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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187-12 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-187-12
§ 90-187.12. Unauthorized practice; penalty
Status: in_force

An individual shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the individual engages in any of the following activities:

(1) Practices or attempts to practice veterinary medicine in this State without first having obtained a license or temporary permit from the Board.

(2) Practices veterinary medicine without renewing the individual's license, as provided in G.S. 90-187.5 .

(3) Practices or attempts to practice veterinary medicine while the individual's license is revoked, or suspended, or when a certificate of license has been refused.

(4) Violates any of the provisions of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-54A — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-54A
§ 143-215.54A. Minimum standards for ordinances; variances for prohibited uses
Status: in_force

(a) A flood hazard prevention ordinance adopted by a county or city pursuant to this Part shall, at a minimum:

(1) Meet the requirements for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program and of this section.

(2) Prohibit new solid waste disposal facilities, hazardous waste management facilities, salvage yards, and chemical storage facilities in the 100-year floodplain except as authorized under subsection (b) of this section.

(3) Provide that a structure or tank for chemical or fuel storage incidental to a use that is allowed under this section or to the operation of a water treatment plant or wastewater treatment facility may be located in a 100-year floodplain only if the structure or tank is either elevated above base flood elevation or designed to be watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components capable of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and the effects of buoyancy.

(b) A flood hazard prevention ordinance may include a procedure for granting variances for uses prohibited under G.S. 143-215.54(c) . A county or city shall notify the Secretary of its intention to grant a variance at least 30 days prior to granting the variance. A county or city may grant a variance upon finding that all of the following apply:

(1) The use serves a critical need in the community.

(2) No feasible location exists for the location of the use outside the 100-year floodplain.

(3) The lowest floor of any structure is elevated above the base flood elevation or is designed to be watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components capable of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and the effects of buoyancy.

(4) The use complies with all other applicable laws and regulations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-99 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-99
§ 50-99. Modification or termination of parenting coordinator appointment
Status: in_force

(a) For good cause shown, the court may terminate or modify the parenting coordinator appointment upon motion of any party, upon the agreement of the parties, or by the court on its own motion.

(b) For good cause shown, the court may modify or terminate the parenting coordinator's appointment upon request of the parenting coordinator as set forth in G.S. 50-97(a)(5) .

(c) For purposes of termination or modification of the parenting coordinator's appointment, good cause may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:

(1) The lack of reasonable progress.

(2) A determination that the parties no longer need the assistance of a parenting coordinator.

(3) Impairment on the part of a party that significantly interferes with the party's participation in the process.

(4) The inability or unwillingness of the parenting coordinator to continue to serve.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-408 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-408
§ 143B-408. North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs--meetings; quorum; proxy vote
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall meet quarterly, and at any other such time that it shall deem necessary. Meetings may be called by the chairman or by a petition signed by a majority of the members of the Commission. Ten days' notice shall be given in writing prior to the meeting date.

(b) Simple majority of the Indian members of the Commission must be present to constitute a quorum.

(c) Proxy vote shall not be permitted.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27-20 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-27-20
§ 14-27.20. Definitions
Status: reserved

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Repealed by S.L. 2018-47, § 4(a), eff. Dec. 1, 2018 .

(1a) Against the will of the other person.--Either of the following:

a. Without consent of the other person.

b. After consent is revoked by the other person, in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to believe consent is revoked.

(2) Mentally incapacitated.--A victim who due to any act is rendered substantially incapable of either appraising the nature of his or her conduct, or resisting the act of vaginal intercourse or a sexual act.

(2a) Person who has a mental disability.--A victim who has an intellectual disability or a mental disorder that temporarily or permanently renders the victim substantially incapable of appraising the nature of his or her conduct, or of resisting the act of vaginal intercourse or a sexual act, or of communicating unwillingness to submit to the act of vaginal intercourse or a sexual act.

(3) Physically helpless.--Any of the following:

a. A victim who is unconscious.

b. A victim who is physically unable to resist an act of vaginal intercourse or a sexual act or communicate unwillingness to submit to an act of vaginal intercourse or a sexual act.

