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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-165 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-165
§ 159-165. Sale and delivery of bond anticipation notes
Status: in_force

(a) Bond anticipation notes of a municipality, including special obligation bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to Article 7A of this Chapter, shall be sold by the Commission at public or private sale according to such procedures as the Commission may prescribe. Bond anticipation notes of the State shall be sold by the State Treasurer at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions, and according to such procedures as the State Treasurer may prescribe.

(b) When the bond anticipation notes are executed, they shall be delivered to the State Treasurer who shall deliver them to the order of the purchaser and collect the purchase price or proceeds. The Treasurer shall then deduct from the proceeds the Commission's expense in connection with the issue, and remit the net proceeds to the official depository of the unit after assurance that the deposit will be adequately secured as required by law. The net proceeds of revenue bond anticipation notes, special obligation bond anticipation notes, or project development financing debt instrument anticipation notes shall be remitted to the trustee or other depository specified in the trust agreement or resolution securing them. If the notes have been issued to renew outstanding notes, the Treasurer, in lieu of collecting the purchase price or proceeds, may provide for the exchange of the newly issued notes for the notes to be renewed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-43 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-43
§ 130A-43. Consolidated human services agency; board; director
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section and subject to any limitations that may be imposed by the board of county commissioners under G.S. 153A-77 , a consolidated human services agency created pursuant to G.S. 153A-77 shall have the responsibility to carry out the duties of a local health department and the authority to administer the local public health programs established in this Chapter in the same manner as a local health department.

(b) In addition to the powers conferred by G.S. 153A-77(d) , a consolidated human services board shall have all the powers and duties of a local board of health as provided by G.S. 130A-39 , except that the consolidated human services board may not:

(1) Appoint the human services director.

(2) Transmit or present the budget for local health programs.

(c) In addition to the powers conferred by G.S. 153A-77(e) , a human services director shall have all the powers and duties of a local health director provided by G.S. 130A-41 , except that the human services director may:

(1) Serve as the executive officer of the consolidated human services agency only to the extent and in the manner authorized by the county manager.

(2) Appoint staff of the consolidated human services agency only upon the approval of the county manager.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-218-50 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-218-50
§ 115C-218.50. Charter school nonsectarian
Status: in_force

(a) A charter school shall be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, employment practices, and all other operations. A charter school shall not be affiliated with a nonpublic sectarian school or a religious institution.

(b) A charter school shall not charge tuition or fees except as follows:

(1) A charter school may charge any fees that are charged by the local school administrative unit in which the charter school is located.

(2) A charter school, upon approval by the board of directors of the charter school, may establish fees for extracurricular activities, except those fees shall not exceed the fees for the same extracurricular activities charged by a local school administrative unit in which forty percent (40%) or more of the students enrolled in the charter school reside.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-83 — NC Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77-83
§ 77-83. Compensation; budgetary and accounting procedures
Status: in_force

The municipal ordinance shall state the terms relating to compensation to commissioners, if any, compensation of consultants and staff members employed by the Commission, and reimbursement of expenses incurred by commissioners, consultants, and employees. The Commission shall be governed by these budgetary and accounting procedures as may be specified by the municipal ordinance and the applicable laws of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-269-50 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-269-50
§ 115C-269.50. EPP report cards
Status: in_force

The State Board shall create an annual report card for each EPP that, at a minimum, summarizes the information collected in the annual performance reports, as set forth in G.S. 115C-269.35(b) . The report cards shall provide user-friendly access to the public, and shall provide the ability to easily compare annual report card information between EPPs, including performance and other data reported by each EPP, as provided in G.S. 115C-269.35(b) . The State Board shall make the report cards available to the public through the State Board's Internet Web site on an annual basis beginning December 15, 2019, and shall submit the report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee annually by that date.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 70-10 — NC Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-10
§ 70-10. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known as “The Archaeological Resources Protection Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-72 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-72
§ 50-72. Agreement requirements
Status: in_force

A collaborative law agreement must be in writing, signed by all the parties to the agreement and their attorneys, and must include provisions for the withdrawal of all attorneys involved in the collaborative law procedure if the collaborative law procedure does not result in settlement of the dispute.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-25-70 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-25-70
§ 58-25-70. Unauthorized wearing of badges, etc.
Status: in_force

