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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-270-95 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-270-95
§ 90-270.95. Qualifications of applicants for examination; application; fee
Status: in_force

Any person who desires to be licensed under this Article and who:

(1) Is of good moral character;

(2) If an applicant for physical therapy licensure, has been graduated from a physical therapy program accredited by an agency recognized by either the U.S. Office of Education or the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation; and

(3) If an applicant for physical therapist assistant licensure, has been graduated from a physical therapist assistant educational program accredited by an agency recognized by either the U.S. Office of Education or the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation;

may make application on a form furnished by the Board for examination for licensure as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant. At the time of making such application, the applicant shall pay to the secretary-treasurer of the Board the fee prescribed by the Board, no portion of which shall be returned.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-117-2 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-117-2
§ 90-117.2. Records and transcripts
Status: in_force

The said Board shall keep a record of its transactions at all annual or special meetings and shall provide a record book in which shall be entered the names and proficiency of all persons to whom licenses may be granted under the provisions of law. The said book shall show, also, the license number and the date upon which such license was issued and shall show such other matters as in the opinion of the Board may be necessary or proper. Said book shall be deemed a book of record of said Board and a transcript of any entry therein or a certification that there is not entered therein the name, proficiency and license number or date of granting such license, certified under the hand of the secretary-treasurer, attested by the seal of the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry, shall be admitted as evidence in any court of this State when the same shall otherwise be competent.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-15-20 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-15-20
§ 55-15-20. Withdrawal of foreign corporation
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State may not withdraw from this State until it obtains a certificate of withdrawal from the Secretary of State.

(b) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing. The application must set forth:

(1) The name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;

(2) That it is not transacting business in this State and that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this State;

(3) That the corporation revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service of process and consents that service of process in any action or proceeding based upon any cause of action arising in this State, or arising out of business transacted in this State, during the time the corporation was authorized to transact business in this State may thereafter be made on such corporation by service thereof on the Secretary of State;

(4) A mailing address to which the Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process served on the Secretary of State under subdivision (3); and

(5) A commitment to file with the Secretary of State a statement of any subsequent change in its mailing address.

(b1) If the Secretary of State finds that such application conforms to law, he shall:

(1) Endorse on the application and an exact or conformed copy thereof the word “filed”, and the hour, day, month and year of the filing thereof;

(2) File the application in his office;

(3) Issue a certificate of withdrawal to which he shall affix the exact or conformed copy of the application; and

(4) Send to the foreign corporation or its representative the certificate of withdrawal together with the exact or conformed copy of the application affixed thereto.

(c) After the withdrawal of the foreign corporation is effective, service of process on the Secretary of State in accordance with subsection (b) of this section shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the Secretary of State, or with any clerk authorized by the Secretary of State to accept service of process, duplicate copies of the process and the fee required by G.S. 55-1-22(b) . Upon receipt of process in the manner provided in this subsection, the Secretary of State shall immediately mail a copy of the process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the foreign corporation at the mailing address designated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15C-5 — NC Code / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-5
§ 15C-5. Change of name, address, or telephone number
Status: in_force

(a) A program participant shall notify the Attorney General within 30 days after the program participant has obtained a legal name change by providing the Attorney General a certified copy of any judgment or order evidencing the change or any other documentation the Attorney General deems to be sufficient evidence of the name change. If the program participant fails to notify the Attorney General of a name change in the manner provided in this subsection, the Attorney General shall cancel the certification of the program participant in the Program.

(b) A program participant shall notify the Attorney General of a change in address or telephone number from the address or telephone number listed for the program participant on the application at least seven days before the change occurs. If the program participant fails to notify the Attorney General of a change in address or telephone number in the manner provided in this subsection, the Attorney General shall cancel the certification of the program participant in the Program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-53 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-53
§ 54C-53. Power of Commissioner of Banks to adopt rules and definitions; reproduction of records
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner of Banks shall adopt rules, definitions, and forms as may be necessary for the supervision and regulation of savings banks and for the protection of the public investing in savings banks.