(4) Sexual act.--Cunnilingus, fellatio, analingus, or anal intercourse, but does not include vaginal intercourse. Sexual act also means the penetration, however slight, by any object into the genital or anal opening of another person's body. It is an affirmative defense that the penetration was for accepted medical purposes.

(5) Sexual contact.--Any of the following:

a. Touching the sexual organ, anus, breast, groin, or buttocks of any person.

b. A person touching another person with their own sexual organ, anus, breast, groin, or buttocks.

c. A person ejaculating, emitting, or placing semen, urine, or feces upon any part of another person.

(6) Touching.--As used in subdivision (5) of this section, means physical contact with another person, whether accomplished directly, through the clothing of the person committing the offense, or through the clothing of the victim.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-23 — NC Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-23
§ 29-23. In general
Status: in_force

If a person dies intestate as to all the person's estate, property which the person gave in his lifetime as an advancement shall be counted toward the advancee's intestate share, and to the extent that it does not exceed such intestate share, shall be taken into account in computing the estate to be distributed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-142 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-142
§ 130A-142. Immunity of persons who report
Status: in_force

A person who makes a report pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of making that report.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131F-8 — NC Code / Chapter 131F / Section 131F-8
§ 131F-8. License fees
Status: in_force

(a) Required Fees.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, every charitable organization or sponsor shall pay the following fees with each license application:

(1) Fifty dollars ($50.00), if the contributions received for the last fiscal year were less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

(2) One hundred dollars ($100.00), if the contributions received for the last fiscal year were one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, but less than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).

(3) Two hundred dollars ($200.00), if the contributions received for the last fiscal year were two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) or more.

(b) Exemption.--A licensed charitable organization or sponsor that received less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the last calendar or fiscal year shall not pay a fee.

(c) Parent Organization.--A parent organization or association filing on behalf of one or more chapters, branches, members, or affiliates shall pay a single license fee for itself and its other chapters, branches, members, or affiliates. These license fees shall be imposed as follows:

(1) One hundred dollars ($100.00) for a parent organization or association and one to five chapters, branches, members, or affiliates.

(2) Two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a parent organization or association and 6 to 10 chapters, branches, members, or affiliates.

(3) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a parent organization or association and 11 to 15 chapters, branches, members, or affiliates.

(4) Four hundred dollars ($400.00) for a parent organization or association and 16 or more chapters, branches, members, or affiliates.

(d) Late Filing.--A charitable organization or sponsor which fails to file the renewal information by the due date may be assessed an additional fee for the late filing. The late filing fee shall be established by rule of the Department and shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each month or part of a month after the date on which the information was due to be filed or after the period of extension granted for the filing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-17-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-17-1
§ 58-17-1. “Lloyds” insurance associations may transact business of insurance other than life, on certain conditions
Status: in_force

Associations of individuals, whether organized within the State or elsewhere, formed upon the plan known as “Lloyds”--whereby each associate underwriter becomes liable for a proportionate part of the whole amount insured by policy--may be authorized to transact business of insurance, other than life, in this State, in like manner and upon the same terms and conditions as are required of and imposed upon insurance companies regularly organized; but all such “Lloyds” whether organized within the State or elsewhere, shall make the same deposit, and upon the same terms and conditions as required by Articles 5 and 16 of this Chapter for foreign or alien insurance companies incorporated under the laws of any government or state other than the United States or one of the several states of the Union. Provided, such associations shall be subject to all of the laws and regulations of the State of North Carolina relating to the transaction of insurance business within this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-266-33 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-266-33
§ 106-266.33. Duties of the Department
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall enforce the rules of the Board of Agriculture governing Grade “A” milk by making sanitary inspections of Grade “A” dairy farms, Grade “A” processing plants, Grade “A” milk haulers and Grade “A” distributors; by determining the quality of Grade “A” milk; and by evaluating methods of handling Grade “A” milk to insure compliance with the provisions of the rules of the Board of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall issue permits for the operation of Grade “A” dairy farms, processing plants and haulers in accordance with the provisions of the rules of the Board of Agriculture and shall suspend or revoke permits for violations in accordance with the rules.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 124-5-1 — NC Code / Chapter 124 / Section 124-5-1
§ 124-5.1. The Freight Rail & Rail Crossing Safety Improvement Fund
Status: in_force

The Freight Rail & Rail Crossing Safety Improvement Fund is a fund within the Highway Fund and administered by the Rail Division of the Department of Transportation. The Fund shall be used for the enhancement of freight rail service, short-line railroad assistance, and railroad-roadway crossing safety, which may include the following project types:

(1) Track and associated infrastructure improvements for freight service.

