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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-317 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-317
§ 106-317. Regulation of the transportation or importation of hogs and other livestock into State
Status: in_force

To prevent the spread of hog cholera, vesicular exanthema, vesicular stomatitis, foot-and-mouth disease, or any other contagious, infectious and communicable swine disease in North Carolina, the North Carolina Board of Agriculture is authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations governing the transportation and importation of swine into North Carolina from any other state or territory: Provided, that following a proclamation by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States and the Commissioner of Agriculture of North Carolina that a state of emergency exists, arising from the existence of a dangerous contagious and infectious disease of livestock which threatens the livestock industry of the country, the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture is empowered and authorized to immediately promulgate emergency rules and regulations governing the movement of swine and other livestock within the State and prohibiting, restricting and/or controlling the transportation and importation of swine and other livestock into North Carolina for the duration of the emergency. The emergency rules and regulations promulgated by the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture shall be subject to approval, disapproval or change at the next regular or special meeting of the North Carolina Board of Agriculture. The North Carolina Board of Agriculture under the authority of this section may by regulation establish a system of health certificates and permits for the better protection of the swine and livestock of this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-1-30 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-1-30
§ 55-1-30. Powers
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of him by this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-40 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-40
§ 54B-40. Voluntary dissolution by directors
Status: in_force

A State association may be voluntarily dissolved by a majority vote of the board of directors when substantially all of the assets have been sold for the purpose of terminating the business of the association or as provided in G.S. 55-14-01 , and when a certificate of dissolution is recorded in the manner required by this Chapter for the recording of certificates of incorporation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 114-8-2 — NC Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114-8-2
§ 114-8.2. Charges for legal services
Status: in_force

The Department of Justice shall charge State boards and commissions that are totally supported by receipts from fees or surcharges for legal services rendered by the Department to the board or commission. Client State departments, agencies, boards, and commissions shall reimburse the Department of Justice for reasonable court fees, attorney travel and subsistence costs, and other costs directly related to litigation in which the Department of Justice is representing the department, agency, or board.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75E-4 — NC Code / Chapter 75E / Section 75E-4
§ 75E-4. Enforcement
Status: in_force

The Attorney General may institute a civil action to prevent or restrain violations of G.S. 75E-2 .

A person injured by a violation of G.S. 75E-2 may maintain an action for damages or for an injunction or both against any person who has committed the violation. The holders of the voting shares of a corporation that is the subject of a proposed business combination that is to be consummated in violation of G.S. 75E-2 shall, for purposes of the previous sentence, be deemed to be injured by such violation, notwithstanding the fact that such business combination has not been consummated.

In a proceeding under this section, the court shall determine whether a violation has been committed and enter any judgment or decree necessary to remove the effects of any violation it finds and to prevent continuation or renewal of the violation in the future.

If an application for an injunction is granted, after due notice to all parties, and a hearing thereon, the complainant (including, without limiting the generality hereof, the Attorney General) may be awarded costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.

In an action for damages, if the defendant is found to have willfully violated G.S. 75E-2 , the person injured may be awarded up to three times the amount of actual damages which result from the violation, with costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-55-2 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-55-2
§ 108A-55.2. Collaboration among agencies to ensure Medicaid-related services payments to eligible students with disabilities in public schools
Status: in_force

The Department shall work with the Department of Public Instruction and local education agencies to develop efficient, effective, and appropriate administrative procedures and guidelines to provide maximum funding for Medicaid-related services for Medicaid-eligible students with disabilities. The procedures and guidelines shall be streamlined to ensure that local education agencies receive Medicaid reimbursement in a timely manner for Medicaid-related services and administrative outreach to Medicaid-eligible students with disabilities.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116E-1 — NC Code / Chapter 116E / Section 116E-1
§ 116E-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

(1) “ Center ” means the Governmental Data Analytics Center as established in Part 8 of Article 15 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes.

(2) “ De-identified data ” means a data set in which parent and student identity information, including the unique student identifier and student social security number, has been removed.

