community Colleges System Office shall determine whether the moneys requisitioned are due the institution, and upon determining the amount due, shall cause the requisite amount to be credited to the institution. Upon receiving notice from the Community Colleges System Office that the amount has been placed to the credit of the institution, the institution may issue State warrants up to the amount so certified. Money in the State Current Fund and other moneys made available by the State Board of Community Colleges shall be released only on warrants drawn on the State Treasurer, signed by two officials of the institution designated for this purpose by the board of trustees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2200 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-2200
§ 7B-2200. Transfer of jurisdiction of a juvenile under the age of 16 to superior court
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 7B-2200.5 , after notice, hearing, and a finding of probable cause the court may, upon motion of the prosecutor or the juvenile's attorney or upon its own motion, transfer jurisdiction over a juvenile to superior court if the juvenile was at least 13 years of age but less than 16 years of age at the time the juvenile allegedly committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. If the alleged felony constitutes a Class A felony and the court finds probable cause, the court shall transfer the case to the superior court for trial as in the case of adults.