(2) Grade crossing protection, elimination, and hazard removal.

(3) Signalization improvements.

(4) Assistance for projects to improve rail access to industrial, port, and military facilities and for freight intermodal facility improvements, provided that funding assistance under this subdivision shall be subject to the same limits as that for short-line railroads under G.S. 136-44.39 .

(5) Corridor protection and reactivation.

(6) Subject to federal or other state law, improvements to rail lines and corridors in this State and through portions of a bordering state for the purpose of connecting with the national railroad system.

(7) Other short-line railroad projects.

The Fund may also be used to supplement funds allocated for freight rail or railroad-roadway crossing safety projects approved as part of the Transportation Improvement Program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-3-414 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3-414
§ 25-3-414. Obligation of drawer
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to cashier's checks or other drafts drawn on the drawer.

(b) If an unaccepted draft is dishonored, the drawer is obliged to pay the draft (i) according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession of a holder, or (ii) if the drawer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in G.S. 25-3-115 and G.S. 25-3-407 . The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the draft or to an indorser who paid the draft under G.S. 25-3-415 .

(c) If a draft is accepted by a bank, the drawer is discharged, regardless of when or by whom acceptance was obtained.

(d) If a draft is accepted and the acceptor is not a bank, the obligation of the drawer to pay the draft if the draft is dishonored by the acceptor is the same as the obligation of an indorser under G.S. 25-3-415(a) and (c) .

(e) If a draft states that it is drawn “without recourse” or otherwise disclaims liability of the drawer to pay the draft, the drawer is not liable under subsection (b) of this section to pay the draft if the draft is not a check. A disclaimer of the liability stated in subsection (b) of this section is not effective if the draft is a check.

(f) If (i) a check is not presented for payment or given to a depositary bank for collection within 30 days after its date, (ii) the drawee suspends payments after expiration of the 30-day period without paying the check, and (iii) because of the suspension of payments, the drawer is deprived of funds maintained with the drawee to cover payment of the check, the drawer to the extent deprived of funds may discharge its obligation to pay the check by assigning to the person entitled to enforce the check the rights of the drawer against the drawee with respect to the funds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-32-1A — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-32-1A
§ 120-32.1A. Evacuation of legislative buildings and grounds
Status: in_force

The Chief of the General Assembly Police, or the Chief's designee, shall exercise at all times those means that, in the opinion of the Chief, or the Chief's designee, may be effective in protecting the State legislative buildings and grounds and the persons within those buildings and grounds from fire, bombs, bomb threats, or any other emergency or potentially hazardous conditions, including both the ordering and control of the evacuation of those buildings and grounds. The Chief, or the Chief's designee, may employ the assistance of other available law enforcement agencies and emergency agencies to aid and assist in evacuations of the legislative buildings and grounds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-58-3 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-58-3
§ 66-58.3. Certification authority licensing
Status: in_force

All persons acting as a certification authority with respect to transactions under this Article shall be licensed by the Secretary prior to representing themselves or acting as a certification authority under this Article. Certification authority licensing standards set by the Secretary may include, but are not limited to, technical, physical, procedural, and personnel security controls, repository obligations, and financial responsibility standards. Upon payment of the required fees, a certification authority meeting the standards adopted by the Secretary by rule shall be licensed for a period of one year. Licenses of certification authorities complying with the standards adopted by the Secretary may be renewed for additional one-year terms upon payment of the required renewal fee.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-4A-209 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-4A-209
§ 25-4A-209. Acceptance of payment order
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subsection (d), a receiving bank other than the beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order when it executes the order.

