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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-359 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-359
§ 90-359. Examinations
Status: in_force

Competency examinations shall be administered at least twice each year to qualified applicants for licensing. The examinations may be administered by a national testing service. The examinations shall include the RDN Examination given by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the CNS Examination given by the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists and the DACBN Examination given by the American Clinical Board of Nutrition. The Board may include other nutrition therapy-focused examinations accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies for graduates with a baccalaureate degree or higher from a college or university accredited at the time from the appropriate regional accrediting agency recognized by the Council on Health Education Accreditation and the United States Department of Education that are approved by two-thirds vote of the entire Board.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 169-8 — NC Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169-8
§ 169-8. Consumer protections
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as allowing the Council or an applicable State agency to grant an innovation waiver that alters or amends any of the following:

(1) Article 12 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes , Motor Vehicle Dealers and Manufacturers Licensing Law.

(2) Chapter 24 of the General Statutes , Interest.

(3) Chapter 25A of the General Statutes, Retail Installment Sales Act.

(4) Chapter 25B of the General Statutes, Credit.

(5) Article 15 of Chapter 53 of the General Statutes , Consumer Finance Act.

(5a) All financial and solvency requirements that apply to nonadmitted domestic surplus lines insurers pursuant to G.S. 58-21-21(g) .

(5b) Article 36 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes, North Carolina Rate Bureau.

(5c) Article 37 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes, North Carolina Motor Vehicle Reinsurance Facility.

(6) Article 70 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes , Collection Agencies.

(7) Article 20 of Chapter 66 of the General Statutes , Loan Brokers.

(8) Chapter 75 of the General Statutes , Monopolies, Trusts, and Consumer Protection.

(9) Any other criminal or consumer protection laws.

(b) Prior to offering an innovative product or service to consumers, a sandbox participant shall make all of the following disclosures to consumers:

(1) The name and contact information of the sandbox participant.

(2) That the innovative product or service is authorized pursuant to the regulatory sandbox for a temporary testing period.

(3) That neither the State of North Carolina nor any of the applicable State agencies endorses or recommends the innovative product or service and is not subject to any liability for losses or damages caused by the product or service.

(4) That the consumer may contact the applicable State agency, including the Attorney General, to file complaints, notices of suspected legal violations, or other comments relating to the innovative product or service being tested and provide the consumer with the requisite agency telephone number and website address or other contact information where complaints or other comments may be filed.

All disclosures to consumers must be in a clear and conspicuous format in both English and Spanish.

(c) Any other statements or additional disclosures that may be required by the relevant State agency or by regulation to further the purposes of this Chapter.

(d) Nothing in this act affects the applicable State agency's exercise of its authority with respect to the efficacy of an innovative insurance product or service or limits the ability of an applicable State agency to ensure the financial capability of a sandbox participant transacting business with consumers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2A-208 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2A-208
§ 25-2A-208. Modification, rescission and waiver
Status: in_force

(1) An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to be binding.

(2) A signed lease agreement that excludes modification or rescission except by a signed writing may not be otherwise modified or rescinded, but, except as between merchants, such a requirement on a form supplied by a merchant must be separately signed by the other party.

(3) Although an attempt at modification or rescission does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, it may operate as a waiver.

(4) A party who has made a waiver affecting an executory portion of a lease contract may retract the waiver by reasonable notification received by the other party that strict performance will be required of any term waived, unless the retraction would be unjust in view of a material change of position in reliance on the waiver.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-41-31 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-41-31
§ 116-41.31. Oversight of Future Teachers of North Carolina
Status: reserved

(a) FTNC System Office.--FTNC shall be administratively located in The University of North Carolina System Office. The President shall establish a Future Teachers of North Carolina Advisory Council (FTNC Council) to oversee the FTNC program. At the President's discretion, the FTNC Council shall coordinate with constituent institutions to utilize expertise from administrators, faculty, and staff members of institutions of higher education in designing the agenda and instructional content for the FTNC Symposium. The FTNC Council shall ensure diverse representation of the educator preparation programs represented at the FTNC Symposium. The FTNC Council shall also be responsible for creating an application process for interested high school students, reviewing submitted applications, selecting students to attend, and recruitment and outreach efforts.

