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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-19 — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-19
§ 127A-19. Adjutant General
Status: in_force

(a) The military head of the militia shall be the Adjutant General who shall hold the rank of major general with federal recognition at time of appointment or attain the rank of major general pursuant to this section. The Adjutant General shall be appointed by the Governor in the Governor's capacity as commander in chief of the militia, in consultation with the Secretary of Public Safety, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Adjutant General, while holding this office, shall be a member of the active North Carolina National Guard. If an appointed Adjutant General does not attain the rank of major general with federal recognition within a reasonable period of time from the date of appointment, the Governor shall replace the Adjutant General with an appointee who meets the criteria in this section. A “reasonable period of time” shall take into account time in grade requirements for promotion or promotions and administrative periods necessary to complete the promotion process.

(b) In order to be eligible for appointment as Adjutant General, a person shall be a resident of the State of North Carolina and meet all of the following requirements:

(1) The person shall have a total of at least 10 years of commissioned service in any component or components of the Armed Forces of the United States.

(2) The person shall have a minimum of three years commissioned service in the Army or Air National Guard within the six-year period previous to the appointment date.

(3) The person, at the time of appointment, shall be one of the following:

a. A major general with federal recognition or who is eligible for federal recognition.

b. A brigadier general with federal recognition or who is eligible for federal recognition and who is eligible for promotion to major general with federal recognition.

c. A colonel with federal recognition or who is eligible for federal recognition; who is eligible for promotion and federal recognition as a brigadier general; and who is eligible for promotion to major general with federal recognition.

(4) The person shall have completed all service school or other criteria for promotion to general officer with federal recognition.

(5) The person shall have a minimum of 12 months in command of either (i) an Army or Air National Guard unit or (ii) a unit in any component of the Armed Forces of the United States.

(c) Subject to the approval of the Governor and in consultation with the Secretary of Public Safety, the Adjutant General may appoint:

(1) A deputy adjutant general, who may hold the same rank as the Adjutant General.

(2) Two assistant adjutants general for the Army National Guard and an assistant adjutant general for the Air National Guard, each of whom may hold the rank of brigadier general.

The appointees authorized by this subsection shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Adjutant General may also employ staff members and other personnel as authorized by the Secretary and funded.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-134-3 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-134-3
§ 143-134.3. No damage for delay clause
Status: in_force

No contractual language forbidding or limiting compensable damages for delays caused solely by the owner or its agent may be enforced in any construction contract let by any board or governing body of the State, or of any institution of State government, or of any county, city, town, or other political subdivision thereof. For purposes of this section, the phrase “owner or its agent” does not include prime contractors or their subcontractors.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-526 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-526
§ 90-526. Custody and use of funds; contributions
Status: in_force

(a) All fees payable to the Board shall be deposited in the name of the Board in financial institutions designated by the Board as official depositories and shall be used to pay all expenses incurred in carrying out the purposes of this Article.

(b) The Board may accept grants, contributions, devises, and gifts that shall be kept in a separate fund and shall be used by it to enhance the practice of athletic trainers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-221 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-221
§ 153A-221. Minimum standards
Status: reserved

(a) The Secretary shall develop and publish minimum standards for the operation of local confinement facilities and may from time to time develop and publish amendments to the standards. The standards shall be developed with a view to providing secure custody of prisoners and to protecting their health and welfare and providing for their humane treatment. The standards shall provide for all of the following:

(1) Secure and safe physical facilities.

(2) Jail design.

(3) Adequacy of space per prisoner.

(4) Heat, light, and ventilation.

(5) Supervision of prisoners.

(6) Personal hygiene and comfort of prisoners.

(7) Medical care for prisoners, including mental health, behavioral health, intellectual and other developmental disability, and substance abuse services.

(8) Sanitation.

(9) Food allowances, food preparation, and food handling.

(10) Any other provisions that may be necessary for the safekeeping, privacy, care, protection, and welfare of prisoners.

