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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-244-102 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-244-102
§ 53-244.102. Continuing education for mortgage loan originators
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed mortgage loan originator shall annually complete at least eight hours of continuing education approved in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, including:

(1) Three hours of federal law and regulations;

(2) Two hours of ethics, including instruction on fraud, consumer protection, and fair lending issues;

(3) Two hours of training related to lending standards for nontraditional mortgage products; and

(4) One hour of North Carolina law and regulations.

(b) Continuing education courses shall be reviewed and approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry based upon reasonable standards. Approval of a continuing education course shall include approval of the course provider.

(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude any continuing education course, approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, that is provided by the employer of the mortgage loan originator or an entity affiliated with the mortgage loan originator by an agency contract, or any subsidiary or affiliate of such employer or entity. Continuing education may be offered either in a classroom, online, or by any other means approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(d) A licensed mortgage loan originator:

(1) Except for G.S. 53-244.070(a) and subsection (e) of this section, may receive credit for a continuing education course taken prior to the end of the reinstatement period under G.S. 53-244.101(d) ; and

(2) May not take the same approved course in the same or successive years to meet the annual requirements for continuing education.

(e) A licensed mortgage loan originator who is an approved instructor of an approved continuing education course may receive credit for the licensed mortgage loan originator's own annual continuing education requirement at the rate of two hours credit for every one hour taught.

(f) A licensee having successfully completed the education requirements approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry in subdivisions (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of this section for any state shall be accepted as credit toward completion of continuing education requirements in North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-291 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-291
§ 153A-291. Cooperation between the Department of Transportation and any county in establishing or operating solid waste disposal facilities
Status: in_force

A county and the Department of Transportation may enter into an agreement under which the Department of Transportation will make available to the county the use of equipment and prison and other labor in order to establish or operate solid waste disposal facilities within the county. The county shall reimburse the Department of Transportation for the cost of providing the equipment and labor. The agreement shall specify the work to be done thereunder and shall set forth the basis for reimbursement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-1312 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-1312
§ 160D-1312. Acquisition and disposition of property for redevelopment
Status: reserved

Any local government is authorized, either as a part of a community development program or independently thereof, and without the necessity of compliance with the Urban Redevelopment Law, to exercise the following powers:

(1) To acquire, by voluntary purchase from the owner or owners, real property that meets any of the following criteria:

a. Blighted, deteriorated, deteriorating, undeveloped, or inappropriately developed from the standpoint of sound community development and growth.

b. Appropriate for rehabilitation or conservation activities.

c. Appropriate for housing construction or the economic development of the community.

d. Appropriate for the preservation or restoration of historic sites, the beautification of urban land, the conservation of open space, natural resources, and scenic areas, the provision of recreational opportunities, or the guidance of urban development.

(2) To clear, demolish, remove, or rehabilitate buildings and improvements on land so acquired.

(3) To retain property so acquired for public purposes, or to dispose, through sale, lease, or otherwise, of any property so acquired to any person, firm, corporation, or governmental unit, provided the disposition of such property shall be undertaken in accordance with the procedures of Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, or the procedures of G.S. 160A-514 , or any applicable local act or charter provision modifying such procedures, or subdivision (4) of this section.

(4) To sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer real property or any interest therein in a community development project area to any redeveloper at private sale for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other uses or for public use in accordance with the community development plan, subject to such covenants, conditions, and restrictions as may be deemed to be in the public interest or to carry out the purposes of this Article, provided that the sale, exchange, or other transfer, and any agreement relating thereto, may be made only after approval of the governing board and after a legislative hearing. A notice of the hearing shall be given once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the local government's planning and development jurisdiction area, the notice shall be published the first time not less than 10 days nor more than 25 days preceding the hearing, and the notice shall disclose the terms of the sale, exchange, or transfer. At the hearing, the appraised value of the property to be sold, exchanged, or transferred shall be disclosed, and the consideration for the conveyance shall not be less than the appraised value.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-249-1 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-249-1
§ 115C-249.1. Purchase of tires for school buses; repair or refurbishment of tires for school buses
Status: in_force

(a) Definitions.--The following terms apply in this section:

(1) Critical tire information.--Tire brand name, tire line name, tire identification numbers, load and pressure markings, tire size designation, service descriptions such as load and speed ratings, and other information and specifications placed on the original tire sidewall by the original tire manufacturer.

