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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5-1 — NC Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-5-1
§ 31-5.1. Revocation of written will
Status: in_force

A written will, or any part thereof, may be revoked only

(1) By a subsequent written will or codicil or other revocatory writing executed in the manner provided herein for the execution of written wills, or

(2) By being burnt, torn, canceled, obliterated, or destroyed, with the intent and for the purpose of revoking it, by the testator himself or by another person in the testator's presence and by the testator's direction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-608 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-608
§ 160A-608. Purpose of the Authority
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Authority shall be to finance, provide, operate, and maintain for a safe, clean, reliable, adequate, convenient, energy efficient, economically and environmentally sound public transportation system for the service area of the Authority through the granting of franchises, ownership and leasing of terminals, buses and other transportation facilities and equipment, and otherwise through the exercise of the powers and duties conferred upon it, in order to enhance mobility in the region and encourage sound growth patterns.

Such a service, facility, or function shall be financed, provided, operated, or maintained in the service area of the Authority either in addition to or to a greater or lesser extent than services, facilities, or functions are financed, provided, operated, or maintained for the entirety of the respective units of local government.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-41-17 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-41-17
§ 116-41.17. Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust Fund; establishment of chairs
Status: in_force

When the sum of the challenge grant and matching funds in the Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust Fund reaches:

(1) One million dollars ($1,000,000), if the sum of funds described in G.S. 116-41.15(a)(1) or G.S. 116-41.15(b)(1) ; or

(2) Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), if the sum of funds described in G.S. 116-41.15(a)(2) or G.S. 116-41.15(b)(2) ; or

(3) An amount up to two million dollars ($2,000,000), if the sum of funds described in G.S. 116-41.15(a)(3) or G.S. 116-41.15(b)(3) ;

the board of trustees may recommend to the Board, for its approval, the establishment of an endowed chair or chairs. The Board, in considering whether to approve the recommendation, shall include in its consideration the programs already existing in The University of North Carolina. If the Board approves the recommendation, the chair or chairs shall be established. The chair or chairs, the property of the constituent institution, may be named in honor of a donor, benefactor, or honoree of the institution, at the option of the board of trustees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-3-168 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-3-168
§ 58-3-168. Coverage for postmastectomy inpatient care
Status: in_force

(a) Every entity providing a health benefit plan that provides coverage for mastectomy, including coverage for postmastectomy inpatient care, shall ensure that the decision whether to discharge the patient following mastectomy is made by the attending physician in consultation with the patient, and shall further ensure that the length of postmastectomy hospital stay is based on the unique characteristics of each patient taking into consideration the health and medical history of the patient.

(b) As used in this section, “health benefit plans” means accident and health insurance policies or certificates; nonprofit hospital or medical service corporation contracts; health, hospital, or medical service corporation plan contracts; health maintenance organization (HMO) subscriber contracts; and plans provided by a MEWA or plans provided by other benefit arrangements, to the extent permitted by ERISA.

(c) As used in this section, “mastectomy” means the surgical removal of all or part of a breast as a result of breast cancer or breast disease.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-168-25 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-168-25
§ 143B-168.25. Child care funds matching requirements
Status: in_force

No local matching funds may be required by the Department of Health and Human Services as a condition of any locality's receiving its initial allocation of child care funds unless federal law requires a match. If the Department reallocates additional funds above twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to local purchasing agencies beyond their initial allocation, local purchasing agencies must provide a twenty percent (20%) local match to receive the reallocated funds. Matching requirements shall not apply when funds are allocated because of an emergency as defined in G.S. 166A-19.3(6) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90C-28 — NC Code / Chapter 90C / Section 90C-28
§ 90C-28. Licensure fees
Status: in_force

Applications for licensure shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Board. The Board may establish fees for the actual cost of duplication services, materials, and returned bank items. All fees derived from services provided by the Board under the provisions of this Chapter shall be nonrefundable. The Board shall establish the amount of fees as defined by rule not to exceed the following amounts:

(1)

Initial application for licensure fee

$200.00

(2)

Licensure renewal fee

$200.00

(3)

Record maintenance fee

$100.00

(4)

