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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-344-2 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-344-2
§ 14-344.2. Prohibition on ticket purchasing software
Status: in_force

(a) Definition.--The term “ ticket seller ” means a person who has executed a written agreement with the management of any venue in North Carolina for a sporting event, theater, musical performance, or public entertainment of any kind to sell tickets to the event over the Internet.

(b) Unfair Trade Practice.--A person who knowingly sells, gives, transfers, uses, distributes, or possesses software that is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of interfering with the operation of a ticket seller who sells, over the Internet, tickets of admission to a sporting event, theater, musical performance, or public entertainment of any kind by circumventing any security measures on the ticket seller's Web site, circumventing any access control systems of the ticket seller's Web site, circumventing any access control solutions of the ticket seller's Web site, or circumventing any controls or measures that are instituted by the ticket seller on its Web site to ensure an equitable ticket buying process shall be in violation of G.S. 75-1.1 . The ticket seller and venue hosting the ticketed event have standing to bring a private right of action under G.S. 75-1.1 for violation of this section.

(c) Original Ticket Seller.--A person or firm is not liable under this section with respect to tickets for which the person or firm is the original ticket seller.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-146-13 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-146-13
§ 108A-146.13. Modernized presumptive IGT adjustment component
Status: reserved

(a), (b) Repealed by S.L. 2023-7, § 1 .7(h), eff. on the first day of the next assessment quarter after March 27, 2023.

(c) The modernized presumptive IGT adjustment component is an amount of money equal to the sum of all of the following subcomponents:

(1) The public hospital IGT subcomponent is the total of the following amounts:

a. Sixteen and forty-three hundredths percent (16.43%) of the amount of money that is equal to the total modernized nonfederal receipts under G.S. 108A-146.5(b) for the current quarter minus the modernized HASP component under G.S. 108A-146.10 for the current quarter.

b. Sixty percent (60%) of the nonfederal share for not newly eligible individuals of the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for reimbursements to public acute care hospitals and that are not attributable to newly eligible individuals.

(2) The UNC Health Care System IGT subcomponent is the total of the following amounts:

a. Four and sixty-two hundredths percent (4.62%) of the difference of the total modernized nonfederal receipts under G.S. 108A-146.5(b) for the current quarter minus the modernized HASP component under G.S. 108A-146.10 for the current quarter.

b. The nonfederal share for not newly eligible individuals of the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for reimbursements to UNC Health Care System hospitals that are not attributable to newly eligible individuals.

(3) The East Carolina University IGT subcomponent is the total of the following amounts:

a. One and four hundredths percent (1.04%) of the difference of the total modernized nonfederal receipts under G.S. 108A-146.5(b) for the current quarter minus the modernized HASP component under G.S. 108A-146.10 for the current quarter.

b. The nonfederal share for not newly eligible individuals of the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for reimbursements to the primary affiliated teaching hospital for the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine that are not attributable to newly eligible individuals.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-942 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-942
§ 15A-942. Right to counsel
Status: in_force

If the defendant appears at the arraignment without counsel, the court must inform the defendant of his right to counsel, must accord the defendant opportunity to exercise that right, and must take any action necessary to effectuate the right. If the defendant does not file a written request for arraignment, the court, in addition to entering a plea of not guilty on behalf of the defendant, shall also verify that the defendant is aware of the right to counsel, that the defendant has been given the opportunity to exercise that right, and must take any action necessary to effectuate that right on behalf of the defendant.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-964 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-964
§ 143B-964. Criminal history record checks of applicants for licensure as physical therapists or physical therapist assistants
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety may provide to the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners a criminal history record from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories for applicants for licensure by the Board. Along with a request for criminal history records, the Board shall provide to the Department of Public Safety the fingerprints of the applicant or subject, a form signed by the applicant consenting to the criminal history record check and use of the fingerprints and other identifying information required by the Repositories, and any additional information required by the Department. The fingerprints shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The Board shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential. The Department of Public Safety may charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by the Department of Public Safety to conduct a criminal history record check under this section, but the fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating, editing, researching, and retrieving the information.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127B-10 — NC Code / Chapter 127B / Section 127B-10
§ 127B-10. Purpose
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds and declares that military personnel in North Carolina vitally affect the general economy of this State and that it is in the public interest and public welfare to ensure that no discrimination against military personnel is practiced by any business.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-500 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-500
§ 58-10-500. Forming a protected cell captive insurance company
Status: in_force

(a) One or more sponsors may form a protected cell captive insurance company under this Subpart.