Any person who fraudulently and willfully wears the badge or button of any fraternal organization or society, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance thereto as to be a colorable imitation thereof, or who fraudulently and willfully uses the name of any such order, society or organization, the titles of its officers, or its insignia, ritual, or ceremonies, unless entitled to wear or use the same under the constitution and bylaws, rules and regulations of such fraternal organization, society, or order, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-2A-11 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-2A-11
§ 28A-2A-11. Probate of wills of members of the Armed Forces of the United States
Status: in_force

In addition to the methods already provided in existing statutes therefor, a will executed by a person while in the Armed Forces of the United States or the United States Merchant Marine, shall be admitted to probate (whether there were subscribing witnesses thereto or not, if they, or either of them, is out of the State at the time said will is offered for probate) upon the oath of at least three credible witnesses that the signature to said will is in the handwriting of the person whose will it purports to be. Such will so proven shall be effective to devise real property as well as to bequeath personal estate of all kinds. This section shall not apply to cases pending in courts and at issue on the date of its ratification.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-3-108 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3-108
§ 25-3-108. Payable on demand or at definite time
Status: in_force

(a) A promise or order is “payable on demand” if it (i) states that it is payable on demand or at sight, or otherwise indicates that it is payable at the will of the holder, or (ii) does not state any time of payment.

(b) A promise or order is “payable at a definite time” if it is payable on elapse of a definite period of time after sight or acceptance or at a fixed date or dates or at a time or times readily ascertainable at the time the promise or order is issued, subject to rights of (i) prepayment, (ii) acceleration, (iii) extension at the option of the holder, or (iv) extension to a further definite time at the option of the maker or acceptor or automatically upon or after a specified act or event.

(c) If an instrument, payable at a fixed date, is also payable upon demand made before the fixed date, the instrument is payable on demand until the fixed date and, if demand for payment is not made before that date, becomes payable at a definite time on the fixed date.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-7-708 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-7-708
§ 36C-7-708. Compensation of trustee
Status: in_force

(a) If the terms of a trust do not specify the trustee's compensation, a trustee is entitled to compensation determined in accordance with Article 6 of Chapter 32 of the General Statutes .

(b) If the terms of a trust specify the trustee's compensation, the trustee is entitled to be compensated as specified.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122A-5-3 — NC Code / Chapter 122A / Section 122A-5-3
§ 122A-5.3. Energy conservation loan authority
Status: in_force

(a) The Agency may guarantee the payment or collection of energy conservation loans pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter when the Agency has given its approval prior to the initial making of the loan; provided that any such guarantee shall be made only upon determination by the Agency that energy conservation loans were at the time of approval not otherwise available from private lenders upon reasonably equivalent terms and conditions; and provided further, no single guarantee of payment or collection shall exceed the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1200) and no person or family of lower income shall be entitled to more than one loan guarantee.

(b) At no time may the Agency have outstanding loan guarantees in which the liability of the Agency exceeds 15 times any amounts remaining unspent from the specific funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the energy conservation loan guarantee program plus any specific grants or donations for this purpose; but the Agency is authorized to expend any unspent amounts from these sources to satisfy its liabilities under the loan guarantee program; provided no other assets of the Agency shall be obligated or expended in satisfaction of its energy conservation loan guarantee liability.

(c) The Agency shall from time to time adopt, modify, or repeal rules and regulations governing the guaranteeing of energy conservation loans including rules and regulations as to any or all of the following:

(1) Procedures for the submission and approval of requests to guarantee energy conservation loans including advance commitments by the Agency to guarantee loans;

(2) Limitations and restrictions on the number of family units, location or other qualifications or characteristics of residences in regard to which energy conservation work is performed to qualify for a loan guarantee;

(3) Restrictions as to interest rates on energy conservation loans or the return which may be realized by mortgage lenders on energy conservation loans guaranteed by the Agency;

(4) Schedules of any fees and charges necessary to provide for the administrative expenses of the Agency allocable to the administration of the energy conservation loan guarantee program;

(5) Procedures regarding the servicing of energy conservation loan guarantees including procedures for honoring defaults and procedures to be implemented to enforce the obligations of the borrowers to repay guaranteed energy conservation loans;

(6) Any other matters related to the duties and the exercise of the power of the Agency with respect to the energy conservation loan guarantee program deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-2-103 — NC Code / Chapter 47C / Section 47C-2-103
§ 47C-2-103. Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws
Status: in_force

(a) All provisions of the declaration and bylaws are severable.

