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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309-09B — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-309-09B
§ 130A-309.09B. Local government waste reduction programs
Status: reserved

(a) Each unit of local government shall establish and maintain a solid waste reduction program. The following requirements shall apply:

(1) Demolition debris consisting of used asphalt or used asphalt mixed with dirt, sand, gravel, rock, concrete, or similar nonhazardous material may be used as fill and need not be disposed of in a permitted landfill or solid waste disposal facility, provided that demolition debris may not be placed in the waters of the State or at or below the seasonal high water table.

(2) Repealed by S.L. 1991-621, § 8 .

(3) Units of local government are encouraged to separate marketable plastics, glass, metal, and all grades of paper for recycling prior to final disposal and are further encouraged to recycle yard trash and other organic solid waste into compost available for agricultural and other acceptable uses.

(b) To the maximum extent practicable, units of local government should participate in the preparation and implementation of joint waste reduction and solid waste management programs, whether through joint agencies established pursuant to G.S. 153A-421 , G.S. 160A-462 , or any other means provided by law. Nothing in a county's solid waste management or waste reduction program shall affect the authority of a municipality to franchise or otherwise provide for the collection of solid waste generated within the boundaries of the municipality.

(c) to (e) Repealed by Laws 1995, c. 594, § 14, eff. Oct. 1, 1996 .

(f) A county or counties and its or their municipalities may jointly determine, through a joint agency established pursuant to G.S. 153A-421 or G.S. 160A-462 , which local governmental agency shall administer a solid waste management or waste reduction program.

(g) Repealed by Laws 1995, c. 594, § 14, eff. Oct. 1, 1996 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1240 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1240
§ 143B-1240. Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be cited as “The Minor Veterans Enabling Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-68 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-68
§ 143B-68. Public Librarian Certification Commission--members; selection; quorum; compensation
Status: reserved

The Public Librarian Certification Commission of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall consist of five members as follows: (i) the chairman of the public libraries section of the North Carolina Library Association, (ii) two individuals named by the Governor upon the nomination of the North Carolina Library Association, (iii) the dean, department chair, program director, or equivalent of a State or regionally accredited graduate school of librarianship in North Carolina appointed by the Governor, and (iv) one member at large appointed by the Governor.

The members shall serve four-year terms or while holding the appropriate chairmanship. Any appointment to fill a vacancy created by the resignation, dismissal, death or disability of a member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term.

The Governor shall have the power to remove any member of the Commission from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, and nonfeasance according to the provisions of G.S. 143B-13 of the Executive Organization Act of 1973.

The members of the Commission shall receive per diem, and necessary travel expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138-5 .

A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

All clerical and other services required by the Commission shall be supplied by the Secretary of the Department through the regular staff of the Department.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-49 — NC Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65-49
§ 65-49. The North Carolina Cemetery Commission
Status: in_force

The North Carolina Cemetery Commission is established with the power and duty to adopt rules and regulations to be followed in the enforcement of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-292 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-292
§ 163-292. Determination of election results in cities using the plurality method
Status: in_force

In conducting nonpartisan elections and using the plurality method, elections shall be determined in accordance with the following rules:

(1) When more than one person is seeking election to a single office, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.

(2) When more persons are seeking election to two or more offices (constituting a group) than there are offices to be filled, those candidates receiving the highest number of votes, equal in number to the number of offices to be filled, shall be declared elected.

(3) If two or more candidates receiving the highest number of votes each receive the same number of votes, the board of elections shall determine the winner by lot.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-260 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-260
§ 106-260. “Milk” defined
Status: in_force

Wherever the word “milk” appears hereinafter in this Article, it shall be construed to include all whole milk, cream, chocolate milk, buttermilk, skim milk, special milk and all flavored milk, including flavored drinks, skim condensed, whole condensed, dry milks and evaporated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-81 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-81
§ 136-81. Department of Transportation may maintain footways
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation shall have the power to erect and maintain adequate footways over swamps, waters, chasms, gorges, gaps, or in any other places whatsoever, whenever said Department of Transportation shall find that such footways are necessary, in connection with the use of the highways, for the safety and convenience of the public.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1-7A — NC Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132-1-7A
§ 132-1.7A. Alarm registration information
Status: in_force

