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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-231 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-231
§ 95-231. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) “Approved laboratory” means a clinical chemistry laboratory which performs controlled substances testing and which has demonstrated satisfactory performance in the forensic urine drug testing programs of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the College of American Pathologists for the type of tests and controlled substances being evaluated.

(1a) “Controlled substance” is as defined in G.S. 90-87(5) or a metabolite thereof.

(1b) “Controlled substance examination” means all actions related to drug testing for the purpose of determining if an examinee has used controlled substances.

(2) “Examiner” means a person, firm, or corporation, doing business in the State, including State, county, and municipal employers, who is the employer or prospective employer of the examinee and who performs or has performed by an approved laboratory a controlled substance examination.

(3) “Examinee” means an individual who is an employee of the examiner or an applicant for employment with the examiner and who is requested or required by an examiner to submit to a controlled substance examination.

(4) “Screening” means initial controlled substance examination performed for the purpose of determining use of controlled substances by an examinee.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-14 — NC Code / Chapter 156 / Section 156-14
§ 156-14. Subsequent owners bound
Status: in_force

All persons to whom may descend, or who may otherwise own or occupy lands drained by any canal or ditch, for the privilege of cutting which any labor for repairing is assessed, shall contribute the same, and shall be bound therefor to all intents and purposes, and in the same manner and by the same judgment as the original party himself would be if he occupied the land.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-64-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-64-1
§ 143-64.1. Department of Administration designated State agency for federal surplus property
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration is hereby designated as the State agency for federal surplus property, and with respect to the acquisition of federal surplus property said agency shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Administration.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-813 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-813
§ 106-813. North Carolina Dairy Stabilization and Growth Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The North Carolina Dairy Stabilization and Growth Fund is created as a nonreverting account in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Fund shall consist of any money appropriated to the Fund by the General Assembly and money made available to it from grants, donations, and other sources. The Board of Agriculture shall actively seek donations, grants, and other sources of money for the Fund.

(b) The Board shall use the monies in the Fund as follows:

(1) Up to two percent (2%) of the money appropriated annually by the General Assembly may be used by the Department for the costs of administering the Dairy Stabilization and Growth Program. In the event that the General Assembly does not make an appropriation to the Fund in a given year, up to two percent (2%) of the balance remaining in the Fund may be used by the Department for the costs of administering the Program.

(2) The monies remaining after administrative expenses are deducted shall be used to provide assistance to North Carolina dairy farmers in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 106-814 .

(3) At the end of any fiscal year in which the total payments to North Carolina dairy farmers under G.S. 106-814 are less than fifty percent (50%) of the amount appropriated by the General Assembly for the year, five percent (5%) of the unspent appropriation for the year may be set aside for use in that year and subsequent years for programs to support the development of the dairy industry.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-16-10 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-16-10
§ 136-16.10. Allocations by Department Chief Financial Officer to eliminate overdrafts
Status: in_force

The Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Transportation shall allocate at the beginning of each fiscal year from the various appropriations made to the Department of Transportation for State Construction, State Funds to Match Federal Highway Aid, and State Maintenance sufficient funds to eliminate all overdrafts on State maintenance and construction projects, and these allocations shall not be diverted to other purposes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-131-35 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-131-35
§ 130A-131.35. List of programs
Status: in_force

The Department shall maintain and update a list of out-of-school time programs that qualify under the provisions of this Part and shall post that list on its Internet Web site, including the date of qualification for each program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-653 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-653
§ 143-653. Unauthorized matches prohibited
Status: in_force

No person shall promote, conduct, or engage in an unarmed combat match, whether the participants are professional or amateur, except as authorized by this Article. This section shall not preclude professional wrestling.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-481-2 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-481-2
§ 160A-481.2. Interlocal cooperation authorized
Status: in_force

Interlocal cooperation, as provided in Part 1 of this Article, is authorized between any local government units in this State for any purpose. When two or more local government units agree to contract for one or more undertakings under this Part, the provisions of Part 1 of this Article apply.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 88B-15 — NC Code / Chapter 88B / Section 88B-15
§ 88B-15. Practice outside cosmetic art shops
Status: in_force

(a) Any individual licensed under this Chapter may visit the residences of individuals who are sick or disabled and confined to their places of residence in order to attend to their cosmetic needs. A licensed individual may also visit hospitals, nursing homes, rest homes, retirement homes, mental institutions, correctional facilities, funeral homes, and similar institutions to attend to the cosmetic needs of those in these institutions.

