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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-45 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-45
§ 153A-45. Adoption of ordinances
Status: in_force

To be adopted at the meeting at which it is first introduced, an ordinance or any action having the effect of an ordinance (except the budget ordinance, any bond order, or any other ordinance on which a public hearing must be held before the ordinance may be adopted) must receive the approval of all the members of the board of commissioners. If the ordinance is approved by a majority of those voting but not by all the members of the board, or if the ordinance is not voted on at that meeting, it shall be considered at the next regular meeting of the board. If it then or at any time thereafter within 100 days of its introduction receives a majority of the votes cast, a quorum being present, the ordinance is adopted.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-5-01 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-5-01
§ 55A-5-01. Registered office and registered agent
Status: in_force

Each corporation must maintain a registered office and registered agent as required by Article 4 of Chapter 55D of the General Statutes and is subject to service on the Secretary of State under that Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-16-6 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-16-6
§ 58-16-6. Conditions of continued licensure
Status: in_force

In order for a foreign insurance company to continue to be licensed, it shall report any changes in the documents filed under G.S. 58-16-5(1) or G.S. 58-16-5(5) ; maintain the amounts of capital and surplus specified in G.S. 58-16-5(2) ; and remain in compliance with G.S. 58-16-5(6) , (7) , and (8) and with G.S. 58-7-46 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-251 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-251
§ 7A-251. Appeal from clerk to judge
Status: in_force

(a) In all matters properly cognizable in the superior court division which are heard originally before the clerk of superior court, appeals lie to the judge of superior court having jurisdiction from all orders and judgments of the clerk for review in all matters of law or legal inference, in accordance with the procedure provided in Chapter 1 of the General Statutes .

(b) In all matters properly cognizable in the district court division which are heard originally before the clerk of superior court, appeals lie to the judge of district court having jurisdiction from all orders and judgments of the clerk for review in all matters of law or legal inference, in accordance with the procedure provided in Chapter 1 of the General Statutes .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-229-9 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-229-9
§ 95-229.9. Notification
Status: in_force

(a) When any person desires to carry on any work in closer proximity to any high-voltage line than permitted by G.S. 95-229.7(a) , the person responsible for the work to be done shall notify the owner or operator of the high-voltage line prior to the time the work is to be commenced. Such notification shall occur at the earliest practical time; however, such notification shall occur not less than 48 hours, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and legal State and federal holidays, prior to the intended work. In emergency situations, including police, fire, and rescue emergencies, such notification shall occur as soon as possible under the circumstances. In cases where the person or business entity responsible for doing the work is doing so under contract or agreement with a government entity, and the government entity and the owner or operator of the lines have already made satisfactory mutual arrangements, further arrangements for that particular work are not required.

(b) Every notice served by any person on an owner or operator of a high-voltage line shall contain the following information:

(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the individual serving such notice;

(2) The location of the proposed work;

(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the person responsible for the work;

(4) The field telephone number of the site of such work, if one is available;

(5) The type, duration, and extent of the proposed work;

(6) The name of the person for whom the proposed work is being performed;

(7) The time and date of the notice; and

(8) The approximate date and time when the work is to begin.

(c) If the notification required by this Article is made by telephone, a record of the information in subsection (b) of this section shall be maintained by the owner or operator notified and the person giving the notice to document compliance with the requirements of this Article.

(d) Owners or operators of high-voltage lines may form and operate an association providing for mutual receipt of notification of activities close to high-voltage lines in a specified area. In areas where an association is formed, the following shall occur:

(1) Notification to the association shall be effected as set forth in this section.

(2) Owners or operators of high-voltage lines in the area:

a. May become members of the association;

b. May participate in and receive the services furnished by the association; and

c. Shall pay their proportionate share of the cost for the services furnished.

(3) The association whose members or participants have high-voltage lines within a county shall file a list containing the name, address, and telephone number of every member and participating owner or operator of high-voltage lines with the clerk of superior court.