(b) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), a beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order at the earliest of the following times:

(1) When the bank (i) pays the beneficiary as stated in G.S. 25-4A-405(a) or G.S. 25-4A-405(b), or (ii) notifies the beneficiary of receipt of the order or that the account of the beneficiary has been credited with respect to the order unless the notice indicates that the bank is rejecting the order or that funds with respect to the order may not be withdrawn or used until receipt of payment from the sender of the order;

(2) When the bank receives payment of the entire amount of the sender's order pursuant to G.S. 25-4A-403(a)(1) or G.S. 25-4A-403(a)(2) ; or

(3) The opening of the next funds-transfer business day of the bank following the payment date of the order if, at that time, the amount of the sender's order is fully covered by a withdrawable credit balance in an authorized account of the sender or the bank has otherwise received full payment from the sender, unless the order was rejected before that time or is rejected within (i) one hour after that time, or (ii) one hour after the opening of the next business day of the sender following the payment date if that time is later. If notice of rejection is received by the sender after the payment date and the authorized account of the sender does not bear interest, the bank is obliged to pay interest to the sender on the amount of the order for the number of days elapsing after the payment date to the day the sender receives notice or learns that the order was not accepted, counting that day as an elapsed day. If the withdrawable credit balance during that period falls below the amount of the order, the amount of interest payable is reduced accordingly.

(c) Acceptance of a payment order cannot occur before the order is received by the receiving bank. Acceptance does not occur under subsection (b)(2) or (b)(3) if the beneficiary of the payment order does not have an account with the receiving bank, the account has been closed, or the receiving bank is not permitted by law to receive credits for the beneficiary's account.

(d) A payment order issued to the originator's bank cannot be accepted until the payment date if the bank is the beneficiary's bank, or the execution date if the bank is not the beneficiary's bank. If the originator's bank executes the originator's payment order before the execution date or pays the beneficiary of the originator's payment order before the payment date and the payment order is subsequently cancelled pursuant to G.S. 25-4A-211(b) , the bank may recover from the beneficiary any payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-70-16 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-70-16
§ 108A-70.16. Uniformity of interpretation
Status: in_force

This Part shall be so interpreted and construed as to be consistent with the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq., and any subsequent amendments to that act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-520-6 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-520-6
§ 106-520.6. Premiums and premium lists supplemented
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture may supplement premiums and premium lists for county and regional fairs and the North Carolina State Fair, and improve and expand the facilities for exhibits at the North Carolina State Fair, at any time or times, out of any funds which may be available for such purposes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-194 — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-194
§ 127A-194. Eligibility
Status: in_force

(a) Active members of the North Carolina National Guard who are enrolled or who shall enroll in any proprietary school, private educational institution, or State educational institution shall be eligible to apply for this tuition assistance benefit: Provided, that the applicant has a minimum obligation of two years remaining as a member of the North Carolina National Guard from the end of the academic period for which tuition assistance is provided or that the applicant commit himself or herself to extended membership for at least two additional years from the end of that academic period.

(b) This tuition assistance benefit shall be applicable to students in the following categories:

(1) Students seeking to achieve completion of their secondary school education at a community college or technical institute.

(2) Students seeking trade or vocational training or education.

(3) Students seeking to achieve a two-year associate degree.

(4) Students seeking to achieve a four-year baccalaureate degree.

(5) Students seeking to achieve a graduate degree.

(6) Students enrolled in a program granting a graduate certificate.

(7) Students enrolled in a professional certification program recommended by the Director of the North Carolina National Guard Education and Employment Center and approved by the North Carolina National Guard Education Services Officer.

(c) The following persons shall be eligible to apply for disbursements to pay outstanding student loans pursuant to G.S. 127A-195(g) :

(1) Persons described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(2) Active members of the North Carolina National Guard who were previously enrolled in any proprietary school, private educational institution, or State educational institution, but only if:

a. The applicant has a minimum obligation of two years remaining as a member of the North Carolina National Guard from the time of the application; or

b. The applicant commits himself or herself to extended membership for at least two additional years from the time of the application.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-3-300 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-3-300
§ 58-3-300. Health insurance issuers subject to certain requirements of federal law
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the authority granted to the states under 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-22(a)(1) , health insurance issuers that issue, sell, renew, or offer health benefit plans, as defined in G.S. 58-3-167(a)(1) , in the State in the individual or group market shall meet the requirements of Part A of Subchapter XXV of Chapter 6A of Title 42 of the United States Code and regulations issued thereunder.