(b) The rule against perpetuities may not be applied to defeat any provision of the declaration, bylaws, or rules and regulations adopted pursuant to G.S. 47C-3-102(a)(1) .

(c) In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the declaration and the bylaws, the declaration prevails except to the extent the declaration is inconsistent with this chapter.

(d) Title to a unit and common elements is not rendered unmarketable or otherwise affected by reason of an insubstantial failure of the declaration to comply with this chapter. Whether a substantial failure to comply with this chapter impairs marketability shall be determined by the law of this State relating to marketability.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99E-22 — NC Code / Chapter 99E / Section 99E-22
§ 99E-22. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Governmental entity.--

a. The State, any county or municipality, or any department, agency, or other instrumentality thereof.

b. Any school board, special district, authority, or other entity exercising governmental authority.

(2) Hazardous recreational activity.--Skateboarding, inline skating, or freestyle bicycling.

(3) Inherent risk.--Those dangers or conditions that are characteristic of, intrinsic to, or an integral part of skateboarding, inline skating, and freestyle bicycling.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-191 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-191
§ 20-191. Use of facilities
Status: in_force

Office space and other equipment and facilities of the Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation, presently being used by the State Highway Patrol shall continue to be used by the Patrol, and joint use of space, equipment and facilities between any division of the Department of Transportation and the State Highway Patrol may continue, unless such arrangements are changed by agreements between the Secretary of Public Safety and the Secretary of Transportation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-434 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-434
§ 130A-434. Child Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund established; payments from Fund; transfer of appropriations and receipts
Status: reserved

(a) There is established the Child Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund within the Department to finance the North Carolina Childhood Vaccine-Related Injury Compensation Program created by this article. The money compensation components of all awards made pursuant to Article 17 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes shall be paid by the Department from the Fund.

(b) Should the Department find that the sum of appropriations and receipts is insufficient to meet financial obligations incurred in the administration of this article, appropriations and receipts in the Department which would otherwise revert to the General Fund may be transferred to the Child Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund in order to meet such obligations. The Department may also budget anticipated receipts as needed to implement this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-1-306 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-1-306
§ 25-1-306. Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach
Status: in_force

A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach may be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by agreement of the aggrieved party in an authenticated record.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-65-165 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-65-165
§ 58-65-165. Commissioner of Insurance determines corporations exempt from this Article and Article 66 of this Chapter
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance may require from any corporation writing dental, health care, medical, or vision service contracts or any or all of them, any information that will enable the Commissioner to determine whether the corporation is subject to the provisions of this Article and Article 66 of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-135-29 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-135-29
§ 143-135.29. Review of Military Lands Protection Act proposals
Status: in_force

The State Construction Office shall maintain, and make available to the public, accurate maps of areas surrounding major military installations, including Military Training Routes and Military Operating Areas, as defined in G.S. 143-151.71 , that are subject to the provisions of Article 9G of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-128-1 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-128-1
§ 90-128.1. Peer review agreements
Status: in_force

(a) The North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry may, under rules adopted by the Board in compliance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, enter into agreements with the North Carolina State Optometric Society (Society), for the purpose of conducting peer review activities. Peer review activities to be covered by such agreements shall be limited in peer review proceedings to review of clinical outcomes as they relate to the quality of health care delivered by optometrists licensed by the Board.

(b) Peer review agreements shall include provisions for the Society to receive relevant information from the Board and other sources, provide assurance of confidentiality of nonpublic information and of the review process, and make reports to the Board. Peer review agreements shall include provisions assuring due process.

(c) Any confidential patient information and other nonpublic information acquired, created, or used in good faith by the Society pursuant to this section shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to discovery or subpoena in a civil case.