(b), (c) Repealed by S.L. 2020-56, § 4(b), eff. June 30, 2020 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-108-2 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-108-2
§ 115C-108.2. Interlocal cooperation
Status: in_force

The Board, any two or more local educational agencies, and any other agency and any State department, agency, or division having responsibility for the education, treatment, or habilitation of children with disabilities may enter into interlocal cooperative undertakings under Part 1 of Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes or into undertakings with a State agency such as the Departments of Public Instruction, Health and Human Services, or Public Safety, or their divisions, agencies, or units, for the purpose of providing for the special education and related services, treatment, or habilitation of these children within the jurisdiction of the agency or unit, and shall do so when it is unable to provide the appropriate public special education or related services for these children. In entering into such undertakings, the local agency and State department, agency, or division shall also contract to provide the special education or related services that are educationally appropriate to the children with disabilities for whose benefit the undertaking is made and provide these services by or in the local agency unit or State department, agency, or division located in the place most convenient to these children.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-105-46 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-105-46
§ 115C-105.46. State Board of Education responsibilities
Status: reserved

In order to implement this Article, the State Board of Education:

(1) to (4) Repealed by S.L. 2011-145, § 7.13(y), eff. July 1, 2011 .

(5) Shall adopt policies that define who is an at-risk student.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-19-8 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-19-8
§ 120-19.8. Limitation by resolution of either house
Status: in_force

The provisions of G.S. 120-19.5 pertaining to staff assistance and the provisions of G.S. 120-19.6 pertaining to interim committee activity shall not apply to the House if the House by rule or resolution shall adopt an alternate method of staff assistance or interim committee activity and shall not apply to the Senate if the Senate by rule or resolution shall adopt an alternate method of staff assistance or interim committee activity. Either house of the General Assembly shall have the right to determine any matter concerning the scope of its internal procedure by appropriate rule or resolution without the joinder of the other.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-120 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-120
§ 14-120. Uttering forged paper or instrument containing a forged endorsement
Status: in_force

If any person, directly or indirectly, whether for the sake of gain or with intent to defraud or injure any other person, shall utter or publish any such false, forged or counterfeited instrument as is mentioned in G.S. 14-119 , or shall pass or deliver, or attempt to pass or deliver, any of them to another person (knowing the same to be falsely forged or counterfeited) the person so offending shall be punished as a Class I felon. If any person, directly or indirectly, whether for the sake of gain or with intent to defraud or injure any other person, shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit any endorsement on any instrument described in the preceding section, whether such instrument be genuine or false, or shall knowingly utter or publish any such instrument containing a false, forged or counterfeited endorsement or, knowing the same to be falsely endorsed, shall pass or deliver or attempt to pass or deliver any such instrument containing a forged endorsement to another person, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class I felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-76 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-76
§ 50-76. Failure to reach settlement; disposition by court; duty of attorney to withdraw
Status: in_force

(a) If the parties fail to reach a settlement and no civil action has been filed, either party may file a civil action, unless the collaborative law agreement first provides for the use of arbitration or alternative dispute resolution.

(b) If a civil action is pending and the collaborative law procedures do not result in a collaborative law settlement agreement, upon notice to the court, the court may enter orders as appropriate, free of the restrictions of G.S. 50-74(b) .

(c) If a civil action is filed or set for trial pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the attorneys representing the parties in the collaborative law proceedings may not represent either party in any further civil proceedings and shall withdraw as attorney for either party.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-16 — NC Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84-16
§ 84-16. Membership and privileges
Status: in_force

The membership of the North Carolina State Bar shall consist of two classes, active and inactive.

The active members shall be all persons who have obtained a license or certificate, entitling them to practice law in the State of North Carolina, who have paid the membership dues specified, and who have satisfied all other obligations of membership. No person other than a member of the North Carolina State Bar shall practice in any court of the State except foreign attorneys as provided by statute and natural persons representing themselves.

Inactive members shall be:

(1) All persons who have obtained a license to practice law in the State but who have been found by the Council to be not engaged in the practice of law and not holding themselves out as practicing attorneys and not occupying any public or private positions in which they may be called upon to give legal advice or counsel or to examine the law or to pass upon, adjudicate, or offer an opinion concerning the legal effect of any act, document, or law.

(2) Persons allowed by the Council solely to represent indigent clients on a pro bono basis under the supervision of an active member employed by a nonprofit corporation qualified to render legal services pursuant to G.S. 84-5.1 .