(b) Without limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Banks may adopt rules, definitions, and forms with respect to the following:

(1) Reserve requirements;

(2) Stock ownership and dividends;

(3) Stock transfers;

(4) Original incorporators, stockholders, directors, officers, and employees of a savings bank;

(5) Bylaws;

(6) The operation of savings banks;

(7) Deposit accounts, bonus plans, and contracts for savings programs;

(8) Loans and loan expenses;

(9) Investments and resource management;

(10) Forms of proxies, holders of proxies, and proxy solicitations;

(11) Types of financial records to be maintained by savings banks;

(12) Retention periods of various financial records;

(13) Internal control procedures of savings banks;

(14) Conduct and management of savings banks;

(15) Chartering and branching;

(16) Liquidations, dissolutions, and receiverships;

(17) Mergers, consolidations, conversions, and combination mergers and conversions;

(18) Interim savings banks;

(19) Reports that may be required by the Commissioner of Banks;

(20) Conflicts of interest;

(21) Service corporations; and

(22) Subsidiary savings banks and holding companies, including the rights of members, levels of investment in the subsidiaries, and stock sales.

(c) A savings bank may cause any or all of its records to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, or miniature photographic process that correctly, accurately, permanently copies, reproduces, or forms a medium for copying or reproducing the original record on a film or other durable material.

(d) A photographic, photostatic, or miniature photographic copy or reproduction is deemed to be an original record in all courts and administrative agencies for the purpose of its admissibility in evidence. A facsimile, exemplification or certified copy of any photographic copy or reproduction is deemed to be a facsimile, exemplification, or certified copy of the original record for all purposes.

(e) This section, with reference to the retention and disposition of records, shall apply to any federal savings bank operating in North Carolina unless in conflict with regulations prescribed by its federal regulatory authority.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-19-55 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-19-55
§ 58-19-55. Receivership
Status: in_force

Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any person has committed a violation of this Article that so impairs the financial condition of a domestic insurer as to threaten insolvency or make the further transaction of business by it hazardous to its policyholders, creditors, shareholders, or the public, then the Commissioner may proceed as provided in Article 30 of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-19-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-19-1
§ 58-19-1. Findings; purpose; legislative intent
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly finds that the public interest and the interests of policyholders are or may be adversely affected when any of the following occur:

(1) Control of an insurer is sought by persons who would utilize such control adversely to the interests of policyholders.

(2) Acquisition of control of an insurer would substantially lessen competition or create a monopoly in the insurance business in this State.

(3) An insurer that is part of an insurance holding company system is caused to enter into transactions or relationships with affiliated companies on terms that are not fair and reasonable.

(4) An insurer pays dividends to shareholders that jeopardize the financial condition of such insurer.

(b) The General Assembly declares that the policies and purposes of this Article are to promote the public interest by doing all of the following:

(1) Requiring disclosure of pertinent information relating to changes in control of an insurer.

(2) Requiring disclosure by an insurer of material transactions and relationships between the insurer and its affiliates, including certain dividends to shareholders paid by the insurer.

(3) Providing standards governing material transactions between an insurer and its affiliates.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-91-30 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-91-30
§ 58-91-30. Meetings; acts of the Commission
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall meet and take such actions as are consistent with the provisions of this Compact and the bylaws.

(b) Each member of the Commission shall have the right and power to cast a vote to which that compacting state is entitled and to participate in the business and affairs of the Commission. A member shall vote in person or by any means provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may provide for members' participation in meetings by telephone or other means of communication.

(c) The Commission shall meet at least once during each calendar year. Additional meetings shall be held as set forth in the bylaws.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2A-513 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2A-513
§ 25-2A-513. Cure by lessor of improper tender or delivery; replacement
Status: reserved

(1) If any tender or delivery by the lessor or the supplier is rejected because nonconforming and the time for performance has not yet expired, the lessor or the supplier may seasonably notify the lessee of the lessor's or the supplier's intention to cure and may then make a conforming delivery within the time provided in the lease contract.

