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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-6-1 — NC Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132-6-1
§ 132-6.1. Electronic data-processing and computer databases as public records
Status: reserved

(a) Databases purchased, leased, created, or otherwise acquired by every public agency containing public records shall be designed and maintained in a manner that does not impair or impede the public agency's ability to permit the public inspection and examination of public records and provides a means of obtaining copies of such records. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the retention by the public agency of obsolete hardware or software.

(a1) Notwithstanding G.S. 132-6.2(a) , a public agency may satisfy the requirement under G.S. 132-6 to provide access to public records in computer databases by making public records in computer databases individually available online in a format that allows a person to view the public record and print or save the public record to obtain a copy. A public agency that provides access to public records under this subsection is not required to provide access to the public records in the computer database in any other way; provided, however, that a public agency that provides access to public records in computer databases shall also allow inspection of any of such public records that the public agency also maintains in a nondigital medium.

(b) Repealed by S.L. 2017-10, § 2.9(a), eff. July 1, 2017 .

(c) Nothing in this section shall require a public agency to create a computer database that the public agency has not otherwise created or is not otherwise required to be created. Nothing in this section requires a public agency to disclose security features of its electronic data processing systems, information technology systems, telecommunications networks, or electronic security systems, including hardware or software security, passwords, or security standards, procedures, processes, configurations, software, and codes.

(d) The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Computer database.--A structured collection of data or documents residing in a database management program or spreadsheet software.

(2) Computer hardware.--Any tangible machine or device utilized for the electronic storage, manipulation, or retrieval of data.

(3) Computer program.--A series of instructions or statements that permit the storage, manipulation, and retrieval of data within an electronic data-processing system, together with any associated documentation. The term does not include the original data, or any analysis, compilation, or manipulated form of the original data produced by the use of the program or software.

(4) Computer software.--Any set or combination of computer programs. The term does not include the original data, or any analysis, compilation, or manipulated form of the original data produced by the use of the program or software.

(5) Electronic data-processing system.--Computer hardware, computer software, or computer programs or any combination thereof, regardless of kind or origin.

(6) Media or medium--The physical medium on which information is stored in recoverable form.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115D-58 — NC Code / Chapter 115D / Section 115D-58
§ 115D-58. Amendments to the budget; budget transfers
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Community Colleges shall adopt rules and regulations governing the amendment of the budget for an institution. The board of trustees may amend the budget at any time after its adoption pursuant to the rules and regulations of the State Board.

(b) If the local tax-levying authority allocates part or all of an appropriation pursuant to G.S. 115D-55 , the board of trustees must obtain approval of the local tax-levying authority for an amendment to the budget which increases or decreases the amount of that appropriation allocated to a purpose, function, or project by twenty-five percent (25%) or more from the amount contained in the budget ordinance adopted by the local tax-levying authority or such lesser percentage as specified by the local tax-levying authority in the original budget ordinance, so long as such percentage is not less than ten percent (10%).

(c) The board of trustees may, by appropriate resolution, authorize the president to transfer moneys from one appropriation to another within the same fund, subject to any limitations established by regulations adopted pursuant to this section, and subject to any limitations and procedures prescribed by the board of trustees or State for federal laws or regulations. Any such transfer shall be reported to the board of trustees at its next regular meeting and entered into its minutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-29 — NC Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75-29
§ 75-29. Unfair and deceptive trade names; use of term “wholesale” in advertising, etc.
Status: in_force

(a) No person, firm or corporation shall advertise the sale of its merchandise using the term “wholesale” with regard to its sale prices, except as such word may appear in the company or firm name, unless such advertised sale or sales is, or are, to a customer or customers having a certificate of resale issued pursuant to G.S. 105-164.28 and recorded as required by G.S. 105-164.25 or unless the wholesale price is established by an independent agency not engaged in the manufacture, distribution or sale of such merchandise.

No person, firm or corporation shall utilize in any commercial transaction a company or firm name which contains the word “wholesale” unless such person, firm or corporation is engaged principally in sales at wholesale as defined in G.S. 105-164.3 . For the purposes of determining whether sales are made principally at wholesale or retail, all sales to employees of any such person, firm or corporation, all sales to organizations subject to refunds pursuant to G.S. 105-164.14 through G.S. 105-164.14B and all exempt sales pursuant to G.S. 105-164.13 shall be considered sales at wholesale. Sales of merchandise for delivery by the seller to the purchaser at a location other than the seller's place of business shall be considered sales at wholesale for the purposes of this section.