A public record, as defined by G.S. 132-1 , does not include any registration or sensitive security information received or compiled by a city pursuant to an alarm registration ordinance. For purposes of this section, the term “ alarm registration ordinance ” means an ordinance adopted by a city that requires owners of security, burglar, fire, or similar alarm systems to register with the city. Information that is deemed confidential under this section and is not open to public inspection, examination, or copying includes registration information, including the name, home and business telephone number, and any other personal identifying information provided by an applicant pursuant to an alarm registration ordinance, and any sensitive security information pertaining to an applicant's alarm system, including residential or office blueprints, alarm system schematics, and similar drawings or diagrams.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-29 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-29
§ 131E-29. Audits and recommendations
Status: in_force

Each hospital authority shall file with the mayor of the city or the chairman of the county board of commissioners at least annually an audit report by a certified public accountant of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make any recommendations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-71-168 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-71-168
§ 58-71-168. Records to be maintained
Status: in_force

All records related to executing bail bonds, including bail bond registers, monthly reports, receipts, collateral security agreements, and memoranda of agreements, shall be kept separate from records of any other business and must be maintained for not less than three years after the final entry has been made.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 93A-49 — NC Code / Chapter 93A / Section 93A-49
§ 93A-49. Service of process on exchange company
Status: in_force

Any exchange company offering an exchange program to a purchaser shall be deemed to have made an irrevocable appointment of the Commission to receive service of lawful process in any proceeding against the exchange company arising under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-8 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-8
§ 95-8. Employers required to make statistical report to Commissioner; refusal as contempt
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every owner, operator, or manager of every factory, workshop, mill, mine, or other establishment, where labor is employed, to make to the Department, upon blanks furnished by said Department, such reports and returns as the said Department may require, for the purpose of compiling such labor statistics as are authorized by this Article, and the owner or business manager shall make such reports and returns within the time prescribed therefor by said Commissioner, and shall certify to the correctness of the same. Upon the refusal of any person, firm, or corporation to comply with the provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of any judge of the superior court, upon application by the Commissioner or by any representative of the Department authorized by him, to order the person, firm, or corporation to show cause why he or it should not comply with the provisions of this section. Refusal to comply with the order of the judge of the superior court shall be dealt with as for contempt of court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-11 — NC Code / Chapter 48A / Section 48A-11
§ 48A-11. Applicability
Status: in_force

This Article applies to any of the following contracts entered into between an unemancipated minor and any third party or parties:

(1) A contract pursuant to which a person is employed or agrees to render artistic or creative services, either directly or through a third party, including, but not limited to, a personal services corporation or loan-out company. As used in this Article, the term “artistic or creative services” includes, but is not limited to, services as an actor, actress, dancer, musician, comedian, singer, stunt person, voice-over artist, or other performer or entertainer, or as a songwriter, musical producer or arranger, writer, director, producer, production executive, choreographer, composer, conductor, or designer.

(2) A contract pursuant to which a person agrees to purchase, or otherwise secure, sell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of literary, musical, or dramatic properties, or use of a person's likeness, voice recording, performance, or story of or incidents in his or her life, either tangible or intangible, or any rights therein for use in motion pictures, television, the production of sound recordings in any format now known or hereafter devised, the legitimate or living stage, or otherwise in the entertainment field.

(3) A contract pursuant to which a person is employed or agrees to render services as a participant or player in a sport.