(d) Peer review activities conducted in good faith pursuant to any agreement under this section are deemed to be State directed and sanctioned and shall constitute State action for the purposes of application of antitrust laws. The Board shall be responsible for legal fees arising from peer review activities.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-430 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-430
§ 1-430. Defendant in jail, sheriff may take bail
Status: in_force

If a person for want of bail is lawfully committed to jail, at any time before final judgment, the sheriff, or other officer having him in custody, may take bail and discharge him; and the bail bond shall be regarded in every respect as other bail bonds, and shall be returned and sued on in like manner; and the officer taking it shall make special return thereof, with the bond, at the first court which is held after it is taken.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-1109 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-1109
§ 160D-1109. Failure to perform duties
Status: in_force

(a) If any member of an inspection department shall willfully fail to perform the duties required by law, or willfully shall improperly issue a building permit, or shall give a certificate of compliance without first making the inspections required by law, or willfully shall improperly give a certificate of compliance, the member shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(b) A member of the inspection department shall not be in violation of this section when the local government, its inspection department, or one of the inspectors accepted a signed written document of compliance with the North Carolina State Building Code or the North Carolina Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings from a licensed architect or licensed engineer in accordance with G.S. 160D-1104(d) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-125 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-125
§ 159-125. Bid instructions; bid deposit
Status: in_force

(a) Except for revenue bonds and project development financing debt instruments, no bid for less than ninety-eight percent (98%) of the face value of the bonds plus one hundred percent (100%) of accrued interest may be entertained.

Different rates of interest may be bid for bonds maturing in different years, and different rates of interest may be bid for bonds maturing in the same year unless the Secretary of the Commission requires one interest rate per maturity in connection with the sale of the bonds. This subsection applies to public sale of bonds only.

(b) The Secretary of the Commission may require that bids be accompanied by a bid deposit in an amount prescribed by the Secretary of the Commission or may determine that no bid deposit is required. If required, the bid deposit shall be made in a form approved by the Secretary of the Commission, and shall secure the issuing unit against loss resulting from the bidder's failure to comply with the terms of the bid.

(c) When a State or federal agency has agreed to purchase the bonds at a stated rate of interest unless more favorable bids are received, bids may be entertained from other purchasers for less than all of the bonds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-3-2 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-3-2
§ 28A-3-2. Proceedings to determine venue
Status: in_force

(a) If proceedings are commenced in more than one county or if upon commencement of a proceeding a question arises as to the proper county of venue, or if for any other reason a delay arises in determining venue, the matter shall be referred by the clerk of superior court for a hearing and determination by the senior resident superior court judge or any judge assigned to hold the superior courts of the district which includes the county where the proceedings were first commenced. Upon the filing of a motion or petition to determine venue, the judge shall determine which is the proper county for administration of the estate and stay proceedings in all other counties. The judge shall make such orders as are necessary to transfer the entire proceedings to the proper county. The clerk of superior court of each county in which proceedings are stayed shall retain a true copy of the entire file and transmit the original to the clerk of superior court of such county as the judge directs.

(a1) Any interested person may file a petition to determine proper venue within the time prescribed by G.S. 28A-3-5 . The matter shall be referred by the clerk of superior court by or before whom the petition is filed for a hearing and determination by the senior resident superior court judge or any judge assigned to hold the superior courts of the district that includes the county where the proceedings were first commenced.

(b) A proceeding shall be deemed commenced by the offering of a will for probate or by applying for letters of administration as provided by G.S. 28A-6-1 through 28A-6-5 or by applying for letters of collection as provided by G.S. 28A-11-1 through 28A-11-4 and the proceeding first legally commenced shall extend to all of the property or assets of the decedent in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-121-4 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-121-4
§ 90-121.4. Restoration of revoked license
Status: in_force

Whenever any optometrist has been deprived of his license, the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry in its discretion may restore said license upon due notice being given and hearing had, and satisfactory evidence produced or proper reformation of the licentiate, before restoration.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2A-105 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2A-105
§ 25-2A-105. Territorial application of Article to goods covered by certificate of title
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of G.S. 25-2A-304(3) and G.S. 25-2A-305(3) , with respect to goods covered by a certificate of title issued under a statute of this State or of another jurisdiction, compliance and the effect of compliance or noncompliance with a certificate of title statute are governed by the law (including the conflict of laws rules) of the jurisdiction issuing the certificate until the earlier of (a) surrender of the certificate, or (b) four months after the goods are removed from that jurisdiction and thereafter until a new certificate of title is issued by another jurisdiction.