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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-118-2 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-118-2
§ 122C-118.2. Establishment of county commissioner advisory board
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a county commissioner advisory board for each catchment area, consisting of one county commissioner from each county in the catchment area, designated by the board of commissioners of each county. The county commissioner advisory board shall meet on a regular basis, and its duties shall include serving as the chief advisory board to the area authority and to the director of the area authority on matters pertaining to the delivery of services for individuals with mental illness, intellectual or other developmental disabilities, and substance abuse disorders in the catchment area. The county commissioner advisory board serves in an advisory capacity only to the area authority, and its duties do not include authority over budgeting, personnel matters, governance, or policymaking of the area authority.

(b) Each board of commissioners within the catchment area shall designate from its members the commissioner to serve on the county commissioner advisory board. Each board of commissioners may determine the manner of designation, the term of service, and the conditions under which its designee will serve on the county commissioner advisory board.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-8 — NC Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-8
§ 42-8. Grantees of reversion and assigns of lease have reciprocal rights under covenants
Status: in_force

The grantee in every conveyance of reversion in lands, tenements or hereditaments has the like advantages and remedies by action or entry against the holders of particular estates in such real property, and their assigns, for nonpayment of rent, and for the nonperformance of other conditions and agreements contained in the instruments by the tenants of such particular estates, as the grantor or lessor or his heirs might have; and the holders of such particular estates, and their assigns, have the like advantages and remedies against the grantee of the reversion, or any part thereof, for any conditions and agreements contained in such instruments, as they might have had against the grantor or his lessors or his heirs.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-45 — NC Code / Chapter 156 / Section 156-45
§ 156-45. Shareholders to pay assessments
Status: in_force

Every corporator shall be bound to obey the lawful bylaws of the company, and pay all dues lawfully assessed on him: Provided, he shall in no case pay more than his proportion of the expenses as fixed by this Subchapter; and such dues may be collected in the corporate name in any court having jurisdiction; and every assessment duly docketed in the county where the land to be affected lies shall be a lien on the lands of the debtor which are connected with the corporation from the date of such docketing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-334 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-334
§ 143-334. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article may be cited as the Department of Administration Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-800 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-800
§ 106-800. Title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known as the “Swine Farm Siting Act”.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-201 — NC Code / Chapter 50A / Section 50A-201
§ 50A-201. Initial child-custody jurisdiction
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 50A-204 , a court of this State has jurisdiction to make an initial child-custody determination only if:

(1) This State is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home state of the child within six months before the commencement of the proceeding, and the child is absent from this State but a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in this State;

(2) A court of another state does not have jurisdiction under subdivision (1), or a court of the home state of the child has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this State is the more appropriate forum under G.S. 50A-207 or G.S. 50A-208 , and:

a. The child and the child's parents, or the child and at least one parent or a person acting as a parent, have a significant connection with this State other than mere physical presence; and

b. Substantial evidence is available in this State concerning the child's care, protection, training, and personal relationships;

(3) All courts having jurisdiction under subdivision (1) or (2) have declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that a court of this State is the more appropriate forum to determine the custody of the child under G.S. 50A-207 or G.S. 50A-208 ; or

(4) No court of any other state would have jurisdiction under the criteria specified in subdivision (1), (2), or (3).

(b) Subsection (a) is the exclusive jurisdictional basis for making a child-custody determination by a court of this State.

(c) Physical presence of, or personal jurisdiction over, a party or a child is not necessary or sufficient to make a child-custody determination.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-32-2 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-32-2
§ 14-32.2. Patient abuse and neglect; punishments; definitions
Status: reserved

(a) It is unlawful for any person to physically abuse a patient of a health care facility or a resident of a residential care facility, when the abuse results in death or bodily injury.

(b) Unless the conduct is prohibited by some other provision of law providing for greater punishment, a violation of subsection (a) of this section is the following:

(1) A Class C felony where intentional conduct proximately causes the death of the patient or resident.

(2) A Class E felony where culpably negligent conduct proximately causes the death of the patient or resident.

(3) A Class F felony where such conduct is willful or culpably negligent and proximately causes serious bodily injury to the patient or resident.

(4) A Class H felony where such conduct evinces a pattern of conduct and the conduct is willful or culpably negligent and proximately causes bodily injury to a patient or resident.