(4) Where a minor renders services as an extra, background performer, or in a similar capacity, through an agency or service that provides one or more performers for a fee, such as a casting agency, the agency or service shall be considered the minor's employer for the purposes of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-174-1 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-174-1
§ 116-174.1. Minors authorized to borrow for higher education; interest; requirements of loans
Status: in_force

All minors in North Carolina of the age of 17 years and upwards shall have full power and authority to enter into written contracts of indebtedness, at a rate of interest not exceeding the contract rate authorized in Chapter 24 of the General Statutes , with persons and educational institutions or with firms and corporations licensed to do business in North Carolina and to execute notes evidencing such indebtedness. Such loans shall be:

(1) Unsecured by the conveyance of any property as security, whether real, personal or mixed;

(2) For the sole purpose of borrowing money to obtain post-secondary education at an accredited college, university, junior college, community college, business or trade school provided, however, that none of the proceeds of such loans shall be used to pay for any correspondence courses;

(3) The proceeds of any loan shall be disbursed either directly to the educational institution for the benefit of the borrower or jointly to the borrower and the educational institution.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-58-215 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-58-215
§ 58-58-215. License revocation and denial
Status: reserved

The Commissioner may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the license of a provider or broker if the Commissioner finds that:

(1) There was any material misrepresentation in the application for the license;

(2) The licensee or any officer, partner, member, or key management personnel has been convicted of fraudulent or dishonest practices, is subject to a final administrative action, or is otherwise shown to be untrustworthy or incompetent;

(3) The provider demonstrates a pattern of unreasonable payments to viators;

(4) The licensee or any officer, partner, member, or key management personnel has been found guilty of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony, or to a misdemeanor involving fraud or moral turpitude, regardless of whether a judgment of conviction has been entered by the court;

(5) The provider has entered into any viatical settlement contract that has not been approved pursuant to this Part;

(6) The provider has failed to honor contractual obligations set out in a viatical settlement contract;

(7) The licensee no longer meets the requirements for initial licensure;

(8) The provider has assigned, transferred, or pledged a viaticated policy to a person other than a provider licensed in this State, viatical settlement purchaser, an accredited investor, or qualified institutional buyer as defined respectively in Regulation D, Rule 501 or Rule 144A of the Federal Securities Act of 1933, as amended, financing entity, special purpose entity, or related provider trust; or

(9) The licensee or any officer, partner, member, or key management personnel has violated any provision of this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28B-2 — NC Code / Chapter 28B / Section 28B-2
§ 28B-2. Action for receiver; jurisdiction; contents of complaint
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any absentee in military action as defined in this Chapter has an interest in any form of property in this State and has not provided an adequate power of attorney authorizing another to act in his behalf in regard to such property or interest, any person who would have an interest in the property or estate of the absentee in military service were such absentee in military service deceased, or any person who is dependent on such absentee in military service for his maintenance or support, may commence an action for the appointment of a receiver to care for the estate of the absentee in military service by filing a verified complaint in the superior court in the county of domicile of the absentee in military service or in any county where his property is situated.

(b) The complaint shall show the following:

(1) The name, age, address, relationship of the person filing the complaint to the alleged absentee, and the interest of that person in the property of the absentee in military service or his dependency upon the absentee in military service for his maintenance and support.

(2) The name, age, and address of all persons who would have an interest in the estate of the absentee in military service were he deceased and the name, age, and address of all persons dependent upon him for their maintenance and support.

(3) The name, age, and last known address of the absentee in military service.

(4) The date on which the absentee in military service was first reported as missing or captured by the appropriate federal agency, and, as far as is known, the circumstances surrounding his absence.

(5) The necessity for and the reasons why a receiver should be appointed.

(6) Whether or not the person alleged to be an absentee in military service has a will and the whereabouts of said will.

(7) So far as known, a schedule of all his property within this State, including property in which he is co-owner with or without the right of survivorship.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-21-22 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-21-22
§ 58-21-22. Limitation on amount of salary protection insurance
Status: in_force

When salary protection insurance benefits are payable to an individual or an individual's beneficiary, the amount of salary protection insurance plus the amount of any in-force disability income insurance, if the individual can obtain disability insurance from an admitted insurer, shall not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the individual's annual earned income. As used in this section, “disability income insurance” has the same meaning as “accident and health insurance” in G.S. 58-7-15(3) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-59 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-59
§ 50-59. Court; jurisdiction; other definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The term “ court ” means a court of competent jurisdiction of this State. Making an agreement in this State described in G.S. 50-42 or any agreement providing for arbitration in this State or under its laws confers jurisdiction on the court to enforce the agreement under this Article and to enter judgment on an award under the agreement.