Inactive fee

$ 50.00.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-523 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-523
§ 115C-523. Care of school property
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every teacher and principal in charge of school buildings to instruct the children in the proper care of public property, and it is their duty to exercise due care in the protection of school property against damage, either by defacement of the walls and doors or any breakage on the part of the pupils, and if they shall fail to exercise a reasonable care in the protection of property during the day, they may be held financially responsible for all such damage, and if the damage is due to carelessness or negligence on the part of the teachers or principal, the superintendent may hold those in charge of the building responsible for the damage, and if it is not repaired before the close of a term, a sufficient amount may be deducted from their final vouchers to repair the damage for which they are responsible.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the parents or legal guardians of any minor are liable for any gross negligence or willful damage or destruction of school property by that minor to the extent of five thousand dollars ($5,000). The Board of Education shall make written demand upon the parent or legal guardian as a prerequisite to bringing suit.

It shall be the duty of all principals to report immediately to their respective superintendents any unsanitary condition, damage to school property or needed repair.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202-13 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-202-13
§ 14-202.13. Human trafficking public awareness sign
Status: in_force

An adult establishment, as defined in G.S. 14-202.10 , shall prominently display on the premises in a place that is clearly conspicuous and visible to employees and the public a public awareness sign created and provided by the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission that contains the National Human Trafficking Resource hotline information.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-152 — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-152
§ 127A-152. Placing name on muster roll wrongfully
Status: reserved

If any officer of the militia of the State shall knowingly or willfully place, or cause to be placed, on any muster roll the name of any person not regularly or lawfully enlisted, or the name of any enlisted member who is dead or who has been discharged, transferred, or has lost membership for any cause whatsoever, or who has been convicted of any infamous crime, the officer shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-59 — NC Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65-59
§ 65-59. Application for a change of control; filing fee
Status: in_force

A person who proposes to acquire control of an existing cemetery company, whether by purchasing the capital stock of the company, purchasing an owner's interest in the company, or otherwise acting to effectively change the control of the company, shall first make application on a form supplied by the Commission for a certificate of approval of the proposed change of control. The application shall contain the name and address of each proposed new owner. The Commission shall issue a certificate of approval only after it determines that the proposed new owners are qualified by character, experience, and financial responsibility to control and operate the cemetery company in a legal and proper manner, and that the interest of the public generally will not be jeopardized by the proposed change in control. An application for approval of a change of control must be completed and accompanied by a filing fee to be set by the Commission in an amount not to exceed one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600). The Commission shall not approve any change of control until the applicant has provided sufficient evidence that any trust account required under G.S. 65-66(b) and G.S. 65-70(b) is maintained and funded in the required amount. If the cemetery company posted a performance bond in lieu of any trust account required under G.S. 65-66(b) and G.S. 65-70(b) , then the Commission shall not approve any change of control until the applicant has provided sufficient evidence that the performance bond is being appropriately maintained and in an amount sufficient to cover all payments made directly or indirectly by or on account of purchasers who have not received the purchased property and services.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 124-11 — NC Code / Chapter 124 / Section 124-11
§ 124-11. Definition
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the term “ State-Owned Railroad Company ” shall mean a railroad company in which the State owns all of the voting stock.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63-5 — NC Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63-5
§ 63-5. Airport declared public purpose; eminent domain
Status: in_force

Any lands acquired, owned, controlled, or occupied by such cities, towns, and/or counties, for the purposes enumerated in G.S. 63-2 , 63-3 and 63-4 , shall and are hereby declared to be acquired, owned, controlled and occupied for a public purpose, and such cities, towns and/or counties shall have the right to acquire property for such purpose or purposes under the power of eminent domain as and for a public purpose.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-36 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-36
§ 108A-36. Assistance not assignable; checks payable to decedents
Status: in_force

The assistance granted by this Article shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity; and none of the money paid or payable as assistance shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal processes, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.

In the event of the death of a public assistance recipient during or after the first day of the month for which assistance was previously authorized by the county social services board, or county director if waived, any public assistance check or checks payable to such recipient not endorsed prior to such recipient's death shall be delivered to the clerk of superior court and by him administered under the provisions of G.S. 28A-25-6 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86B-7 — NC Code / Chapter 86B / Section 86B-7
§ 86B-7. Disciplinary authority of the Board
Status: in_force

(a) Grounds for disciplinary action shall include all of the following:

(1) Conviction of, or finding of guilt with respect to, a crime in this State or any other jurisdiction, regardless of adjudication, if any element of the crime directly relates to the practice of electrolysis.