(4) If notification is made by telephone, an adequate record of the information required by subsection (b) of this section shall be maintained by the association to document compliance with the requirements of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-56-52 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-56-52
§ 58-56-52. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

(a) No insurance company shall act as a third party administrator with respect to residents of this State, or residents of another state from offices in this State, in connection with life or health insurance or annuities unless that insurance company is authorized to do the business of insurance in this State and otherwise complies with the applicable laws of this State.

(b) No insurance company shall enter into an agreement with an unauthorized insurance company to provide administrative services for residents of this State, or residents of another state from offices in this State, in connection with life or health insurance or annuities that would subject the unauthorized insurer to this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-179-6 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-179-6
§ 143B-179.6. Interagency Coordinating Council for Children with Disabilities from Birth to Five Years of Age; agency cooperation
Status: in_force

All appropriate agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Instruction, and other public and private service providers shall cooperate with the Council in carrying out its mandate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-63 — NC Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65-63
§ 65-63. Requirements for perpetual care fund
Status: in_force

A cemetery company may not cause or permit advertising of a perpetual care fund in connection with the sale or offer for sale of its property unless the amount deposited in the fund is at least one hundred dollars ($100.00) or ten percent (10%) of the retail sale price, whichever is greater, per grave space, niche, or mausoleum crypt sold. Nothing may prohibit an individual cemetery from requiring a perpetual care deposit for grave memorial markers to be deposited in the perpetual care fund so long as the same assessment is uniformly applied to all grave memorial markers installed in the cemetery.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-495 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-495
§ 58-10-495. Captive insurance companies reinsuring life insurance policies
Status: in_force

(a) A captive insurance company that reinsures life insurance policies, including term, universal, and variable life policies, and related guarantees and riders, shall maintain reserves that are actuarially sufficient to support the liabilities incurred by the captive insurance company in reinsuring life insurance policies.

(b) For purposes of the annual report required pursuant to G.S. 58-10-405 , a captive insurance company described by subsection (a) of this section shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) If the company uses statutory accounting principles, it shall submit the annual report in the form of the annual statement approved by the NAIC for life insurers, as modified or supplemented by the Commissioner, unless the Commissioner requires or approves a different form of annual report.

(2) If the company uses generally accepted accounting principles, including any appropriate modifications or adaptations thereto approved by the Commissioner, it shall submit the annual report in a form approved by the Commissioner.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-463 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-463
§ 105-463. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known as the First One-Cent (1¢) Local Government Sales and Use Tax Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-165-8 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-165-8
§ 163-165.8. Voting systems: powers and duties of board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners, with the approval of the county board of elections, may adopt and acquire only a voting system of a type, make, and model certified by the State Board of Elections for use in some or all voting places in the county at some or all elections.

The board of county commissioners may decline to adopt and acquire any voting system recommended by the county board of elections but may not adopt and acquire any voting system that has not been approved by the county board of elections. Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes does not apply to the purchase of a voting system certified by the State Board of Elections.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-801 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-801
§ 106-801. Purpose
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that certain limitations on the siting of swine houses and lagoons for swine farms can assist in the development of pork production, which contributes to the economic development of the State, by lessening the interference with the use and enjoyment of adjoining property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-251 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-251
§ 115C-251. Transportation supervisors
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall from time to time adopt such rules and regulations with regard to the qualifications of persons employed by local boards of education as chief mechanic or supervisor of transportation as it shall deem necessary or desirable for the purpose of assuring the proper maintenance and safety of school buses. A local board of education shall not employ any person as chief mechanic or supervisor of transportation if that person does not meet the qualifications established by the State Board.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-135 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-135
§ 15A-135. Allegation of venue conclusive in absence of timely motion
Status: in_force

Allegations of venue in any criminal pleading become conclusive in the absence of a timely motion to dismiss for improper venue under G.S. 15A-952 . A defendant may move to dismiss for improper venue upon trial de novo in superior court, provided he did not in the district court with benefit of counsel stipulate venue or expressly waive his right to contest venue.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47A-9 — NC Code / Chapter 47A / Section 47A-9
§ 47A-9. Maintenance, repair and improvements to common areas and facilities; access to units for repairs
Status: in_force