(c) to (e1) Repealed by S.L. 2019-76, § 12(a), eff. Jan. 1, 2020 .

(f) Any defense which may arise under G.S. 90-321(h) or G.S. 90-322(d) pursuant to compliance with Article 23 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is fully applicable to any prosecution initiated under this section.

(g) Criminal process for a violation of this section may be issued only upon the request of a district attorney.

(h) The provisions of this section do not supersede any other applicable statutory or common law offenses.

(i) The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Abuse.--The willful or culpably negligent infliction of physical injury or the willful or culpably negligent violation of any law designed for the health or welfare of a patient or resident.

(2) Culpably negligent.--Conduct of a willful, gross, and flagrant character, evincing reckless disregard of human life.

(3) Health care facility.--Includes hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, psychiatric facilities, rehabilitation facilities, kidney disease treatment centers, home health agencies, ambulatory surgical facilities, and any other health care related facility whether publicly or privately owned.

(4) Person.--Includes any individual, association, corporation, partnership, or other entity.

(5) Residential care facility.--Includes adult care homes and any other residential care related facility whether publicly or privately owned.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 123-13 — NC Code / Chapter 123 / Section 123-13
§ 123-13. Manner of conviction; judgment; indictment
Status: in_force

No person shall be convicted on an impeachment without the concurrence of two thirds of the Senators present. Upon a conviction of the person impeached, judgment may be given that he be removed from office, or that he be disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under this State, or both. Every person convicted on impeachment shall, nevertheless, be liable to indictment and punishment according to law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-3-105 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-3-105
§ 58-3-105. Limitation of risk
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter, no insurer doing business in this State shall expose itself to any loss on any one risk in an amount exceeding ten percent (10%) of its surplus to policyholders. Any risk or portion of any risk which shall have been reinsured shall be deducted in determining the limitation of risk prescribed in this section. This section shall not apply to (i) life insurance, (ii) accident and health insurance, (iii) the insurance of marine risks, or marine protection and indemnity risks, (iv) workers' compensation or employer's liability risks, and (v) certificates of title, guaranties of title or policies of title insurance. For the purpose of determining the limitation of risk under any provision of Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter, “surplus to policyholders” shall

(1) Be deemed to include any voluntary reserves, or any part thereof, which are not required by or pursuant to law, and

(2) Be determined from the last sworn statement of such insurer on file with the Commissioner pursuant to law, or by the last report on examination filed by the Commissioner, whichever is more recent at the time of assumption of such risk.

In applying the limitation of risk under any provision of Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter to alien insurers, such provision shall be deemed to refer to the exposure to risk and to the surplus to policyholders of the United States branch of such alien insurer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-305 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-305
§ 106-305. Proclamation of infected feedstuff quarantine
Status: in_force

Upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture, it shall be lawful for the Governor to issue his proclamation forbidding the importation into this State of any feedstuff or any other article or material dangerous to livestock and poultry as a carrier of infectious or contagious disease from any area outside the State. This shall also include any and all materials imported for manufacturing purposes or for any other use, which have been tested by any state or federal agency competent to make such tests and found to contain living infectious and contagious organisms known to be injurious to the health of man, livestock and poultry.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-52 — NC Code / Chapter 166A / Section 166A-52
§ 166A-52. Validity
Status: in_force

If any provision of this Compact is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this act and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-654 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-654
§ 90-654. Temporary license
Status: in_force

Upon application and payment of the required fees, the Board may grant a temporary license to a person who, at the time of application, submits notarized copies of the items required in G.S. 90-653(a)(3) through (a)(5) while awaiting official copies of the items from the issuing agency. The temporary license shall be valid for a period not to exceed 90 days from the date of application.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-4A-204 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-4A-204
§ 25-4A-204. Refund of payment and duty of customer to report with respect to unauthorized payment order
Status: in_force

(a) If a receiving bank accepts a payment order issued in the name of its customer as sender which is (i) not authorized and not effective as the order of the customer under G.S. 25-4A-202 , or (ii) not enforceable, in whole or in part, against the customer under G.S. 25-4A-203 , the bank shall refund any payment of the payment order received from the customer to the extent the bank is not entitled to enforce payment and shall pay interest on the refundable amount calculated from the date the bank received payment to the date of the refund. However, the customer is not entitled to interest from the bank on the amount to be refunded if the customer fails to exercise ordinary care to determine that the order was not authorized by the customer and to notify the bank of the relevant facts within a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days after the date the customer received notification from the bank that the order was accepted or that the customer's account was debited with respect to the order. The bank is not entitled to any recovery from the customer on account of a failure by the customer to give notification as stated in this section.