(2) Obtaining, or attempting to obtain, a license to practice electrolysis by bribery or by fraudulent misrepresentation.

(3) Malpractice or the inability to practice electrolysis with reasonable skill and safety.

(4) Disseminating false, deceptive, or misleading advertising.

(5) Judicial determination of mental incompetency.

(6) The revocation, suspension, or denial of the person's license or certification to practice electrolysis in any other state or territory of the United States.

(7) A finding, upon investigation by the Board, that the applicant or licensee is guilty of unprofessional conduct. “ Unprofessional conduct ” includes any act which departs from, or fails to conform to, the minimum standards of acceptable and prevailing electrolysis practice.

(8) Assisting, aiding, abetting, or procuring the practice of a person who is not licensed under this Chapter.

(9) Violation of any provision of this Chapter, or any rule or regulation of the Board.

(b) In accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Board may require remedial education, issue a letter of reprimand, restrict, revoke, or suspend any license or certification issued pursuant to this Chapter or deny any application for licensure or certification if the Board determines that the applicant or licensee has committed any of the acts listed in subsection (a).

(c) The Board may reinstate a revoked license or remove licensure restrictions when it finds that the reasons for revocation or restriction no longer exist and that the person can reasonably be expected to practice electrology safely and properly.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-16 — NC Code / Chapter 89C / Section 89C-16
§ 89C-16. Certificates of licensure; effect; seals
Status: reserved

(a) The Board shall issue to any applicant, who, in the opinion of the Board, has met the requirements of this Chapter, a certificate of licensure giving the licensee proper authority to practice the profession in this State. The certificate of licensure for a professional engineer shall carry the designation “professional engineer,” and for a land surveyor, “professional land surveyor,” shall give the full name of the licensee with the Board designated licensure number and shall be signed by the chair and the secretary under the seal of the Board.

(b) This certificate shall be prima facie evidence that the person named on the certificate is entitled to all rights, privileges and responsibilities of a professional engineer or a professional land surveyor, while the certificate of licensure remains unrevoked or unexpired.

(c) Each licensee shall upon licensure obtain a seal of a design authorized by the Board bearing the licensee's name, license number, and the legend, “professional engineer,” or “professional land surveyor.” Final drawings, specifications, plans and reports prepared by a licensee shall, when issued, be certified and stamped with the seal or facsimile of the seal unless the licensee is exempt under the provisions of G.S. 89C-25(7) . It shall be unlawful for a licensee to affix, or permit the licensee's seal and signature or facsimile of the seal and signature to be affixed to any drawings, specifications, plans or reports after the expiration of a certificate or for the purpose of aiding or abetting any other person to evade or attempt to evade any provision of this Chapter. A professional engineer practicing land surveying shall use the licensee's land surveyor seal.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-228 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-228
§ 14-228. Buying and selling offices
Status: in_force

If any person shall bargain away or sell an office or deputation of an office, or any part or parcel thereof, or shall take money, reward or other profit, directly or indirectly, or shall take any promise, covenant, bond or assurance for money, reward or other profit, for an office or the deputation of an office, or any part thereof, which office, or any part thereof, shall touch or concern the administration or execution of justice, or the receipt, collection, control or disbursement of the public revenue, or shall concern or touch any clerkship in any court of record wherein justice is administered; or if any person shall give or pay money, reward or other profit, or shall make any promise, agreement, bond or assurance for any of such offices, or for the deputation of any of them, or for any part of them, the person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid shall be guilty of a Class I felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-401 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-401
§ 7B-401. Pleading and process
Status: in_force

(a) The pleading in an abuse, neglect, or dependency action is the petition. The process in an abuse, neglect, or dependency action is the summons.

(b) If the court has retained jurisdiction over a juvenile whose custody was granted to a parent and there are no periodic judicial reviews of the placement, the provisions of Article 8 of this subchapter shall apply to any subsequent report of abuse, neglect, or dependency determined by the director of social services to require court action pursuant to G.S. 7B-302 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-508-2 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-508-2
§ 105-508.2. Distribution and use of taxes
Status: in_force

(a) Distribution.--The Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, allocate to each special district the net proceeds of the tax levied under this Part within the special tax district, to be used for the benefit of that district.