The necessary work of maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and facilities and the making of any additions or improvements thereto shall be carried out only as provided herein and in the bylaws. The association of unit owners shall have the irrevocable right, to be exercised by the manager or board of directors, or other managing body as provided in the bylaws, to have access to each unit from time to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement of any of the common areas and facilities therein or accessible therefrom, or for making emergency repairs therein necessary to prevent damage to the common areas and facilities or to another unit or units.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-108-24 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-108-24
§ 47-108.24. Notices of sale for taxes by publication validated
Status: in_force

All sales of real property under tax certificate foreclosures made between January 1, 1927, and March 13, 1937, where the original notice of sale was published for four successive weeks, and any notice of resale was published for two successive weeks, preceding said sales, whether the notice of sale was required to be published in a newspaper or at courthouse door, or both, shall be, and the same are in all respects validated as to publication of said notice: Provided said publication was completed as above set out within 10 days of the date of the sale.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Counties of Alleghany, Beaufort, Cabarrus, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Currituck, Halifax, Harnett, Henderson, Hertford, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Macon, Mitchell, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Perquimans, Pitt, Polk, Rowan, Rutherford, Scotland, Surry, Wake, Warren, Washington, and Wayne.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-352 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-352
§ 130A-352. Creation and purpose of mosquito control districts
Status: in_force

For the purpose of protecting and promoting the public health and welfare by providing for the control of mosquitoes and other arthropods of public health significance, mosquito control districts may be created in accordance with the provisions of this Part. A mosquito control district may be comprised of one or more contiguous counties or contiguous parts of one or more counties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-79-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-79-1
§ 58-79-1. Fires investigated; reports; records
Status: in_force

The Director of the State Bureau of Investigation, through the State Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and the chief of the fire department, or chief of police where there is no chief of the fire department, in municipalities and towns, and the county fire marshal and the sheriff of the county and the chief of the rural fire department where such fire occurs outside of a municipality, are hereby authorized to investigate the cause, origin, and circumstances of every fire occurring in such municipalities or counties in which property has been destroyed or damaged, and shall specially make investigation whether the fire was the result of carelessness or design. A preliminary investigation shall be made by the chief of fire department or chief of police, where there is no chief of fire department in municipalities, and by the county fire marshal and the sheriff of the county or the chief of the rural fire department where such fire occurs outside of a municipality, and must be begun within three days, exclusive of Sunday, of the occurrence of the fire, and the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation, through the State Bureau of Investigation, shall have the right to supervise and direct the investigation when he deems it expedient or necessary.

The officer making the investigation of fires shall forthwith notify the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation, and must within one week of the occurrence of the fire furnish to the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation a written statement of all facts relating to the cause and origin of the fire, the kind, value and ownership of the property destroyed, and such other information as is called for by the forms provided by the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation. Departments capable of submitting the required information by the utilization of computers and related equipment, by means of an approved format of standard punch cards, magnetic tapes or an approved telecommunications system, may do so in lieu of the submission of the written statement as provided for in this section. The Director of the State Bureau of Investigation shall keep in his office a record of all reports submitted pursuant to this section. These reports shall at all times be open to public inspection.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-109-2 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-109-2
§ 7A-109.2. Records of dispositions in criminal cases; impaired driving integrated data system
Status: in_force

(a) Each clerk of superior court shall ensure that all records of dispositions in criminal cases, including those records filed electronically, contain all the essential information about the case, including the the name of the presiding judge and the attorneys representing the State and the defendant.