(3) “ FERPA ” means the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g .

(4) “ Student data ” means data relating to student performance. Student data includes State and national assessments, course enrollment and completion, grade point average, remediation, retention, degree, diploma or credential attainment, enrollment, discipline records, and demographic data. Student data does not include juvenile delinquency records, criminal records, and medical and health records.

(5) “ System ” means the North Carolina Longitudinal Data System.

(6) “ Unique Student Identifier ” or “ UID ” means the identifier assigned to each student by one of the following:

a. A local school administrative unit based on the identifier system developed by the Department of Public Instruction.

b. An institution of higher education, nonpublic school, or other State agency operating or overseeing an educational program, if the student has not been assigned an identifier by a local school administrative unit.

(7) “ Workforce data ” means data relating to employment status, wage information, geographic location of employment, and employer information.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-7-21 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-7-21
§ 55-7-21. Voting entitlement of shares
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section or unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders' meeting.

(b) Absent special circumstances, the shares of a corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned by or otherwise belong to the corporation, directly or indirectly, through an entity of which a majority of the voting power is held directly or indirectly by the corporation or which is otherwise controlled by the corporation.

(c) Subsection (b) of this section does not limit the power of a corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held, directly or indirectly, in a fiduciary capacity, unless they are held for the benefit of, or otherwise belong to, the corporation, directly or indirectly, through an entity of which a majority of the voting power is held directly or indirectly by the corporation or which is otherwise controlled by the corporation.

(d) Redeemable shares are not entitled to vote after notice of redemption is given to the holders and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with a bank, trust company, or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares.

(e) For purposes of this section, “ voting power ” means the current power to vote in the election of directors of a corporation or to elect, select, or appoint managers, managing members, or other members of the governing body of another entity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-209 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-209
§ 53-209. Title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the North Carolina Reciprocal Interstate Banking Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-268 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-268
§ 14-268. Violation made misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of this Article shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115D-7 — NC Code / Chapter 115D / Section 115D-7
§ 115D-7. Establishment of private, nonprofit corporations
Status: in_force

The State Board of Community Colleges shall encourage the establishment of private, nonprofit corporations to support the community college system. The President of the Community Colleges System with the approval of the State Board of Community Colleges, may assign employees to assist with the establishment and operation of such nonprofit corporation and may make available to the corporation office space, equipment, supplies and other related resources; provided, the sole purpose of the corporation is to support the community college system.

The board of directors of each private, nonprofit corporation shall secure and pay for the services of the State Auditor's Office or employ a certified public accountant to conduct an audit of the financial accounts of the corporation. The board of directors shall transmit to the State Board of Community Colleges a copy of the annual financial audit report of the private nonprofit corporation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-8B-3 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-8B-3
§ 36C-8B-3. Scope
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Article applies to an express trust that is irrevocable or revocable by the settlor only with the consent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest.

(b) This Article shall not apply to a trust held solely for charitable purposes as described in G.S. 36C-4-405(a) .

(c) Subject to G.S. 36C-8B-15 , a trust instrument may restrict or prohibit exercise of the decanting power.

(d) This Article shall not limit the power of a trustee, power holder, or other person to distribute or appoint property in further trust or to modify a trust under the trust instrument, law of this State other than this Article, common law, a court order, or a nonjudicial settlement agreement.

(e) This Article shall not affect the ability of a settlor to provide in a trust instrument for the distribution of the trust property or appointment in further trust of the trust property or for modification of the trust instrument.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2-318 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2-318
§ 25-2-318. Third party beneficiaries of warranties express or implied
Status: in_force

A seller's warranty whether express or implied extends to any natural person who is in the family or household of his buyer or who is a guest in his home if it is reasonable to expect that such person may use, consume or be affected by the goods and who is injured in person by breach of the warranty. A seller may not exclude or limit the operation of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-599 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-599
§ 115C-599. Duties of State agencies
Status: reserved

(a) The State Board, as part of its duty to monitor all local education agencies to determine compliance with this Article and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400, et seq., (2004) , as amended, and federal regulations adopted under that act, as provided in G.S. 115C-107.4 , shall ensure that local education agencies do the following:

(1) Conduct evaluations requested by a child's parent of suspected children with disabilities, as defined in G.S. 115C-107.3 , in a timely manner as required by IDEA.