(2) School bus.--A vehicle as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27) m. and G.S. 20-4.01(27) n. that is owned, rented, or leased by a local board of education.

(b) Forensic Tire Standards.--In order to preserve critical tire information, a local board of education shall procure and install for school buses only tires that possess the original, unaltered, and uncovered tire sidewall. Furthermore, a local board of education shall not execute a contract for the repair or refurbishment of tires for school buses that provides for the removal, covering, or other alteration in any manner of the critical tire information contained on the original tire sidewall.

(c) Tire Purchase and Contract Standards Applicability.--All contracts for the purchase, repair, or refurbishment of tires for school buses, or contracts for the purchase of products or services related to the repair or refurbishment of tires for school buses, executed on or after the date this section becomes effective shall comply with the provisions of this section.

(d) Exemption.--Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a local board of education that owns or has a legally binding contract in place for the future purchase of tires having altered or covered sidewalls prior to the date that this section becomes effective shall perform its existing contractual obligations related thereto and may continue to use those tires on school buses for the useful life of the retreaded tire.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-72-2 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-72-2
§ 14-72.2. Unauthorized use of a motor-propelled conveyance
Status: in_force

(a) A person is guilty of an offense under this section if, without the express or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession, he takes or operates an aircraft, motorboat, motor vehicle, or other motor-propelled conveyance of another.

(b) Unauthorized use of an aircraft is a Class H felony. All other unauthorized use of a motor-propelled conveyance is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(c) Unauthorized use of a motor-propelled conveyance shall be a lesser-included offense of unauthorized use of an aircraft.

(d) As used in this section, “owner” means any person with a property interest in the motor-propelled conveyance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-395 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-395
§ 14-395. Commercialization of American Legion emblem; wearing by nonmembers
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for anyone not a member of the American Legion, an organization consisting of ex-members of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, who served as members of such organizations in the recent world war, to wear upon his or her person the recognized emblem of the American Legion, or to use the said emblem for advertising purposes, or to commercialize the same in any way whatsoever; or to use the said emblem in display upon his or her property or place of business, or at any place whatsoever. Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-10-1 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-10-1
§ 14-10.1. Terrorism
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, the term “ act of violence ” means a violation of G.S. 14-17 ; a felony punishable pursuant to G.S. 14-18 ; any felony offense in this Chapter that includes an assault, or use of violence or force against a person; any felony offense that includes either the threat or use of any explosive or incendiary device; or any offense that includes the threat or use of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon of mass destruction.

(b) A person is guilty of the separate offense of terrorism if the person commits an act of violence with the intent to do either of the following:

(1) Intimidate the civilian population at large, or an identifiable group of the civilian population.

(2) Influence, through intimidation, the conduct or activities of the government of the United States, a state, or any unit of local government.

(c) A violation of this section is a felony that is one class higher than the offense which is the underlying act of violence, except that a violation is a Class B1 felony if the underlying act of violence is a Class A or Class B1 felony offense. A violation of this section is a separate offense from the underlying offense and shall not merge with other offenses.

(d) All real and personal property of every kind used or intended for use in the course of, derived from, or realized through an offense punishable pursuant to this Article shall be subject to lawful seizure and forfeiture to the State as set forth in G.S. 14-2.3 and G.S. 14-7.20 . However, the forfeiture of any real or personal property shall be subordinate to any security interest in the property taken by a lender in good faith as collateral for the extension of credit and recorded as provided by law, and no real or personal property shall be forfeited under this section against an owner who made a bona fide purchase of the property, or a person with rightful possession of the property, without knowledge of a violation of this Article.