(11) Compliance with the requirements of Part 2B of Article 10 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes, Dignity for Women Incarcerated in Local Confinement Facilities.

(b) In developing the standards and any amendments thereto, the Secretary shall consult with organizations representing local government and local law enforcement, including the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, the North Carolina League of Municipalities, the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association, and the North Carolina Police Executives' Association. The Secretary shall also consult with interested State departments and agencies, including the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Insurance, and the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, and the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission.

(c) Before the standards or any amendments thereto may become effective, they must be approved by the Commission and the Governor. Upon becoming effective, they have the force and effect of law.

(d) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, each dormitory in a county detention facility may house up to 64 inmates as long as the dormitory provides all of the following:

(1) A minimum floor space of 70 square feet per inmate, including both the sleeping and dayroom areas.

(2) One shower per eight inmates, one toilet per eight inmates, one sink with a security mirror per eight inmates, and one water fountain.

(3) A telephone jack or other telephone arrangement provided within the dormitory.

(4) Space designed to allow a variety of activities.

(5) Sufficient seating and tables for all inmates.

(6) A way for officers to observe the entire area from the entrance.

(e) Repealed by S.L. 2022-74, § 9K.2(a), eff. July 11, 2022 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-315-26 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-315-26
§ 113-315.26. Personnel
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint any personnel as deemed necessary who shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce shall have the power to appoint, employ and dismiss any employees deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Article subject to the availability of funds. It is recommended that, to the fullest extent possible, the Secretary of Commerce consult with the Authority on matters of personnel.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A-100 — NC Code / Chapter 113A / Section 113A-100
§ 113A-100. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known as the Coastal Area Management Act of 1974.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-53 — NC Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-53
§ 59-53. Continuation of partnership beyond fixed term
Status: in_force

(a) When a partnership for a fixed term or particular undertaking is continued after the termination of such term or particular undertaking without any express agreement, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at such termination, so far as is consistent with a partnership at will.

(b) A continuation of the business by the partners or such of them as habitually acted therein during the term, without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership affairs, is prima facie evidence of a continuation of the partnership.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-306 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-306
§ 53-306. Trust business of out-of-state trust institution
Status: in_force

An out-of-state trust institution that establishes or acquires and maintains one or more trust offices or representative trust offices in this State under the provisions of this Part or that maintains one or more branches in this State may, subject to the provisions of this Part, conduct any activity through such a trust office, representative trust office, or branch that a State trust company or a State bank is authorized to conduct through a trust office, representative trust office, or branch under the laws of this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-97 — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-97
§ 127A-97. National Guard and naval militia first ordered out
Status: in_force

In all cases the North Carolina National Guard and naval militia as provided for in this Chapter shall be first ordered into service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-164 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-164
§ 54B-164. Loans to one borrower
Status: in_force

(a) The aggregate amount of mortgage loans outstanding granted by an association to any one borrower shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the net withdrawal value of such association's withdrawable accounts or an amount equal to the total net worth of such association, whichever amount is less.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to protect the public, including members, depositors, and stockholders of a State association, the Commissioner of Banks may establish limits on loans to any one borrower if he finds that a State association is operating with unsafe and unsound lending practices. The Commissioner of Banks shall promulgate rules and regulations to govern the establishment of the limits authorized by this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-177 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-177
§ 7A-177. Training course in duties of magistrate
Status: reserved

(a) Within six months of taking the oath of office as a magistrate for the first time, a magistrate is required to attend and satisfactorily complete a course of basic training of at least 40 hours in the civil and criminal duties of a magistrate. The Administrative Office of the Courts is authorized to contract with the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or with any other qualified educational organization to conduct this training, and to reimburse magistrates for travel and subsistence expenses incurred in taking such training.

(b) Repealed by S.L. 2021-146, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2022 .

(b1) Except for the calendar year in which a magistrate completes the course of basic training referenced in subsection (a) of this section, every magistrate shall annually and satisfactorily complete a course of in-service training consisting of at least 12 hours in the civil and criminal duties of a magistrate, including, but not limited to, the following subjects:

(1) Setting conditions of pretrial release.