(2) Provide assessments for continuing eligibility to identified children with disabilities receiving scholarship funds at the request of the parent to ensure compliance with G.S. 115C-593 .

(b) The Authority shall analyze, in conjunction with the Department of Public Instruction, past trends in scholarship data on an annual basis to ensure that the amount of funds transferred each fiscal year by the Authority to the Department for reevaluations by local school administrative units of eligible students under G.S. 115C-593 are sufficient and based on actual annual cost requirements.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-28-9 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-28-9
§ 136-28.9. Retainage--construction contracts
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 147-69.1 , 147-77 , 147-80 , 147-86.10 , and 147-86.11 , or any other provision of the law, the Department of Transportation is authorized to enter into trust agreements with banks and contractors for the deposit of retainage and for the payment to contractors of income on these deposits, in connection with transportation construction contracts, in trust accounts with banks in accordance with Department of Transportation regulations, including deposit insurance and collateral requirements. The Department of Transportation may contract with those banks without trust departments in addition to those with trust departments. Funds deposited in any trust account shall be invested only in bonds, securities, certificates of deposits, or other forms of investment authorized by G.S. 147-69.1 for the investment of State funds. The trust agreement may also provide for interest to be paid on uninvested cash balances.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-209-14 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-209-14
§ 116-209.14. Annual reports
Status: in_force

The Authority shall, following the close of each fiscal year, publish an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, the Governor, and the General Assembly. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the Authority during the year. The operations of the Authority shall be subject to the oversight of the State Auditor pursuant to Article 5A of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-611 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-611
§ 25-9-611. Notification before disposition of collateral
Status: in_force

(a) “Notification date.” -- In this section, “ notification date ” means the earlier of the date on which:

(1) A secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor an authenticated notification of disposition; or

(2) The debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notification.

(b) Notification of disposition required. -- Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a secured party that disposes of collateral under G.S. 25-9-610 shall send to the persons specified in subsection (c) of this section a reasonable authenticated notification of disposition.

(c) Persons to be notified. -- To comply with subsection (b) of this section, the secured party shall send an authenticated notification of disposition to:

(1) The debtor;

(2) Any secondary obligor; and

(3) If the collateral is other than consumer goods:

a. Any other person from which the secured party has received, before the notification date, an authenticated notification of a claim of an interest in the collateral;

b. Any other secured party or lienholder that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral perfected by the filing of a financing statement that:

1. Identified the collateral;

2. Was indexed under the debtor's name as of that date; and

3. Was filed in the office in which to file a financing statement against the debtor covering the collateral as of that date; and

c. Any other secured party that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in the collateral perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation, or treaty described in G.S. 25-9-311(a) .

(d) Subsection (b) inapplicable: perishable collateral; recognized market. -- Subsection (b) of this section does not apply if the collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market.

(e) Compliance with sub-subdivision (c)(3)b. -- A secured party complies with the requirement for notification prescribed by sub-subdivision (c)(3)b. of this section if:

(1) Not later than 20 days or earlier than 30 days before the notification date, the secured party requests, in a commercially reasonable manner, information concerning financing statements indexed under the debtor's name in the office indicated in sub-subdivision (c)(3)b. of this section; and

(2) Before the notification date, the secured party:

a. Did not receive a response to the request for information; or

b. Received a response to the request for information and sent an authenticated notification of disposition to each secured party or other lienholder named in that response whose financing statement covered the collateral.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-4-303 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-4-303
§ 25-4-303. When items subject to notice, stop-payment order, legal process, or setoff; order in which items may be charged or certified
Status: in_force