(b) An individual licensed under this Chapter may practice in a licensed barbershop as permitted by G.S. 86B-32 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-139-4C — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-139-4C
§ 143B-139.4C. Office of Rural Health; administration of loan repayment programs
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Rural Health, shall use funds appropriated to the Department for loan repayment to medical, dental, and psychiatric providers practicing in State hospitals or in rural or medically underserved communities in this State to combine the following loan repayment programs in order to achieve efficient and effective management of these programs:

(1) The Physician Loan Repayment Program.

(2) The Psychiatric Loan Repayment Program.

(3) The Loan Repayment Initiative at State Facilities.

(b) These funds may be used for the following additional purposes:

(1) Continued funding of the State Loan Repayment Program for primary care providers and expansion of State incentives to general surgeons practicing in Critical Access Hospitals located across the State.

(2) Expansion of the State Loan Repayment Program to include eligible providers residing in North Carolina who use telemedicine in rural and underserved areas.

(c) The Office of Rural Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is directed to structure the North Carolina State Loan Repayment Program so that it is aligned with all of the following goals:

(1) The Program is targeted to increase the number of health care providers in rural areas of the State.

(2) The Program is coordinated with the National Health Service Corps and Federal Loan Repayment programs, as well as any other publicly or privately funded programs, to maximize funding in order to increase the number of health care providers in rural areas of the State.

(3) The Program encourages both recruitment and retention of health care providers in rural areas of the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 142-12 — NC Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142-12
§ 142-12. State bonds exempt from taxation
Status: in_force

Bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the State are exempt from State taxation to the extent provided in the act authorizing their issuance. If the act authorizing the issuance of the instruments does not address exemption from taxation, then they are exempt from taxation by the State or any of its subdivisions, except for inheritance or gift taxes, income taxes on the gain from the transfer of the instruments, and franchise taxes. Unless the act authorizing the issuance of the instruments provides otherwise, the interest on the instruments is not subject to taxation as income.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-277-17 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-277-17
§ 106-277.17. Registration and variety testing
Status: in_force

The Commissioner is authorized to require the registration, after field testing for performance and trueness-to-variety, of any variety, blend, or hybrid as a prerequisite to sale in this State and to promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to same. The Commissioner is further authorized to prohibit the sale of any variety, blend, or hybrid or any kind of crop, by and with the advice of the Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, that has been found by official field tests to be inferior, misrepresented or unsuited to conditions within the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-56A-45 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-56A-45
§ 58-56A-45. Rules
Status: in_force

The Commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-63 — NC Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148-63
§ 148-63. Arrest powers of police officers
Status: in_force

Any officer who is authorized to make arrests of fugitives from justice shall have full authority and power to arrest any parolee whose parole has been revoked or any post-release supervisee who has been revoked.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-2-250 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-2-250
§ 58-2-250. Electronic filings
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section:

(1) “ Commissioner's designee ” includes the National Insurance Producer Registry of the NAIC.

(2) “ License ” includes any license, certificate, registration, or permit issued under this Chapter.

(3) “ Licensee ” means any person who holds a license.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, the Commissioner may adopt rules that require an applicant for a license or a licensee to file documents electronically with the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee. The rules adopted under this section may contain procedures for the electronic payment of any fee required under this Chapter and the electronic filing of documents, including:

(1) Any document required as part of an application for a license under this Chapter.

(2) Any document required to be filed by an applicant for a license or a licensee to maintain the license in good standing.

(3) Any other document required or permitted to be filed.

(c) The Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee may charge an administrative fee for electronic filing. Fees charged for the processing of an electronic filing are in addition to any other fee imposed for the filing. Fees charged for an electronic filing are limited to the actual cost of the electronic transaction.