(2) If the lessee rejects a nonconforming tender that the lessor or the supplier had reasonable grounds to believe would be acceptable with or without money allowance, the lessor or the supplier may have a further reasonable time to substitute a conforming tender if he seasonably notifies the lessee.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-169-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-169-1
§ 143-169.1. State agency public document mailing lists to be updated
Status: reserved

(a) On or before July 1 of each year, beginning with July 1, 1976, the head of every agency of this State shall certify to the Director of the Budget that the mailing lists for each public document issued by his agency have been carefully reviewed, updated and corrected within the previous 12 months. The above date may be extended by the Director of the Budget for 90 days for good cause shown. The reviewed, updated and corrected mailing lists shall be comprised only of those persons and organizations who, within the previous 12 months, have either requested that they be included in such a mailing list or have renewed a request that they be so included, or are recipients contemplated for receipt of the pertinent public document by express provision of statute or judicial order, but this sentence does not apply to mailing lists of alumni of a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, used or maintained by the constituent institution.

(b), (c) Repealed by Laws 1989, c. 715, § 2.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-25 — NC Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87-25
§ 87-25. Violations made misdemeanor; employees of licensees excepted
Status: reserved

Any person, firm or corporation who shall engage in or offer to engage in, or carry on the business of plumbing, heating, or fire sprinkler contracting, or any combination thereof, as defined in G.S. 87-21 , without first having been licensed to engage in such business, or businesses, as required by the provisions of this Article; or any person, firm or corporation holding a limited plumbing or heating license under the provisions of this Article who shall practice or offer to practice or carry on any type of plumbing or heating contracting not authorized by said limited license; or any person, firm or corporation who shall give false or forged evidence of any kind to the Board, or any member thereof, in obtaining a license, or who shall falsely impersonate any other practitioner of like or different name, or who shall use an expired or revoked license, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this Article, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. An employee in the course of his work as a bona fide employee of a licensee of the Board shall not be construed to have engaged in the business of plumbing, heating, or fire sprinkler contracting, as the case may be.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 128-17 — NC Code / Chapter 128 / Section 128-17
§ 128-17. Petition for removal; county attorney to prosecute
Status: in_force

The complaint or petition shall be entitled in the name of the State of North Carolina, and may be filed upon the relation of any five qualified electors of the county in which the person charged is an officer, upon the approval of the county attorney of such county, or the district attorney of the district, or by any such officer upon his own motion. It shall be the duty of the county attorney or district attorney to appear and prosecute this proceeding.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115D-67-2 — NC Code / Chapter 115D / Section 115D-67-2
§ 115D-67.2. Advisory Board
Status: reserved

(a) The Advisory Board to the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology is hereby established. The purpose of the Advisory Board is to assist in the advancement and administration of the Applied Textile Technology Center.

(b) The Advisory Board shall consist of 14 members as follows:

(1) The President of Gaston College, who shall serve ex officio.

(2) Two members who are residents of North Carolina appointed by the National Council of Textile Organizations.

(2a) Two members appointed by the Southern Textile Association, Inc.

(3) Two members appointed by the board of the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology Foundation.

(4) Two members appointed by the board of trustees of Gaston College.

(5) Three members appointed by the State Board of Community Colleges.

(6) One member appointed by the dean of the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University.

(7) The Director of the Manufacturing Solutions Center at Catawba Valley Community College who shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member.

The appointing entities shall attempt to appoint members who are distributed geographically throughout the State; members representing large and small companies; and members from each segment of the diverse textile industry including spun yarn manufacturing, filament yarn manufacturing, knitting, weaving, dyeing and finishing, apparel, nonwoven, technical/medical textiles, and fiber producers.

(c) In order for the terms of members to be staggered, one initial member appointed by the North Carolina Manufacturers Association, Inc., one member appointed by the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology Foundation, one member appointed by the board of trustees of Gaston College, and two members appointed by the State Board of Community Colleges shall serve for two-year terms. The remainder of the initial appointees shall serve for four-year terms. Subsequent terms shall be for four years. Initial terms shall begin July 1, 2005.