(a) Any knowledge, notice, or stop-payment order received by, legal process served upon, or setoff exercised by a payor bank comes too late to terminate, suspend, or modify the bank's right or duty to pay an item or to charge its customer's account for the item if the knowledge, notice, stop-payment order, or legal process is received or served and a reasonable time for the bank to act thereon expires or the setoff is exercised after the earliest of the following:

(1) The bank accepts or certifies the item;

(2) The bank pays the item in cash;

(3) The bank settles for the item without having a right to revoke the settlement under statute, clearing-house rule, or agreement;

(4) The bank becomes accountable for the amount of the item under G.S. 25-4-302 dealing with the payor bank's responsibility for late return of item; or

(5) With respect to checks, a cutoff hour no earlier than one hour after the opening of the next banking day after the banking day on which the bank received the check and no later than the close of that next banking day or, if no cutoff hour is fixed, the close of the next banking day after the banking day on which the bank received the check.

(b) Subject to subsection (a) of this section, items may be accepted, paid, certified or charged to the indicated account of its customer in any order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 114-12-1 — NC Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114-12-1
§ 114-12.1. Minority sensitivity training for law enforcement personnel
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Justice shall develop guidelines for minority sensitivity training for all law enforcement personnel throughout the State. The Department shall ensure that all persons who work with minority juveniles in the juvenile justice system are taught how to communicate effectively with minority juveniles and how to recognize and address the needs of those juveniles. The Department shall also advise all law enforcement and professionals who work within the juvenile justice system of ways to improve the treatment of minority juveniles so that all juveniles receive equal treatment. Except where local law enforcement has existing minority sensitivity training that meets the Department guidelines, the Department shall conduct the minority sensitivity training annually. Prior to the training each year, the Department shall assess whether minorities are receiving fair and equal treatment in the juvenile justice system with regard to the administration of predisposition procedures, of diversion methods, of dispositional alternatives, and of treatment and post-release supervision plans.

(b) The Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall ensure that all juvenile court counselors and other Division personnel receive the minority sensitivity training specified in subsection (a) of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-77-1 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-77-1
§ 153A-77.1. Single portal of entry
Status: in_force

A county may develop for human services a single portal of entry, a consolidated case management system, and a common data base; provided that if the county is part of a district health department or multicounty public health authority or a multicounty area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse authority, such action must be approved by the district board of health or public health authority board or the area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse board to affect any matter within the jurisdiction of that board. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate a patient's right to confidentiality as provided by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50C-9 — NC Code / Chapter 50C / Section 50C-9
§ 50C-9. Notice of orders
Status: in_force

(a) The clerk of court shall deliver on the same day that a civil no-contact order is issued, a certified copy of that order to the sheriff.

(b) If the respondent was not present in court when the order was issued, the respondent may be served in the manner provided for service of process in civil proceedings in accordance with Rule 4(j) of the Rules of Civil Procedure . If the summons has not yet been served upon the respondent, it shall be served with the order. Law enforcement agencies shall accept receipt of copies of the order issued by the clerk of court by electronic or facsimile transmission for service on defendants.

(c) A copy of the order shall be issued promptly to and retained by the police department of the municipality of the victim's residence. If the victim's residence is not located in a municipality or in a municipality with no police department, copies shall be issued promptly to and retained by the sheriff and the county police department, if any, of the county in which the victim's residence is located.

(d) Any order extending, modifying, or revoking any civil no-contact order shall be promptly delivered to the sheriff by the clerk and served in a manner provided for service of process in accordance with the provisions of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A-3 — NC Code / Chapter 113A / Section 113A-3
§ 113A-3. Declaration of State environmental policy
Status: in_force

The General Assembly of North Carolina, recognizing the profound influence of man's activity on the natural environment, and desiring, in its role as trustee for future generations, to assure that an environment of high quality will be maintained for the health and well-being of all, declares that it shall be the continuing policy of the State of North Carolina to conserve and protect its natural resources and to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony. Further, it shall be the policy of the State to seek, for all of its citizens, safe, healthful, productive and aesthetically pleasing surroundings; to attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety; and to preserve the important historic and cultural elements of our common inheritance.