(b) The violation of any provision of this section shall be considered an unfair trade practice, as prohibited by G.S. 75-1.1 .

(c) This section shall not apply to the sales of farm products, fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides or petroleum.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2-721 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2-721
§ 25-2-721. Remedies for fraud
Status: in_force

Remedies for material misrepresentation or fraud include all remedies available under this article for nonfraudulent breach. Neither rescission or a claim for rescission of the contract for sale nor rejection or return of the goods shall bar or be deemed inconsistent with a claim for damages or other remedy.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-440 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-440
§ 66-440. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Administrator .--A person that performs administrative or operational functions with respect to guaranteed asset protection waivers.

(2) Borrower .--A debtor, retail buyer, or lessee under a vehicle finance agreement.

(3) Creditor .--Any of the following:

a. A lender in a loan or credit transaction.

b. A lessor in a lease transaction.

c. A vehicle dealer, including a motor vehicle dealer as that term is defined in G.S. 20-286(11) , that provides credit to or arranges financing for a purchaser of a vehicle.

d. A seller in a commercial retail installment transaction.

e. An assignee of any of the foregoing to whom the credit obligation is payable.

(4) Free-look period .--The period of time from the effective date of a guaranteed asset protection waiver until the date the borrower may cancel the contract without penalty, fees, or costs to the borrower.

(5) Guaranteed asset protection waiver .--Either of the following:

a. A contractual agreement in which a creditor agrees, with or without a separate charge, to cancel or waive all or part of amounts due on a borrower's vehicle finance agreement in the event of a total physical damage loss or unrecovered theft of the vehicle, which agreement shall be part of, or a separate addendum to, the vehicle finance agreement. The agreement may also provide, with or without a separate charge, a benefit that waives an amount or provides a borrower with a credit towards the purchase of a replacement vehicle.

b. A contractual agreement in which a creditor agrees, with or without a separate charge, to cancel or waive all or part of amounts that may become due under a borrower's lease agreement as a result of excessive wear and use of a vehicle. The agreement must be part of, or a separate addendum to, the lease agreement. Excess wear and use waivers may also cancel or waive amounts due for excess mileage.

The term does not include a vehicle value protection agreement as defined in G.S. 66-471(10) .

(6) Insurer .--An insurance company licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to do business under Chapter 58 of the General Statutes .

(7) Vehicle .--A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in G.S. 20-286(10) , as well as self-propelled or towed vehicles designed for personal or commercial use, including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, campers, boats, personal watercraft, and trailers for motorcycles, boats, campers, and personal watercraft.

(8) Vehicle finance agreement .--A loan, lease, or retail installment sales contract for the purchase or lease of a vehicle.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-10-2 — NC Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52-10-2
§ 52-10.2. Resumption of marital relations defined
Status: in_force

“Resumption of marital relations” shall be defined as voluntary renewal of the husband and wife relationship, as shown by the totality of the circumstances. Isolated incidents of sexual intercourse between the parties shall not constitute resumption of marital relations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-81-35 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-81-35
§ 115C-81.35. Honors-level courses in healthful living education
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall develop or identify academically rigorous honors-level courses in healthful living education that can be offered at the high school level. These honors-level courses shall be more rigorous than standard-level courses, include advanced content, provide multiple opportunities for students to take greater responsibility for their learning, and require higher quality work from the students than standard courses.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-24 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-24
§ 147-24. Governor's duties when conditions of pardon violated
Status: reserved

If a prisoner who has been pardoned upon conditions to be observed and performed by him violates such conditions, or any of them, the Governor, upon receiving information of such violation, shall forthwith cause him to be arrested and detained until the case can be examined by him. The Governor shall examine the case of such prisoner, and if it appears by his own admission or by such evidence as the Governor may require that he has violated the conditions of his pardon, the Governor shall order him remanded and confined for the unexpired term of his sentence; said confinement, if the prisoner is under any other sentence of imprisonment at the time of said order, to begin upon expiration of such sentence. In computing the period of his confinement the time between the conditional pardon and subsequent arrest shall not be taken to be a part of the time of his sentence. If it appears to the Governor that he has not broken the conditions of his conditional pardon he shall be released and his conditional pardon shall remain in force.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 19A-66 — NC Code / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-66
§ 19A-66. Notification of available funding
Status: in_force