Members may serve for no more than two consecutive four-year terms. Members appointed to an initial term of two years and members appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two consecutive four-year terms after the expiration of their term of less than four years.

All vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the appointing authority making the original appointment.

Members shall receive per diem, travel, and subsistence allowances in accordance with G.S. 138-5 and G.S. 138-6 , as appropriate.

(d) The Advisory Board is a public body as defined in G.S. 143-318.10(b) and is subject to all provisions of G.S. 143-318.9 through G.S. 143-318.18 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25-9 — NC Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-25-9
§ 69-25.9. Procedure when area lies in more than one county
Status: in_force

In the event that an area petitioning for a tax election under this Article lies in more than one county said petition shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners of all the counties in which said area lies and election shall be called which shall be conducted jointly by the county board of elections and the cost of same shall be shared equally by all counties.

Upon passage, the tax herein provided shall be levied and collected by each county on all of the taxable property in its portion of the fire protection district; the tax collected shall be paid into a special fund and used for the purpose of providing fire protection for the district.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-64 — NC Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146-64
§ 146-64. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter:

(1) “Acquired lands” means all State lands, title to which has been acquired by the State or by any State agency by purchase, devise, gift, condemnation, or adverse possession.

(2) “Escheated lands” means all State lands, title to which has been acquired by escheat.

(3) “Land” means real property, buildings, space in buildings, timber rights, mineral rights, rights-of-way, easements, options, and all other rights, estates, and interests in real property.

(4) “Navigable waters” means all waters which are navigable in fact.

(5) “State agency” includes every agency, institution, board, commission, bureau, council, department, division, officer, and employee of the State, but does not include counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions of the State, county or city boards of education, or other local public bodies. The term “State agency” does not include any private corporation created by act of the General Assembly. In case of doubt as to whether a particular agency, corporation, or institution is a State agency for the purposes of this Chapter, the Attorney General, upon request of the Governor and Council of State, shall make a determination of the issue. Upon a finding by the Attorney General that an agency, corporation, or institution is not a State agency for the purpose of this Chapter, the Governor and Council of State may execute a deed or other appropriate instrument releasing and quitclaiming all title and interest of the State in the lands of that agency, corporation, or institution.

(6) “State lands” means all land and interests therein, title to which is vested in the State of North Carolina, or in any State agency, or in the State to the use of any agency, and specifically includes all vacant and unappropriated lands, swamplands, submerged lands, lands acquired by the State by virtue of being sold for taxes, escheated lands, and acquired lands.

(7) “Submerged lands” means State lands which lie beneath

a. Any navigable waters within the boundaries of this State, or

b. The Atlantic Ocean to a distance of three geographical miles seaward from the coastline of this State.

(8) “Swamplands” means lands too wet for cultivation except by drainage, and includes

a. All State lands which have been or are known as “swamp” or “marsh” lands, “pocosin bay,” “briary bay” or “savanna,” and which are a part of one swamp exceeding 2,000 acres in area, or which are a part of one swamp 2,000 acres or less in area which has been surveyed by the State; and

b. All State lands which are covered by the waters of any state-owned lake or pond.

(9) “ Vacant and unappropriated lands ” means all State lands title to which is vested in the State as sovereign, and land acquired by the State by virtue of being sold for taxes, except swamplands.

(10) For purposes of this Subchapter, “deep water” means the depth reasonably necessary to provide and allow reasonable access for all vessels traditionally used in the main watercourse area as of the time of the initial easement application.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-137-13 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-137-13
§ 20-137.13. No liability for removal
Status: in_force

No agent or employee of any federal, State, county or municipal government, no person or occupant of the premises from which any derelict or abandoned vehicle shall be removed, nor any person or firm contracting for the removal of or disposition of any such vehicle shall be held criminally or civilly liable in any way arising out of or caused by carrying out or enforcing any provisions of this Part.