(d) This section does not supersede any other provision of law that requires the electronic filing of a document or requires an applicant for a license or a licensee to make any other filing electronically.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-402 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-402
§ 1-402. Judge approves when petitioner is infant
Status: in_force

If any petitioner is an infant, or the guardian of an infant, acting for him, no final order or judgment of the clerk, affecting the merits of the case and capable of being prejudicial to the infant, is valid, unless submitted to and approved by the judge resident or holding court in the district.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-210-94 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-210-94
§ 90-210.94. Right of appeal upon revocation or suspension of license
Status: in_force

Upon the revocation or suspension of any license or authority by the Board of Funeral Service, under any of the provisions of this Article, the said association or individual whose license or authority has been revoked or suspended shall have the right of appeal from the action of the Board of Funeral Service in revoking or suspending such license or authority to the Superior Court of Wake County or to the superior court of the county in which the said association or the said individual is domiciled or, upon agreement of the parties to the appeal, to any other superior court of the State. The association or individual appealing from the order of the Board of Funeral Service shall give notice of appeal in writing to the Board of Funeral Service, with a copy of such notice to the clerk of the superior court to which the appeal is taken, within 10 days of the date of notice of the order revoking or suspending the said license or authority and shall pay such appeal fees to the clerk of superior court as are required by law. Within 30 days after receipt of the notice of appeal, the Board of Funeral Service shall file with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the appeal is to be heard the decision of the Board of Funeral Service. Upon receipt of such decision, the clerk of superior court shall place the matter upon the civil issue docket of the superior court and the same shall be heard de novo. Pending such appeal, the burial association or individual whose license or authority has been suspended or revoked shall continue to operate or function as before the revocation or suspension and until final adjudication by the superior court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 100-17 — NC Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100-17
§ 100-17. Flagpole to be erected in each State park
Status: in_force

At each of the State parks of North Carolina an adequate flagpole shall be erected, in keeping with the construction of other structures thereupon, upon which flags of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina may be flown.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-13-02 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-13-02
§ 55A-13-02. Authorized distributions
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may pay reasonable amounts to its members, directors, or officers for services rendered or other value received and may confer benefits upon its members in conformity with its purposes.

(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section:

(1) A corporation may make distributions to any entity that is exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor section, or that is organized exclusively for one or more of the purposes specified in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor section and that upon dissolution shall distribute its assets to a charitable or religious corporation, the United States, a state or an entity that is exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor section.

(2) Any corporation other than a charitable or religious corporation may make distributions to any domestic or foreign corporation.

(3) Except as otherwise prohibited by statute, a corporation not operated for profit, the membership of which is limited to the owners or occupants of real property in a condominium, cooperative housing corporation, or other real property development, having as its primary purposes the management, operation, preservation, maintenance, and repair of common areas and improvements upon the real property owned by the members and the corporation or organization, may make distribution to its members of excess or surplus membership dues, fees, or assessments remaining after the payment of or provisions for common expenses and any prepayment of reserves; provided that these distributions are in proportion to the dues, fees, or assessments collected from the members.

(c) Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, a corporation other than a charitable or religious corporation may make distributions to purchase its memberships.

(d) A corporation shall not make any distribution under subsection (b) or (c) of this section if at the time of or as a result of such distribution:

(1) The corporation would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business; or

(2) The corporation's total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-75 — NC Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41-75
§ 41-75. Inapplicability of Article
Status: in_force

This Article does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Executors or trustees in their representative capacity.

(2) Partnerships governed by Chapter 59 of the General Statutes .

(3) Business entities.

(4) Accounts established under G.S. 41-2.1 or G.S. 41-2.2 to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.

(5) Life estates.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-27 — NC Code / Chapter 89C / Section 89C-27
§ 89C-27. Invalid sections; severability
Status: in_force

If any of the provisions of this Chapter, or if any rule, regulation or order thereunder, or if the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Chapter and the application of such provision of this Chapter or rule, regulation or order to persons or circumstances, other than those as to which it is held valid, shall not be affected thereby.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-703 — NC Code / Chapter 18B / Section 18B-703
§ 18B-703. Merger of local ABC operations
Status: in_force

(a) Conditions for Merger.--Any city governing body or board of county commissioners may merge its ABC system with the system of one or more other cities or counties if:

(1) Stores operated by the systems of those jurisdictions serve the same general area or are in close proximity to each other; and

(2) The merger is approved by the Commission.