(b) Reasonable time under subsection (a) of this section may be fixed by agreement as stated in G.S. 25-1-302(b) , but the obligation of a receiving bank to refund payment as stated in subsection (a) of this section may not otherwise be varied by agreement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-795 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-795
§ 7A-795. State Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

The State Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Advisory Committee is established to develop and recommend to the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts guidelines for the North Carolina Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Program and to monitor local judicially managed accountability and recovery courts wherever these courts are implemented and administered. The Committee shall be chaired by the Director or the Director's designee and shall consist of not less than seven members appointed by the Director and broadly representative of the courts, law enforcement, corrections, juvenile justice, child protective services, and substance abuse treatment communities. In developing guidelines, the Advisory Committee shall provide minimum standards of local judicially managed accountability and recovery courts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-134 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-134
§ 66-134. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

Discount buying clubs shall not:

(1) Represent to any potential customer that his opportunity to join is limited in time or that his delay in joining may subject him to an increased price. This shall not preclude reference to a general price increase that will take effect on a specified date.

(2) Discourage or refuse to allow potential customers to inspect all of their current merchandise catalogs and price lists during normal business hours at their place of business.

(3) Compare their prices for goods or services with other prices unless the comparison prices are prices at which substantial sales of the same goods or services were made in the same area within the past 90 days, and unless a written copy of the comparison is given to the buyer to keep.

(4) Fail upon the customer's request to cancel without charge any purchase order for:

a. Services, if such services have not been substantially performed;

b. Goods to be specially manufactured, if such manufacture has not been substantially performed; or

c. Any other goods, if they have not been delivered to the customer or consigned to a certified public carrier for delivery;

within 90 days after the purchase order was received by the buying club. This provision shall not be construed to limit a customer's right to earlier performance created by contract or by any other applicable law or regulation.

(5) Charge any amount in excess of demonstrable actual damages upon a customer's cancellation of an order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-65-90 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-65-90
§ 58-65-90. No discrimination against mentally ill or chemically dependent individuals
Status: reserved

(a) Definitions.--As used in this section, the term:

(1) “ Mental illness ” has the same meaning as defined in G.S. 122C-3(21) , with a mental disorder defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, or subsequent editions published by the American Psychiatric Association, except those mental disorders coded in the DSM-5 or subsequent editions as substance-related disorders (291.0 through 292.9 and 303.0 through 305.9), those coded as autism spectrum disorder (299.00), sexual dysfunctions not due to organic disease (302.70 through 302.79), and those coded as “V” codes.

(2) “ Chemical dependency ” has the same meaning as defined in G.S. 58-65-75 , with a mental disorder defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, or subsequent editions published by the American Psychiatric Association.

(b) Coverage of Physical Illness.--No service corporation governed by this Chapter shall, solely because an individual to be insured has or had a mental illness or chemical dependency:

(1) Refuse to issue or deliver to that individual any individual or group subscriber contract in this State that affords benefits or coverage for medical treatment or service for physical illness or injury;

(2) Have a higher premium rate or charge for physical illness or injury coverages or benefits for that individual; or

(3) Reduce physical illness or injury coverages or benefits for that individual.

(b1) Expired Oct. 1, 2001, pursuant to its own terms.

(c) Chemical Dependency Coverage Not Required.--Nothing in this section requires a service corporation to offer coverage for chemical dependency, except as provided in G.S. 58-65-75 .

(d) Applicability.--This section applies only to group health insurance contracts, other than excepted benefits as defined in G.S. 58-68-25 . For purposes of this section, “ group health insurance contracts ” include MEWAs, as defined in G.S. 58-50A-1 .