(e) Any person whose property or person is injured by reason of a violation of this section may sue for and recover treble damages, costs, and attorneys' fees pursuant to G.S. 1-539.2D .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27-35 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-27-35
§ 14-27.35. No presumption as to incapacity
Status: in_force

In prosecutions under this Article, there shall be no presumption that any person under the age of 14 years is physically incapable of committing a sex offense of any degree or physically incapable of committing rape, or that a male child under the age of 14 years is incapable of engaging in sexual intercourse.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86B-32 — NC Code / Chapter 86B / Section 86B-32
§ 86B-32. Persons exempt from the provisions of this Article
Status: in_force

The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this Article while engaged in the proper discharge of their duties:

(1) Persons authorized under the laws of the State to practice medicine and surgery, and those working under their supervision.

(2) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States Army or other components of the Armed Forces of the United States, and those working under their supervision.

(3) Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses and those working under their supervision.

(4) Licensed embalmers and funeral directors and those working under their supervision.

(5) Persons who are working in licensed cosmetic shops or beauty schools and are licensed by the State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners pursuant to Chapter 88B of the General Statutes.

(6) Persons who are working in barbershops and are licensed by the State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners pursuant to Chapter 88B of the General Statutes, provided that those persons shall comply with G.S. 86B-31 .

(7) Inmates under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-24 — NC Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-24
§ 29-24. Presumption of gift
Status: in_force

A gratuitous inter vivos transfer is presumed to be an absolute gift and not an advancement unless shown to be an advancement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-567-49 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-567-49
§ 1-567.49. Determination of rules of procedure
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article, the parties may agree on the procedure to be followed by the arbitral tribunal in conducting the proceedings.

(b) If there is no agreement under subsection (a) of this section, subject to the provisions of this Article, the tribunal shall select the rules for conducting the arbitration after hearing all the parties and taking particular reference to model rules developed by arbitration institutions or similar sources. If the tribunal is unable to decide on rules for conducting the arbitration, upon application by a party, the court may order use of rules for conducting the arbitration, taking particular reference to model rules developed by arbitration institutions or similar sources. In other matters not covered by rules, the tribunal shall conduct the arbitration in such manner as it considers appropriate. The power conferred upon the arbitral tribunal includes the power to order such discovery as it deems necessary and to determine the admissibility, relevance, materiality, and weight of any evidence. Evidence need not be limited by the rules of evidence applicable in judicial proceedings, except as to immunities and privilege. Each party shall have the burden of proving the facts relied on to support its claim, counterclaim, setoff, or defense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-75 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-75
§ 50-75. Judgment on collaborative law settlement agreement
Status: in_force

A party is entitled to an entry of judgment or order to effectuate the terms of a collaborative law settlement agreement if the agreement is signed by each party to the agreement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-31 — NC Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41-31
§ 41-31. Nonvested easements
Status: in_force

A nonvested easement in gross becomes invalid if it does not actually vest within 30 years after its creation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1235 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1235
§ 35A-1235. One bond sufficient when several wards have estate in common
Status: in_force

When the same person is appointed guardian for two or more minors or incompetent persons possessed of one estate in common, the clerk may take one bond only in such case, upon which each of the wards or their heirs or personal representatives may have a separate action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-12-15 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-12-15
§ 14-12.15. Punishment for violation of Article
Status: in_force

All persons violating any of the provisions of this Article, except for G.S. 14-12.12(b) , 14-12.13 , and 14-12.14 , shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. All persons violating the provisions of G.S. 14-12.12(b) , 14-12.13 , and 14-12.14 shall be punished as a Class H felon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 76-45 — NC Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76-45
§ 76-45. Bond of pilot
Status: reserved