(b) A protected cell captive insurance company shall be incorporated as a stock insurer with its capital divided into shares and held by the stockholders, as a mutual corporation, as a nonprofit corporation with one or more members, or as a manager-managed limited liability company.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162A-9-1 — NC Code / Chapter 162A / Section 162A-9-1
§ 162A-9.1. Adoption and enforcement of ordinances
Status: in_force

(a) An authority shall have the same power as a city under G.S. 160A-175 to assess civil fines and penalties for violation of its ordinances; and, an authority may seek and recover injunctive relief to insure compliance with its ordinances as provided by this section.

(b) An ordinance may provide that its violation shall subject the offender to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation, to be recovered by the authority in a civil action in the nature of debt if the offender does not pay the penalty within a prescribed period of time after he has been cited for violation of the ordinance. Any person assessed a civil penalty by the authority shall be notified of the assessment by registered or certified mail, and the notice shall specify the reasons for the assessment of the civil penalty. If the person assessed fails to pay the amount of the assessment to the authority within 30 days after receipt of such notice, or such longer period, not to exceed 180 days, as the authority may specify, the authority may institute a civil action in the General Court of Justice of the county in which the violation occurred, or, in the discretion of the authority, in the General Court of Justice of the county in which the person has his or its principal place of business, to recover the amount of the assessment. The validity of the authority's action in assessing the violator may be appealed directly to the General Court of Justice in the county in which the violation occurred, or may be raised at any time in the action to recover the assessment. No failure to contest directly the validity of the authority's action in levying the assessment shall preclude the person assessed from later raising the issue of validity in any action to collect the assessment.

(c) An ordinance may provide that it may be enforced, and it may be enforced, by any appropriate equitable remedy issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction. In such cases, the General Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction and authority to issue such orders as may be appropriate to enforce the ordinances of the authority, and it shall not be a defense to the application made by the authority therefor that there is an adequate remedy at law.

(d) Subject to the express terms of any ordinance, an ordinance adopted by the authority may be enforced by any one, all or a combination of the remedies authorized and prescribed by this section.

(e) An ordinance may provide, when appropriate, that each day's continuing violation thereof shall constitute and be a separate and distinct offense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-401 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3-401
§ 48-3-401. “Health care facility” and “attending practitioner” defined
Status: in_force

As used in this Article:

(1) “Health care facility” includes a hospital and maternity home; and

(2) “Attending practitioner” includes a physician, licensed nurse, or other licensed professional provider of health care who assists in a birth.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-196 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-196
§ 7A-196. Jury trials
Status: in_force

(a) In civil cases in the district court there shall be a right to trial by a jury of 12 in conformity with Rules 38 and 39 of the Rules of Civil Procedure .

(b) In criminal cases there shall be no jury trials in the district court. Upon appeal to superior court trial shall be de novo, with jury trial as provided by law.

(c) In adjudicatory hearings for infractions, there shall be no right to trial by jury in the district court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108B-22 — NC Code / Chapter 108B / Section 108B-22
§ 108B-22. Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this Article to provide financial assistance to Community Action Agencies and Limited Purpose Agencies (hereinafter referred to as “agency” or “agencies”) to enable those agencies to effectively mobilize public and private resources in order to promote economic self-sufficiency among the poor of the State and to expand those services to all political subdivisions of the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1290 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1290
§ 143B-1290. Short Title
Status: in_force

This Part may be referred to as the “State Veterans Home Act”.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-135 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-135
§ 7A-135. Transfer of pending cases when present inferior courts replaced by district courts
Status: reserved

On the date that the district court is established in any county, cases pending in the inferior court or courts of that county shall be transferred to the appropriate division of the General Court of Justice, and all records of these courts shall be transferred to the office of clerk of superior court in that county pursuant to rule of Supreme Court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-10-13 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-10-13
§ 120-10.13. Bad faith costs assessed
Status: in_force

The prevailing party in any contest may recover that party's costs incurred in conjunction with the contest in a civil action, upon a showing that the other party filed, pursued, maintained, or defended the contest in bad faith and without substantial justification.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-159-3 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-159-3
§ 14-159.3. Trespass to land on motorized all-terrain vehicle
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall operate any motorized all-terrain vehicle:

(1) On any private property not owned by the operator, without the written consent of the owner; or

(2) Within the banks of any stream or waterway, but excluding a sound or the Atlantic Ocean, the adjacent lands of which are not owned by the operator, without the consent of the owner or outside the restrictions imposed by the owner.