All active members shall be required to pay annual membership fees, and shall have the right to vote in elections held by the district bar in the judicial district in which the member resides. If a member desires to vote with the bar of some district in which the member practices, other than that in which the member resides, the member may do so by filing with the Secretary of the North Carolina State Bar a statement in writing that the member desires to vote in the other district; provided, however, that in no case shall the member be entitled to vote in more than one district.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-89A-80 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-89A-80
§ 58-89A-80. License not assignable; change of name or location
Status: in_force

(a) A licensee shall not conduct business under any name other than that specified in the license. A license issued under this Article is not assignable. A licensee shall not conduct business under any fictitious or assumed name without prior written authorization from the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall not authorize the use of a name that is so similar to that of a public office or agency or to that of another licensee that the public may be confused or misled by the name's use. A licensee shall not conduct business under more than one name unless the licensee has obtained a separate license for each name or the licensee is operating under a group license pursuant to G.S. 58-89A-35 .

(b) Except as provided in this subsection, a licensee may change the licensee's licensed name only once in a calendar year by notifying the Commissioner and paying a fee for the change of name. The fee for a name change shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). A licensee may change the licensee's name without the payment of the name change fee if the name change is submitted with the information required by G.S. 58-89A-70(d) . If a licensee has changed its name once during a calendar year, the licensee shall not change its name again unless the name change is approved by the Commissioner.

(c) A licensee shall notify the Commissioner in writing within 30 days of any change in the status of the licensee, including:

(1) Any change in the location of the licensee's primary business office;

(2) The addition of or change in the location of any other business offices providing professional employer services in this State; and

(3) A change in the location of business records maintained by the licensee.

(d) A licensee may advertise in this State using only the name that is on the license issued by the Commissioner.

(e) Each written proposal provided to a prospective client company and each PEO agreement between a licensee and a client company or assigned employee shall clearly identify the name of the licensee.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-146-5 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-146-5
§ 143B-146.5. Identification of low-performing schools
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board shall design and implement a procedure to identify low-performing schools on an annual basis. Low-performing schools are those participating schools in which there is a failure to meet the minimum growth standards, as defined by the State Board, and a majority of students are performing below grade level.

(b) By July 10 of each year, the Secretary shall do a preliminary analysis of test results to determine which participating schools the State Board may identify as low-performing under this section. The Secretary then shall proceed under G.S. 143B-146.7 . In addition, within 30 days of the initial identification of a school as low-performing by the Secretary or the State Board, whichever occurs first, the Secretary shall develop a preliminary plan for addressing the needs of that school. Before the Secretary adopts this plan, the Secretary shall make the plan available to the residential school personnel and the parents and guardians of the students of the school, and shall allow for written comments. Within five days of adopting the plan, the Secretary shall submit the plan to the State Board. The State Board shall review the plan expeditiously and, if appropriate, may offer recommendations to modify the plan. The Secretary shall consider any recommendations made by the State Board.

(c) Each identified low-performing school shall provide written notification to the parents of students attending that school. The written notification shall include a statement that the State Board of Education has found that the school has “failed to meet the minimum growth standards, as defined by the State Board, and a majority of students in the school are performing below grade level.” This notification also shall include a description of the steps the school is taking to improve student performance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-479-8 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-479-8
§ 160A-479.8. Fiscal accountability
Status: in_force

A Regional Sports Authority is a public authority subject to the provisions of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-3-50 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-3-50
§ 58-3-50. Companies must do business in own name; emblems, insignias, etc.
Status: in_force

Every insurance company or group of companies must conduct its business in the State in, and the policies and contracts of insurance issued by it shall be headed or entitled only by, its proper or corporate name or names. There shall not appear on the policy anything that would indicate that it is the obligation of any other than the company or companies responsible for the payment of losses under the policy, though it will be permissible to stamp or print on the policy, the name or names of the department or general agency issuing the same, and the group of companies with which the company is financially affiliated. The use of any emblem, insignia, or anything other than the true and proper corporate name of the company or group of companies shall be permitted only with the approval of the Commissioner; provided that, with the exception of policies subject to the provisions of Article 36 of this Chapter, a coverage within a policy may be issued by more than one company, so long as the policy clearly identifies the company responsible for each coverage.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-50-27A — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-50-27A
§ 14-50.27A. Dissemination of criminal intelligence information
Status: in_force