(b) In addition to the information required by subsection (a) of this section for all offenses involving impaired driving as defined by G.S. 20-4.01 , all charges of driving while license revoked for an impaired driving license revocation as defined by G.S. 20-28.2 , and any other violation of the motor vehicle code involving the operation of a vehicle and the possession, consumption, use, or transportation of alcoholic beverages, the clerk shall include in the electronic records the following information:

(1) The reasons for any pretrial dismissal by the court.

(2) The alcohol concentration reported by the charging officer or chemical analyst, if any.

(3) The reasons for any suppression of evidence.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-216 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-216
§ 66-216. Enforcement
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall enforce this Article and may recover a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation of this Article and may seek equitable relief to restrain the violation of this Article. The clear proceeds of civil penalties provided for in this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-318 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-318
§ 105-318. Forms for listing, appraising, and assessing property
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue may design and prescribe the books and forms to be used throughout the State in the listing, appraising, and assessing of property for taxation. If the board exercises the authority granted by the preceding sentence, it is authorized to make arrangements for the purchase and distribution of approved books and forms through the Division of Purchase and Contract, the cost thereof to be billed to the counties. If the Department does not exercise the authority granted by the first sentence of this section, each county and municipality shall submit the books and forms it proposes to adopt for these purposes to the Department for approval before they are employed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-171-1 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-171-1
§ 113-171.1. Use of spotter planes in commercial fishing operations regulated
Status: in_force

(a) Spotter Plane Defined.--A “spotter plane” is an aircraft used for aerial identification of the location of fish in coastal fishing waters so that a vessel may be directed to the fish.

(b) License.--Before an aircraft is used as a spotter plane in a commercial fishing operation, the owner or operator of the aircraft must obtain a license for the aircraft from the Division. The fee for a license for a spotter plane is one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00). An applicant for a license for a spotter plane shall include in the application the identity, either by boat or by company, of the specific commercial fishing operations in which the spotter plane will be used during the license year. If, during the course of the license year, the aircraft is used as a spotter plane in a commercial fishing operation that is not identified in the original license application, the owner or operator of the aircraft shall amend the license application to add the identity of the additional commercial fishing operation.

(c) Unlawful Activity.--It shall be unlawful to:

(1) Use a spotter plane directed at food fish, except in connection with a purse seine operation authorized by a rule of the Commission.

(2) Use or permit the use of an unlicensed spotter plane or a licensed spotter plane whose license application does not identify the specific commercial fishing operation involved.

(3) Participate knowingly in a commercial fishing operation that uses an unlicensed spotter plane or a licensed spotter plane whose license application does not identify the specific commercial fishing operation involved.

(d) Violation a Misdemeanor.--A violation of subsection (c) of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-121 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-121
§ 95-121. Inspections and reports
Status: in_force

The Commissioner may cause to be made such inspections of the construction, operation, and maintenance of passenger tramways as he shall deem to be reasonably necessary. If, as the result of an inspection, it is found that a violation of the Commissioner's rules and regulations exists, or a condition in passenger tramway construction, operation or maintenance exists, which endangers safety of the public, an immediate report shall be made to the Commissioner for appropriate investigation and order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-9-4 — NC Code / Chapter 143C / Section 143C-9-4
§ 143C-9-4. Biennial fee report
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of State Budget and Management shall prepare a report biennially on the fees charged by each State department, bureau, division, board, commission, institution, and agency during the previous two fiscal years. The report shall include the statutory or regulatory authority for each fee, the amount of the fee, when the amount of the fee was last changed, the number of times the fee was collected during the prior fiscal year, and the total receipts from the fee during the prior fiscal year.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to The University of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-112 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-112
§ 120-112. Title
Status: in_force

This Article may be cited as the “Legislative Actuarial Note Act”.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-151 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-151
§ 62-151. Passenger refusing to pay fare or violating rules may be ejected
Status: in_force

If any passenger shall refuse to pay his fare, or be or become intoxicated, or violate the rules of a common carrier, it shall be lawful for the driver of the bus or other conveyance, and servants of the carrier, on stopping the conveyance, to put him and his baggage out of the conveyance, using no unnecessary force.