(b) Appointment of Board.--Upon merger of ABC systems, the local boards for those systems shall be replaced by one board appointed jointly by the appointing authorities for the previous boards.

(c) Distribution of Profits.--Before merger, the cities or counties involved shall agree upon a formula for distribution of the profits of the new merged ABC system, based as closely as practicable on the distribution previously authorized for the separate systems. This formula for distribution shall be subject to approval by the Commission.

(d) Enforcement.--Local officers hired by the local ABC board for the merged ABC system shall have the same territorial jurisdiction that officers for each of the merged boards would have.

(e) Dissolution.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, with the approval of the Commission, the cities or counties that have merged their ABC systems may dissolve the merged operation at any time and resume their prior separate operations. A city or county that has merged with another local board pursuant to the requirements of G.S. 18B-700(c1) may only dissolve a merged operation if one of the following applies:

(1) The city or county is merging with a different local board.

(2) The city or county is ceasing operation of all ABC stores within the city or county.

(f) Other Details Negotiated.--Issues not addressed in this section concerning the merger or dissolution of ABC systems, such as the method of appointment of the merged board, the size of the merged board, or the procedure for dissolution, may be negotiated by the affected cities and counties, subject to the approval of the Commission.

(g) Operation Follows General Law.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, the authority and operation of any local board established under this section shall be the same as for any other local board.

(h) Agreement for Joint Store Operations.--With the approval of the Commission, two or more governing bodies of counties and/or municipalities with ABC systems may enter into a written agreement whereby one or more ABC stores located within the counties and/or municipalities that are parties to the agreement shall be controlled and operated by the local ABC board specified in the agreement, even though said ABC store or stores are located outside the boundaries of the county or municipality of the local ABC board that will be operating the ABC store or stores that are subject to the agreement. The provisions of this section shall be effective as to such agreements insofar as is applicable. Issues not addressed in this section shall be negotiated by the parties, subject to the approval of the Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-245 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-245
§ 66-245. Prohibited practices
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any membership camping operator or salesperson to state or imply in attempting to sell a membership or to persuade a member to make payment that the purchaser will be able to sell the contract and thereby eliminate his obligation or recoup all or a substantial part of his purchase price.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 111-46 — NC Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111-46
§ 111-46. Vending facilities operated by those other than blind persons
Status: in_force

Where vending facilities on State property are operated by those other than blind persons on the date of enactment of this Article, the contract of these vending facilities shall not be renewed or extended unless the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is notified of the proposed renewal or extension and the Secretary determines within 30 days of this notification that the vending facilities are not, or cannot become, suited for operation by the blind. If the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services within 30 days of the date of this notification fails to provide for the operation of the vending facilities by the blind, the existing contract may be renewed or extended.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-822 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-822
§ 143B-822. Juvenile facility monthly commitment report
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety shall report electronically on the first day of each month to the Fiscal Research Division regarding each juvenile correctional facility and the average daily population for the previous month. The report shall include (i) the average daily population for each detention center and (ii) the monthly summary of the Committed Youth Report.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-9D — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-9D
§ 143-215.9D. Agricultural operation investigations confidential
Status: in_force

Complaints of violations of this Article relating to an agricultural operation and all other records accumulated in conjunction with the investigation of these complaints shall be considered confidential records and may be released only by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. If the Department determines that a violation has occurred, the complaint of the violation and all records accumulated in conjunction with the investigation of the complaint shall be considered public records pursuant to G.S. 132-6 . Any information obtained by the Department from any law enforcement agency, administrative agency, or regulatory organization on a confidential or otherwise restricted basis in the course of such an investigation shall be confidential and exempt from the requirements of G.S. 132-6(a) to the same extent that it is confidential in the possession of the providing agency or organization.