(a1) A landowner who gives a person written consent to operate an all-terrain vehicle on the landowner's property owes the person the same duty of care that the landowner owes a trespasser.

(b) A “motorized all-terrain vehicle”, as used in this section, is a two or more wheeled vehicle designed for recreational off-road use.

(c) A violation of this section shall be a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 64-25 — NC Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64-25
§ 64-25. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Commissioner.--The North Carolina Commissioner of Labor.

(2) Employ.--Hire an employee.

(3) Employee.--Any individual who provides services or labor for an employer in this State for wages or other remuneration. The term does not include an individual whose term of employment is less than nine months in a calendar year.

(4) Employer.--Any person, business entity, or other organization that transacts business in this State and that employs 25 or more employees in this State. This term does not include State agencies, counties, municipalities, or other governmental bodies.

(5) E-Verify.--The federal E-Verify program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies, or any successor or equivalent program used to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees pursuant to federal law.

(6) Unauthorized alien.--As defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(h)(3) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-375-20 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-375-20
§ 115C-375.20. Child sexual abuse and sex trafficking training program required
Status: in_force

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

(1) School personnel.--Teachers, instructional support personnel, principals, and assistant principals. This term may also include, in the discretion of the employing entity, other school employees who work directly with students in grades kindergarten through 12.

(b) Each employing entity shall adopt and implement a child sexual abuse and sex trafficking training program for school personnel who work directly with students in grades kindergarten through 12 that provides education and awareness training related to child sexual abuse and sex trafficking, including, but not limited to, best practices from the field of prevention, the grooming process of sexual predators, the warning signs of sexual abuse and sex trafficking, how to intervene when sexual abuse or sex trafficking is suspected or disclosed, legal responsibilities for reporting sexual abuse or sex trafficking, and available resources for assistance. This training may be provided by local nongovernmental organizations with expertise in these areas, local law enforcement officers, or other officers of the court. All school personnel who work with students in grades kindergarten through 12 shall receive two hours of training consistent with this section in even-numbered years beginning in 2020.

(c) No entity required to adopt a child sexual abuse and sex trafficking training program by G.S. 115C-47(64) , 115C-218.75(g) , 115C-238.66(15) , or 116-239.8(b)(17) , or its members, employees, designees, agents, or volunteers, shall be liable in civil damages to any party for any loss or damage caused by any act or omission relating to the provision of, participation in, or implementation of any component of a child sexual abuse and sex trafficking training program required by this section, unless that act or omission amounts to gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose any specific duty of care or standard of care on an entity required to adopt a child sexual abuse and sex trafficking training program by G.S. 115C-47(64) , 115C-218.75(g) , 115C-238.66(15) , or 116-239.8(b)(17) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-127 — NC Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75-127
§ 75-127. Penalty
Status: in_force

A person who violates G.S. 75-126 is liable to the State for a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per violation, which civil penalty shall be in addition to any other relief which may be granted under other applicable laws. Each performance or production in violation of G.S. 75-126 shall constitute a separate violation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-48-33 — NC Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135-48-33
§ 135-48.33. Contracting provisions; large contract review by Board of Trustees and Attorney General, auditing, no cost plus contracts
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Trustees must approve all Plan contracts in excess of three million dollars ($3,000,000), including contracts with an initial cost of less than three million dollars ($3,000,000), but that may exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000) during the term of the contract.