Prior to January 1 of each year, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall notify counties and cities that have, prior to that notification deadline, established eligibility for distribution of funds from the Spay/Neuter Account pursuant to G.S. 19A-63 , of the following:

(1) The amount of funding in the Spay/Neuter Account that the Department will have available for distribution to each county or city receiving notification to pay reimbursement requests submitted by the county or city during the calendar year following the notification deadline; and

(2) The amount of additional funding, if any, the Department estimates, but does not guarantee, may be available to pay reimbursement requests submitted by the notified county or city to the Department during the calendar year following the notification deadline.

(3) The maximum amount that may be reimbursed for each surgical procedure for a female dog or cat during the upcoming calendar year.

(4) The maximum amount that may be reimbursed for each surgical procedure for a male dog or cat during the upcoming calendar year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1294 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1294
§ 143B-1294. Funding
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs may apply for and receive federal aid and assistance from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other agency of the United States Government authorized to pay federal aid to states for the construction and acquisition of veterans homes under Title 38, United States Code, section 8131 et seq., or for the care or support of disabled veterans in State veterans homes under Title 38, United States Code, section 1741 et seq., or from any other federal law for said purposes.

(b) The Department may receive from any source any gift, contribution, devise, or individual reimbursement, the receipt of which does not exclude any other source of revenue.

(c) All funds received by the Department shall be deposited in the North Carolina Veterans Home Trust Fund, except for any funds deposited into special agency accounts established pursuant to G.S. 143B-1293(d)(3) . The Veterans’ Affairs Commission shall authorize the expenditure of all funds from the North Carolina Veterans Home Trust Fund. The Veterans’ Affairs Commission may delegate authority to the Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the expenditure of funds from the North Carolina Veterans Home Trust Fund for operations of the State Veterans Nursing Homes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-504 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-504
§ 7B-504. Order for nonsecure custody
Status: in_force

The custody order shall be in writing and shall direct a law enforcement officer or other authorized person to take physical custody of the juvenile and to make due return on the order. A copy of the order shall be given to the juvenile's parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker by the official executing the order.

An officer receiving an order for custody which is complete and regular on its face may execute it in accordance with its terms. If the court finds on the basis of the petition and request for nonsecure custody or the testimony of the petitioner that a less intrusive remedy is not available, the court may authorize a law enforcement officer to enter private property to take physical custody of the juvenile. If required by exigent circumstances of the case, the court may authorize a law enforcement officer to make a forcible entry at any hour. The officer is not required to inquire into the regularity or continued validity of the order and shall not incur criminal or civil liability for its due service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25A-3 — NC Code / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-3
§ 25A-3. “Payable in installments” defined
Status: in_force

A debt is “payable in installments” when the buyer is required or permitted by agreement to make payment in more than four installments, excluding a down payment, and whether or not a finance charge is imposed by the seller.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-453-23 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-453-23
§ 130A-453.23. Purpose
Status: in_force

(a) This Article is enacted to establish an authorized State program under sections 402 and 406 of the Toxic Substance Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2682 and 2686 , as enacted by Subtitle B of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C. § 4852(d) , that will apply in this State in lieu of the corresponding federal program administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This Article requires that renovations for compensation in target housing and child-occupied facilities be performed or directed by certified renovators and certified firms; establishes procedures and requirements for certification of individuals and firms that perform renovation activities for compensation; and establishes renovation work practice standards. This Article also requires the accreditation of renovation training providers and courses and establishes record-keeping requirements.

(b) Certified renovation firms are required to distribute EPA-approved pamphlets.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 37A-1-104-5 — NC Code / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-1-104-5
§ 37A-1-104.5. Matters in trustee's discretion
Status: in_force

In administering a total return unitrust, the trustee may, in its sole discretion but subject to the provisions of the governing instrument, determine:

(1) The effective date of the conversion;

(2) The timing of distributions, including provisions for prorating a distribution for a short year in which a beneficiary's right to payments commences or ceases;

(3) Whether distributions are to be made in cash or in kind or partly in cash and partly in kind;

(4) If the trust is reconverted to an income trust, the effective date of the reconversion; and

(5) Any other administrative issues as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-43-16 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-43-16
§ 14-43.16. Affirmative defense
Status: in_force

(a) Affirmative Defense.--It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Article that the person charged with the offense was a victim at the time of the offense and was coerced or deceived into committing the offense as a direct result of the person's status as a victim.