Every person, before he obtains a commission or a branch to be a pilot, shall give bond with two sufficient sureties payable to the State of North Carolina, in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), with condition for the due and faithful discharge of his duties, and the duties of his apprentices; and the body appointing such pilot may, from time to time, and as often as they may deem it necessary, enlarge the penalty of the bond, or require new and additional bonds to be given; and every bond taken of a pilot shall be filed with, and preserved by, the said body appointing such pilot in trust for every person that shall be injured by the neglect or misconduct of such pilot, or his apprentices; who may severally bring suit thereon for the damage by each one sustained.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1118 — NC Code / Chapter 18B / Section 18B-1118
§ 18B-1118. Purchase restrictions
Status: in_force

The holder of a malt beverage wholesaler, wine wholesaler, malt beverage importer, wine importer, or bottler permit may not purchase malt beverages or wine for resale in this State from a nonresident who does not have the proper nonresident vendor permit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-524 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-524
§ 25-9-524. Delay by filing office
Status: in_force

Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this Part is excused if:

(1) The delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond control of the filing office; and

(2) The filing office exercises reasonable diligence under the circumstances.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1108 — NC Code / Chapter 18B / Section 18B-1108
§ 18B-1108. Authorization of malt beverages importer permit
Status: in_force

The holder of a malt beverages importer permit may:

(1) Import malt beverages from outside the United States in closed containers;

(2) Store those malt beverages;

(3) Sell those malt beverages to malt beverage wholesalers for purposes of resale.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-2-5 — NC Code / Chapter 143C / Section 143C-2-5
§ 143C-2-5. Grants and contracts database
Status: in_force

(a) The Director of the Budget shall require the Office of State Budget and Management, with the support of the Department of Information Technology, to build and maintain a database and Web site for providing a single, searchable Web site on State spending for grants and contracts to be known as NC OpenBook.

(b) The head of each State institution, department, bureau, agency, or commission, or a designee, shall conduct a quarterly review of all State contracts and grants administered by that agency.

(c) All State institutions, departments, bureaus, agencies, or commissions that maintain a Web site shall be required to include an access link to the NC OpenBook Web site on the home page of the agency Web site. Each agency shall also prominently display a search engine on the agency Web site home page to allow for ease of searching for information, including contracts and grants, on the agency's Web site.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-8-05 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-8-05
§ 55A-8-05. Terms of directors generally
Status: reserved

(a) The articles of incorporation or bylaws may specify the terms of directors. In the absence of a contrary provision in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, the term of each director shall be one year, and directors may serve successive terms.

(b) A decrease in the number of directors or term of office does not shorten an incumbent director's term.

(c) Except as provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws:

(1) The term of a director filling a vacancy in the office of a director elected by members expires at the next election of directors by members; and

(2) The term of a director filling any other vacancy expires at the end of the unexpired term that such director is filling.

(d) Despite the expiration of a director's term, the director continues to serve until the director's successor is elected, designated, or appointed and qualifies, or until there is a decrease in the number of directors.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-88 — NC Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75-88
§ 75-88. Public disclosure
Status: in_force

Any refiner or terminal supplier computing prevailing price under the provisions of G.S. 75-81(4)(a)(i) or (ii) shall be required to publicly disclose said price.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-80 — NC Code / Chapter 90A / Section 90A-80
§ 90A-80. Investigation of complaints
Status: in_force

(a) Misconduct.--A person may refer to the Board charges of fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetence, or misconduct against any certified contractor or inspector. The charges shall be in writing and sworn to by the complainant and submitted to the Board. These charges, unless dismissed without a hearing by the Board as unfounded or trivial, shall be heard and determined by the Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes. An association that receives professional recognition of its own certification process by the Board shall be responsible for the conduct and competency of its members.

(b) Records.--The Board shall establish and maintain detailed records regarding complaints concerning each certified contractor or inspector. The records shall include those certified by recognized associations. The records shall also detail the levels of certification held by each contractor or inspector.

(c) Notification.--The Board shall provide local health departments with notification of changes in certifications, complaints, suspensions, or reinstatements under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-159-9 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-159-9
§ 14-159.9. Entrance on navigable waters, etc., for purpose of fishing, hunting or trapping not prohibited
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit the entrance of any person upon navigable waters and the bays and sounds adjoining such waters for the purpose of fishing, hunting or trapping.