(2) Impaired driving laws.

(3) Issuing criminal processes.

(4) Issuing search warrants.

(5) Technology.

(6) Orders of protection.

(7) Summary ejectment laws.

The Administrative Office of the Courts is authorized to conduct the training required by this subsection or contract with the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or with any other qualified educational organization to conduct this training. The training may be conducted in person or online. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall adopt policies for the implementation of this subsection.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-11-08 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-11-08
§ 55-11-08. Article 9 to control
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article shall be construed to modify in any manner the provisions or applicability of Article 9.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-86 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-86
§ 147-86. Additional clerical assistance authorized; compensation and duties
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer, by and with the consent and advice of the Governor and Council of State, is authorized to employ an additional clerk in the Treasury Department, whose compensation and duties shall be fixed by the State Treasurer, by and with the consent and advice of the Governor and Council of State. The compensation of such additional clerk as may be employed pursuant to this section shall be paid as other officers and clerks are paid.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-1126 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-1126
§ 160D-1126. Records and reports
Status: in_force

The inspection department shall keep complete and accurate records in convenient form of all applications received, permits issued, inspections and reinspections made, defects found, certificates of compliance or occupancy granted, and all other work and activities of the department. These records shall be kept in the manner and for the periods prescribed by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Periodic reports shall be submitted to the governing board and to the Commissioner of Insurance as they shall by ordinance, rule, or regulation require.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-115 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-115
§ 62-115. Issuance of partnership franchises
Status: in_force

No franchise shall be issued under this Article to two or more persons until the persons have executed a partnership agreement, filed a copy of the agreement with the Commission, and indicated to the Commission, in writing, that they have complied with Article 14A of Chapter 66 of the General Statutes relating to engaging in business under an assumed business name.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-256 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-256
§ 7A-256. Causes docketed and retained in originally designated trial division until transferred
Status: reserved

Upon the institution of any action or proceeding in the General Court of Justice the party instituting it designates upon the face of the originating pleading or other originating paper when filed, which trial division of the General Court of Justice he deems proper for disposition of the cause. The clerk dockets the cause for the trial division so designated and the cause is retained for complete disposition in that division unless thereafter transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Article. If no designation is made the clerk dockets the cause for the superior court division, and the cause is retained for complete disposition in that division unless thereafter transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-33 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-33
§ 7A-33. Supreme Court to prescribe appellate division rules of practice and procedure
Status: in_force

The Supreme Court shall prescribe rules of practice and procedure designed to procure the expeditious and inexpensive disposition of all litigation in the appellate division.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-8-10 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-8-10
§ 55-8-10. Vacancy on board
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on a board of directors, including, without limitation, a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors or from the failure by the shareholders to elect the full authorized number of directors:

(1) The shareholders may fill the vacancy;

(2) The board of directors may fill the vacancy; or

(3) If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors, or by the sole director, remaining in office.

(b) If the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the remaining director or directors elected by that voting group or the holders of shares of that voting group are entitled to fill the vacancy.

(c) A vacancy that will occur upon a specific later date or subsequent event (by reason of a resignation effective upon a later date or subsequent event under G.S. 55-8-07(b) or otherwise) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-132 — NC Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-132
§ 15-132. Person in this State injuring one in another
Status: in_force

If any person, being in this State, unlawfully and willfully puts in motion a force from the effect of which any person is injured while in another state, the person so setting such force in motion shall be guilty of the same offense in this State as he would be if the effect had taken place within this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-30-305 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-30-305
§ 58-30-305. Subordination of claims for noncooperation
Status: in_force

If an ancillary receiver in another state or foreign country, whether called by that name or not, fails to transfer to the domiciliary liquidator in this State any assets within his control other than special deposits, diminished only by the expenses of the ancillary receivership, if any, the claims filed in the ancillary receivership, other than special deposit claims or secured claims shall be placed in the class of claims under G.S. 58-30-220(5) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162A-15 — NC Code / Chapter 162A / Section 162A-15
§ 162A-15. Services to authority by private water companies; records of water taken by authority; reports to the Commission
Status: in_force