(b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abrogate any other affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Article available to a person by statute or common law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-69 — NC Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65-69
§ 65-69. Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands
Status: in_force

(a) Each licensee shall set aside a minimum of 30 acres of land for use by said licensee as a cemetery, and shall not sell, mortgage, lease or encumber the same.

(b) The fee simple title, or lesser estate, in any lands owned by licensee and dedicated for use by it as a cemetery, which are contiguous, adjoining, or adjacent to the minimum of 30 acres described in subsection (a), may be sold, conveyed, or disposed of, or any part thereof, by the licensee, for use by the new owner for other purposes than as a cemetery; provided that no bodies have been previously interred therein; and provided further, that any and all titles, interests, or burial rights which may have been sold or contracted to be sold in such lands which are the subject of such sale shall be conveyed to and revested in the licensee prior to consummation of any such sale, conveyance or disposition.

(c) Any licensee may convey and transfer to a municipality or county its real and personal property together with moneys deposited with the trustee; provided said municipality or county will accept responsibility for maintenance thereof and prior written approval of the Commission is first obtained.

(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section relating to the requirement for minimum acreage shall not apply to those cemeteries licensed by the Commission on or before July 1, 1967, which own or control a total of less than 30 acres of land; provided that such cemeteries shall not dispose of any of such lands. A nongovernment lien or other interest in land acquired in violation of this section is void.

(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, cemeteries licensed by the Commission, or initially incorporated with the North Carolina Secretary of State, between July 2, 1967, and September 1, 1975, may sell, mortgage, lease, or encumber the minimum acres of land required by subsection (a) of this section, provided notice is given to the Commission 10 days prior to the transaction, if all of the following criteria are met:

(1) At the time of licensure or initial incorporation, the population of the county in which the cemetery is located did not exceed 45,000 people according to the appropriate federal decennial census.

(2) Another private or public cemetery is located within a five mile radius of the cemetery that is subject to the proposed transaction.

(3) At least 15 acres of cemetery land remain for use by the licensee as a cemetery, without mortgage, lease, or encumbrance.

(4) The purchaser of the land shall transfer to the perpetual care fund an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the consideration or value of the interest conveyed, on up to 15 acres sold, within 60 days of the sale.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-276-1 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-276-1
§ 14-276.1. Impersonation of firemen or emergency medical services personnel
Status: in_force

It is a Class 3 misdemeanor, for any person, with intent to deceive, to impersonate a fireman or any emergency medical services personnel, whether paid or voluntary, by a false statement, display of insignia, emblem, or other identification on his person or property, or any other act, which indicates a false status of affiliation, membership, or level of training or proficiency, if:

(1) The impersonation is made with intent to impede the performance of the duties of a fireman or any emergency medical services personnel, or

(2) Any person reasonably relies on the impersonation and as a result suffers injury to person or property.

For purposes of this section, emergency medical services personnel means an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic, or other member of a rescue squad or other emergency medical organization.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-7 — NC Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146-7
§ 146-7. Sale of timber rights; procedure; instruments conveying rights; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration may sell timber rights in the vacant and unappropriated lands, swamplands, and lands acquired by the State by virtue of being sold for taxes, at public or private sale, at such times, upon such consideration, in such portions, and upon such terms as are deemed proper by the Department and approved by the Governor and Council of State. Every instrument conveying timber rights shall be executed in the manner required of deeds by G.S. 146-74 through 146-78 , and shall be approved by the Governor and Council of State as therein required, or by the agency designated by the Governor and Council of State to approve conveyances of such rights. The net proceeds of all sales of timber from those lands shall be paid into the State Literary Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-451-1 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-451-1
§ 7A-451.1. Counsel fees for outpatient involuntary commitment proceedings
Status: in_force

The State shall pay counsel fees for persons appointed pursuant to G.S. 122C-267(d) .