A law enforcement agency may disseminate an assessment of criminal intelligence information to the principal of a school when necessary to avoid imminent danger to the life of a student or employee of the school or to the public school property pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 23.20 . The notification may be made in person or by telephone. As used in this subsection, the term “ school ” means any public or private school in the State under Chapter 115C of the General Statutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36F-11 — NC Code / Chapter 36F / Section 36F-11
§ 36F-11. Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise ordered by the court or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is an original user of an account any digital asset of the account held in trust, including a catalogue of electronic communications of the trustee and the content of electronic communications.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-96 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-96
§ 20-96. Detaining property-hauling vehicles or vehicles regulated by the Motor Carrier Safety Regulation Unit until fines or penalties and taxes are collected
Status: in_force

(a) Authority to Detain Vehicles.--A law enforcement officer may seize and detain the following property-hauling vehicles operating on the highways of the State:

(1) A property-hauling vehicle with an overload in violation of G.S. 20-88(k) and G.S. 20-118 .

(2) A property-hauling vehicle that does not have a proper registration plate as required under G.S. 20-118.3 .

(3) A property-hauling vehicle that is owned by a person liable for any overload penalties or assessments due and unpaid for more than 30 days.

(4) A property-hauling vehicle that is owned by a person liable for any taxes or penalties under Article 36B of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes .

(5) Any commercial vehicle operating under the authority of a motor carrier when the motor carrier has been assessed a fine pursuant to G.S. 20-17.7 and that fine has not been paid.

(6) A property-hauling vehicle operating in violation of G.S. 20-119 .

The officer may detain the vehicle until the delinquent fines or penalties and taxes are paid and, in the case of a vehicle that does not have the proper registration plate, until the proper registration plate is secured.

(b) Storage; Liability.--When necessary, an officer who detains a vehicle under this section may have the vehicle stored. The motor carrier under whose authority the vehicle is being operated or the owner of a vehicle that is detained or stored under this section is responsible for the care of any property being hauled by the vehicle and for any storage charges. The State shall not be liable for damage to the vehicle or loss of the property being hauled.

(c) The authority of a law enforcement officer to seize a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall not be affected by the statutes of limitations set out in Chapter 1 of the North Carolina General Statutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2A-523 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2A-523
§ 25-2A-523. Lessor's remedies
Status: in_force

(1) If a lessee wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment when due or repudiates with respect to a part or the whole, then, with respect to any goods involved, and with respect to all of the goods if under an installment lease contract the value of the whole lease contract is substantially impaired ( G.S. 25-2A-510 ), the lessee is in default under the lease contract and the lessor may:

(a) cancel the lease contract ( G.S. 25-2A-505(1) );

(b) proceed respecting goods not identified to the lease contract ( G.S. 25-2A-524 );

(c) withhold delivery of the goods and take possession of goods previously delivered ( G.S. 25-2A-525 );

(d) stop delivery of the goods by any bailee ( G.S. 25-2A-526 );

(e) dispose of the goods and recover damages ( G.S. 25-2A-527 ), or retain the goods and recover damages ( G.S. 25-2A-528 ), or in a proper case recover rent ( G.S. 25-2A-529 );

(f) exercise any other rights or pursue any other remedies provided in the lease contract.

(2) If a lessor does not fully exercise a right or obtain a remedy to which the lessor is entitled under subsection (1) of this section, the lessor may recover the loss resulting in the ordinary course of events from the lessee's default as determined in any reasonable manner, together with incidental damages, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee's default.

(3) If a lessee is otherwise in default under a lease contract, the lessor may exercise the rights and pursue the remedies provided in the lease contract, which may include a right to cancel the lease. In addition, unless otherwise provided in the lease contract:

(a) if the default substantially impairs the value of the lease contract to the lessor, the lessor may exercise the rights and pursue the remedies provided in subsections (1) or (2) of this section; or

(b) if the default does not substantially impair the value of the lease contract to the lessor, the lessor may recover as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-21-1 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-21-1
§ 106-21.1. Feed Advisory Service; fee
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall operate a Feed Advisory Service for the analysis of animal feeds in order to provide a feeding management service to all animal producers in North Carolina. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall accompany each feed sample sent to the Department for testing. A fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) shall accompany each feed sample which is to be tested for the presence of fumonisin.