Each private water company which is supplying water to the owners, lessees or tenants of real property which is or will be served by any sewer system of an authority is authorized to act as the billing and collecting agent of the authority for any rates, fees or charges imposed by the authority for the services rendered by such sewer system. Any such company shall, if requested by an authority furnish to the authority copies of its regular periodic meter reading and water consumption records and other pertinent data as may be required for the authority to act as its own billing and collecting agent. The authority shall pay to such water company the reasonable additional cost of clerical services and other expenses incurred by the water company in rendering such services to the authority. The authority shall by means of suitable measuring and recording devices and facilities record the quantity of water taken daily by it from any stream or reservoir and make monthly reports of such daily recordings to the Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-38 — NC Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-38
§ 59-38. Partnership property
Status: in_force

(a) All property originally brought into the partnership stock or subsequently acquired by purchase or otherwise, on account of the partnership, is partnership property.

(b) Unless the contrary intention appears, property acquired with partnership funds is partnership property.

(c) Any estate in real property may be acquired in the partnership name. Title so acquired can be conveyed only in the partnership name.

(d) A conveyance to a partnership in the partnership name, though without words of inheritance, passes the entire estate of the grantor unless a contrary intent appears.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-277-13 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-277-13
§ 105-277.13. Taxation of improvements on brownfields
Status: in_force

(a) Qualifying improvements on brownfields properties are designated a special class of property under Article V, Sec. 2(2) of the North Carolina Constitution and shall be appraised, assessed, and taxed in accordance with this section. An owner of land is entitled to the partial exclusion provided by this section for the first five taxable years beginning after completion of qualifying improvements made after the later of July 1, 2000, or the date of the brownfields agreement. After property has qualified for the exclusion provided by this section, the assessor for the county in which the property is located shall annually appraise the improvements made to the property during the period of time that the owner is entitled to the exclusion.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the terms “ qualifying improvements on brownfields properties ” and “ qualifying improvements ” mean improvements made to real property that is subject to a brownfields agreement entered into by the Department of Environmental Quality and the owner pursuant to G.S. 130A-310.32 .

(c) The following table establishes the percentage of the appraised value of the qualified improvements that is excluded based on the taxable year:

Year

Percent of Appraised Value Excluded

Year 1

90%

Year 2

75%

Year 3

50%

Year 4

30%

Year 5

10%.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-25 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-25
§ 113-25. Notice to Department before beginning business of manufacturing products from mineral resources of State
Status: in_force

Every person, firm or corporation engaging in the manufacture or production of any product from any natural resources, classified as mineral products, shall before beginning such operation, or if already engaged in such business, within 90 days after March 9, 1927, notify the Department of its intention to begin or continue such business, and also notify said Department of the product or products it intends to produce.

Every person, firm or corporation now engaged or hereafter engaging in the manufacture or production of any product from any natural resources of the State classified as mineral products, shall notify the Department when such person, firm or corporation shall discontinue such manufacture or production.

Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall only be fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not less than five dollars ($5.00), in the discretion of the court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47H-5 — NC Code / Chapter 47H / Section 47H-5
§ 47H-5. Periodic statements of account
Status: in_force

The seller shall provide the purchaser with a statement of account at least once every 12-month period for the term of a contract for deed. The statement must include at least the following information:

(1) The amount paid under the contract.

(2) The remaining amount owed under the contract.

(3) The number of payments remaining under the contract.

(4) The amounts paid to taxing authorities, if paid or collected by the seller or the purchaser.

(5) The amounts paid to insure the property on the purchaser's behalf, if collected by the seller.

(6) If the property has been damaged and the seller has received insurance proceeds, an accounting of the proceeds applied to the property.

(7) If the property is encumbered by a lien or mortgage pursuant to G.S. 47H-6 , the outstanding balance of the loan that is secured by the property.