(b) The term “ person ” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31B-7 — NC Code / Chapter 31B / Section 31B-7
§ 31B-7. Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter may be cited as the Renunciation of Property and Renunciation of Fiduciary Powers Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-623 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-623
§ 106-623. Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of this Article shall be subject to the provisions of G.S. 106-123 , 106-124 and 106-125 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25A-34 — NC Code / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-34
§ 25A-34. Balloon payments
Status: in_force

With respect to a consumer credit sale, other than one pursuant to a revolving charge account, no scheduled payment may be more than ten percent (10%) larger than the average of earlier scheduled payments, except that the final payment may be twenty-five percent (25%) larger than the average of earlier scheduled payments. This section does not apply when the payment schedule is adjusted to the seasonal or irregular income of the buyer. This section does not apply to the sale of a motorcycle as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27) with a purchase price of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) or more.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-12 — NC Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75-12
§ 75-12. Refusal to furnish information; false swearing
Status: in_force

Any corporation or person unlawfully refusing or willfully neglecting to furnish the information required by this Chapter, when it is demanded as herein provided, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and only fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000): Provided, that if any corporation or person shall in writing notify the Attorney General that it objects to the time or place designated by him for the examination or inspection provided for in this Chapter, it shall be his duty to apply to a justice or judge of the appellate or superior court division, who shall fix an appropriate time and place for such examination or inspection, and such corporation or person shall, in such event, be guilty under this section only in the event of its failure, refusal or neglect to appear at the time and place so fixed by the judge and furnish the information required by this Chapter. False swearing by any person examined under the provisions of this Chapter is a Class I felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-47 — NC Code / Chapter 166A / Section 166A-47
§ 166A-47. Supplementary agreements
Status: in_force

Inasmuch as it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two or more states may differ from that among the states that are party hereto, this instrument contains elements of a broad base common to all states, and nothing herein contained shall preclude any state from entering into supplementary agreements with another state or affect any other agreements already in force between states. Supplementary agreements may comprehend, but shall not be limited to, provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, police, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, and equipment and supplies.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67-31 — NC Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67-31
§ 67-31. Powers and duties of dog warden
Status: in_force

The powers and duties of the county dog warden shall be as follows:

(1) He shall have the power of arrest and be responsible for the enforcement within his county of all public and public-local laws pertaining to the ownership and control of dogs, and shall cooperate with all other law-enforcement officers operating within the county in fulfilling this responsibility.

(2) In those counties having a rabies control officer, the county dog warden shall act as assistant to the rabies control officer, working under the supervision of the county health department, to collect the dog tax. In those counties having no rabies control officer, the county dog warden shall serve as rabies control officer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-568-18 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-568-18
§ 106-568.18. Policy as to joint action of farmers
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be in the public interest that the farmers of North Carolina who produce flue-cured tobacco be permitted and encouraged to act jointly in promoting and stimulating, by organized methods and through the medium established for such purpose, export trade for flue-cured tobacco and the use of tobacco everywhere.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-568-7 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-568-7
§ 106-568.7. Preparation and distribution of ballots; poll holders; canvass and announcement of results
Status: in_force

The governing boards of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, the North Carolina State Grange, and the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc., shall prepare and distribute in advance of such referendum all necessary ballots and shall under rules and regulations, adopted and promulgated by the organizations holding such referendum, arrange for the necessary poll holders and shall, within 10 days after the date of such referendum, canvass and publicly declare the results thereof. Provided, that for the tobacco poundage assessment referendum, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., the North Carolina State Grange, the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation, Inc., and the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina, Incorporated, shall perform the functions set forth in this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162-57 — NC Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162-57
§ 162-57. Record to be kept; items of record
Status: in_force

The superintendent or other person having charge of prisoners shall keep a record showing, the name, age, date of sentence, length of sentence, crime for which convicted, home address, next of kin, and the conduct of each prisoner received.