(b) Use.--A special district must expend the net proceeds distributed to it in accordance with its financial plan adopted pursuant to G.S. 105-508.1 and use the net proceeds only for financing, constructing, operating, and maintaining public transportation systems. The special district shall use the net proceeds to supplement and not to supplant or replace existing funds or other resources for public transportation systems.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-25 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-25
§ 54C-25. Approval revoked; branch office
Status: in_force

The Commission may, for good cause and after a hearing, order the closing of a branch office. The order shall be made in writing to the savings bank and shall fix a reasonable time after which the savings bank shall close the branch office.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-98 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-98
§ 143B-135.98. Authority to designate trails
Status: in_force

The Department may establish and designate trails on:

(1) Lands administered by the Department,

(2) Lands under the jurisdiction of a State department, political subdivision, or federal agency, or

(3) Private lands provided, fee-simple title, lesser estates, scenic easements, easements of surface ingress and egress running with the land, leases, or other written agreements are obtained from landowners through which a State trail may pass.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-241 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-241
§ 15A-241. Definition of search warrant
Status: in_force

A search warrant is a court order and process directing a law-enforcement officer to search designated premises, vehicles, or persons for the purpose of seizing designated items and accounting for any items so obtained to the court which issued the warrant.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-62-1 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-62-1
§ 14-62.1. Burning of building or structure in process of construction
Status: in_force

Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, if any person shall wantonly and willfully set fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure the burning of any building or structure in the process of construction for use or intended to be used as a dwelling house or in carrying on any trade or manufacture, or otherwise, whether the same or any of them respectively shall then be in the possession of the offender, or in the possession of any other person, the person shall be punished as a Class H felon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-7-207 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-7-207
§ 25-7-207. Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the warehouse receipt provides otherwise, a warehouse shall keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times identification and delivery of those goods. However, different lots of fungible goods may be commingled.

(b) If different lots of fungible goods are commingled, the goods are owned in common by the persons entitled thereto and the warehouse is severally liable to each owner for that owner's share. If, because of overissue, a mass of fungible goods is insufficient to meet all the receipts the warehouse has issued against it, the persons entitled include all holders to whom overissued receipts have been duly negotiated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-145-4 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-145-4
§ 153A-145.4. Limitations on standards of care for farm animals
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no county ordinance may regulate standards of care for farm animals. For purposes of this section, “ standards of care for farm animals ” includes the following: the construction, repair, or improvement of farm animal shelter or housing; restrictions on the types of feed or medicines that may be administered to farm animals; and exercise and social interaction requirements. For purposes of this section, the term “ farm animals ” includes the following domesticated animals: cattle, oxen, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, hinnies, llamas, alpacas, lagomorphs, ratites, and poultry.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-58-70 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-58-70
§ 58-58-70. Insurable interest as between stockholders, partners, etc.
Status: in_force

Where two or more persons have heretofore contracted or hereafter contract with one another for the purchase, at the death of one, by the survivor or survivors, of the stock, share or interest of the deceased in any corporation, partnership or business association of any kind, the person or persons making the contract of purchase shall be deemed to have, and are hereby declared to have, an insurable interest in the life or lives of the person or persons contracting to sell.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 37A-1-104-9 — NC Code / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-1-104-9
§ 37A-1-104.9. Applicability
Status: in_force

This Part shall apply to all trusts in existence on, or created after January 1, 2004, unless (i) the governing instrument contains a provision clearly expressing the settlor's intention that the current beneficiary or beneficiaries are to receive an amount other than a reasonable current return from the trust, (ii) the trust is a trust described in section 170(f)(2)(B) , section 664(d), section 2702(a)(3), or section 2702(b) of the Code , (iii) the trust is a trust under which any amount is, or has been in the past, set aside permanently for charitable purposes unless the income from the trust also is devoted permanently to charitable purposes, or (iv) the governing instrument expressly prohibits use of this Part by specific reference to this Part, or expressly states the settlor's intent that net income not be calculated as a unitrust amount. A provision in the governing instrument that “the provisions of Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 37A of the General Statutes or any corresponding provision of future law, shall not be used in the administration of this trust.” or “the trustee shall not determine the distributions to the income beneficiary as a unitrust amount.” or similar words reflecting that intent is sufficient to preclude the use of this Part.