(e) Nothing in this section requires an insurer to cover treatment or studies leading to or in connection with sex changes or modifications and related care.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-217 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-217
§ 95-217. Preemption of local regulations
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the General Assembly to prescribe this uniform system for the disclosure of information regarding the use or storage of hazardous chemicals. To that end, all units of local government in the State are preempted from exercising their powers to require disclosure, directly or indirectly, of information regarding the use or storage of hazardous chemicals by employers to any members of the public, or to any branch or agent of State or local government in any manner other than as provided for in this Article. This section does not preempt the enforcement of the provisions of any nationally recognized fire code that may be adopted by a unit of local government.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-61 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-61
§ 153A-61. Submission of proposition to voters; form of ballot
Status: in_force

A proposition to approve an alteration shall be printed on the ballot in substantially the following form:

“Shall the structure of the board of commissioners be altered? (Describe the effect of the alteration.)

☐ YES

☐ NO”

The ballot shall be separate from other ballots used at the election.

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in the affirmative, the plan contained in the resolution shall be put into effect as provided in this Part. If a majority of the votes cast are in the negative, the resolution and the plan contained therein are void.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-108 — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-108
§ 127A-108. Pay and care of soldiers, airmen and sailors disabled in service
Status: in_force

A member of the North Carolina National Guard, the State defense militia, or the naval militia who without fault or negligence on the member's part is disabled through illness, injury, or disease contracted or incurred while on duty or by reason of duty in the service of the State or while reasonably proceeding to or returning from duty shall receive the actual necessary expenses for care and medicine and medical attention at the expense of the State and if the disability temporarily incapacitates the member from pursuing the member's usual business or occupation the member shall receive during his or her incapacity the pay and allowances that are provided for the same grade and rating in like circumstances in the active Armed Forces of the United States. If the member is permanently disabled, the member shall receive the pensions and benefits that persons under similar circumstances in the Armed Forces of the United States receive from the United States. In case a member dies as a result of such an injury, illness or disease within one year after it has been incurred or contracted, the surviving spouse, minor children, or dependent parents of the member shall receive the pension and benefits as persons under similar circumstances receive from the United States.

The cost incurred by reason of this section shall be paid out of the Contingency and Emergency Fund, or another fund designated by law.

The Adjutant General, with the approval of the Governor, shall make and publish regulations pursuant to this section that are necessary for its implementation. Before the name of any person is placed on the disability or pension rolls of the State under this section, proof shall be made in accordance with these regulations that the applicant is entitled to the care, pension, or benefit.

Nothing in this section shall in any way limit or condition any other payment to a member that the law allows, except that any payments made under the provisions of Chapter 97 of the General Statutes or under federal statutes as now or hereafter amended shall be deducted from the payments made under this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-48-37A — NC Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135-48-37A
§ 135-48.37A. Employing unit cooperation in collection of amounts owed to Plan
Status: in_force

(a) Any payment of benefits or other amount to, or premiums or claims paid on behalf of, any Plan member that is later determined to be an overpayment, an erroneous payment, or a benefit or amount for which the Plan member was ineligible shall be repaid by the Plan member to the Plan. If the Plan member is an employee of an employing unit, then any amounts to be recouped under this subsection shall be offset against the net wages of the Plan member.

(b) If a Plan member owes an amount to the Plan under this section, has been notified of this amount owed by the Plan member in writing, and has not entered into a payment plan acceptable to the Plan within 30 days after the written notice, then the Plan shall notify the Plan member's employer of the amount owed. Upon receipt of this notice from the Plan, an employing unit shall offset the amount owed against not less than ten percent (10%) of the net wages of the Plan member until the Plan notifies the employing unit that the amount owed has been paid in full. The Plan's notice to the employing unit shall be prima facie evidence that the amount owed is valid and, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the employing unit has no obligation to verify the amount owed. The employing unit shall provide no more than 30 days' but not less than 14 days' written notice to the Plan member prior to beginning the offset. The employing unit shall remit all amounts offset under this subsection to the Plan in intervals corresponding with the employing unit's regular pay periods.

(c) If an employing unit fails to adhere to the provisions of this section, the Plan shall, after notice to the employing unit of its failure to cooperate, be entitled to seek recovery of any amounts due directly from the employing unit.

(d) No amount due under this section may be forgiven by the Board, the Plan, the Executive Administrator, the State Treasurer, or an employing unit. The Plan and the employing unit shall have a duty to pursue the repayment in full of these funds by all lawful means available, including the filing of a civil action in the General Court of Justice.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the Plan's ability to pursue alternative judicial remedies against a Plan member or a former Plan member, including the pursuit of a judgment and lien against real property.