(b) The Plan shall: (i) submit all proposed contracts for supplies, materials, printing, equipment, and contractual services that exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) authorized by this Article to the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee for review as provided in G.S. 114-8.3 ; and (ii) include in all proposed contracts to be awarded by the Plan under this section a standard clause which provides that the State Auditor and internal auditors of the Plan may audit the records of the contractor during and after the term of the contract to verify accounts and data affecting fees and performance. The Plan shall not award a cost plus percentage of cost agreement or contract for any purpose.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-666 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-666
§ 106-666. “Stop sale,” etc., orders
Status: in_force

(a) When the Commissioner finds that a lot of commercial fertilizer is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this Article, the Commissioner shall issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use, or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial fertilizer and shall cause the fertilizer to be held at a designated place until (i) the law has been complied with and the commercial fertilizer is released in writing by the Commissioner or (ii) the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The Commissioner shall release the commercial fertilizer so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of this Article have been complied with and upon payment of all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal.

(b) If any manufacturer, dealer, or agent fails to pay a penalty owed on commercial fertilizer within 90 days after notice of assessment by the Commissioner, the Commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use, or removal” order to that manufacturer, dealer, or agent and shall cause any commercial fertilizer distributed and offered by that manufacturer, dealer, or agent for sale in the State to be held until (i) the penalties are paid in full and the commercial fertilizer is released in writing by the Commissioner or (ii) the penalties have been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The Commissioner shall release the commercial fertilizer so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of this Article have been complied with and upon payment of all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-71-135 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-71-135
§ 58-71-135. Deposit for defendant admitted to bail authorizes release and cancellation of undertaking
Status: in_force

When the defendant has been admitted to bail, he, or another in his behalf, may deposit with an official authorized to take bail, a sum of money, or nonregistered bonds of the United States, or of the State, or of any county, city or town within the State, equal in market value to the amount of such bail, together with his personal undertaking, and an undertaking of such other person, if the money or bonds are deposited by another. Upon delivery to the official in whose custody the defendant is of a certificate of such deposit, he shall be discharged from custody in the cause.

When bail other than a deposit of money or bonds has been given, the defendant or the surety may, at any time before a breach of the undertaking, deposit the sum mentioned in the undertaking, and upon such deposit being made, accompanied by a new undertaking, the original undertaking shall be canceled.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 46A-28 — NC Code / Chapter 46A / Section 46A-28
§ 46A-28. Court's authority to make orders before final determination of proceeding; notice and hearing
Status: in_force

(a) Before final determination of a proceeding to partition real property, on application of any of the parties, the court may make any orders that it finds to be in the best interest of the parties, including, but not limited to, orders relating to possession, payment of secured debt or other liens on the property, occupancy and payment of rents, the appointment of a receiver pursuant to G.S. 1-502(6) or a limited receiver for the real property pursuant to Article 38A of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes , and access to the property for the purpose of inspecting, surveying, appraising, or selling the property.

(b) A party making a written application under subsection (a) of this section shall serve a copy of the application on all other parties and any other person the court may require. The court shall schedule a hearing on the application, if, within 10 days of being served, a person files a response in opposition to the application or requests a hearing. If no person files a response or requests a hearing within 10 days of being served, the court may decide the application without a hearing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-401 — NC Code / Chapter 18B / Section 18B-401
§ 18B-401. Manner of transportation
Status: in_force

(a) Opened Containers.--Except as authorized by a common carrier vehicle permit under G.S. 18B-1001(23) , it shall be unlawful for a person to transport fortified wine or spirituous liquor in the passenger area of a motor vehicle in other than the manufacturer's unopened original container. It shall be unlawful for a person who is driving a motor vehicle on a highway or public vehicular area to consume in the passenger area of that vehicle any malt beverage or unfortified wine. Violation of this subsection shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(b) Taxis.--It shall be unlawful for a person operating a for-hire passenger vehicle as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27) f., to transport fortified wine or spirituous liquor unless the vehicle is transporting a paying passenger who owns the alcoholic beverage being transported. A violation of this subsection shall not be grounds for suspension of the driver's license for illegal transportation of intoxicating liquors under G.S. 20-16(a)(8) .

(c) Definitions.--The definitions in Chapter 20 of the General Statutes apply in interpreting this section. If the seal on a container of alcoholic beverages has been broken, it is opened within the meaning of this section. For purposes of this section, “passenger area of a motor vehicle” means the area designed to seat the driver and passengers and any area within the reach of a seated driver or passenger, including the glove compartment. In the case of a station wagon, hatchback or similar vehicle, the area behind the last upright back seat shall not be considered part of the passenger area.