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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-297 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-297
§ 143-297. Affidavit of claimant; docketing; venue; notice of hearing; answer, demurrer or other pleading to affidavit
Status: in_force

In all claims listed in Section 13 of Chapter 1059 of the Session Laws of 1951, and all claims which may hereafter be filed against the various departments, institutions, and agencies of the State, the claimant or the person in whose behalf the claim is made shall file with the Industrial Commission an affidavit in duplicate, setting forth the following information:

(1) The name of the claimant;

(2) The name of the department, institution or agency of the State against which the claim is asserted, and the name of the State employee upon whose alleged negligence the claim is based;

(3) The amount of damages sought to be recovered;

(4) The time and place where the injury occurred;

(5) A brief statement of the facts and circumstances surrounding the injury and giving rise to the claim.

Upon receipt of such affidavit in duplicate, the Industrial Commission shall enter the case upon its hearing docket and shall hear and determine the matter in the county where the injury occurred unless the parties agree or the Industrial Commission directs that the case may be heard in some other county. All parties shall be given reasonable notice of the date when and the place where the claim will be heard.

Immediately upon docketing the case, the Industrial Commission shall forward one copy of plaintiff's affidavit to the office of the Attorney General of North Carolina if the claim is asserted against any department, institution, or agency of the State.

The department, institution or agency of the State against whom the claim is asserted shall file answer, demurrer or other pleading to the affidavit within 30 days after receipt of copy of same setting forth any defense it proposes to make in the hearing or trial, and no defense may be asserted in the hearing or trial unless it is alleged in such answer, except such defenses as are not required by the Code of Civil Procedure or other laws to be alleged.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-102-2 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-102-2
§ 136-102.2. Authorization required for test drilling or boring upon right-of-way; filing record of results with Department of Transportation
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation shall make any test drilling or boring upon the right-of-way of any transportation system, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, until written authorization has been obtained from the owner or the person in charge of the land on which the highway easement is located. A complete record showing the results of the test drilling or boring shall be filed forthwith with the chairman [Secretary] of the Department of Transportation and shall be a public record. This section shall not apply to the Department of Transportation making test drilling or boring for highway purposes only.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 114-2-5 — NC Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114-2-5
§ 114-2.5. Attorney General to report payment of public monies pursuant to settlement agreements and final court orders
Status: in_force

(a) Not less than 30 days prior to the disbursement of funds received by the State or a State agency pursuant to a settlement agreement or final order or judgment of the court where the amount of funds received exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), the Attorney General shall file a written report with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Chairs of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety of the Senate and House of Representatives on the payments received by the State or a State agency. The Attorney General shall also report on the terms or conditions of payment and of any disbursements set forth in the agreement or order. The Attorney General shall submit a written report to the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly.

(b) This section only applies to executed settlement agreements and final orders or judgments of the court and shall in no way affect the authority of the Attorney General to negotiate the settlement of cases in which the State or a State department, agency, institution, or officer is a party.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-69-5 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-69-5
§ 147-69.5. Local Government Law Enforcement Special Separation Allowance Fund
Status: in_force

The Local Government Law Enforcement Special Separation Allowance Fund is established as a fund in the Office of the State Treasurer under the management of the Treasurer. The Fund consists of contributions made by entities authorized to make contributions to the Fund and interest and other investment income earned by the Fund. Contributions to the Fund are irrevocable. Assets of the Fund may be used only to provide law enforcement special separation allowance benefits to individuals who are former employees of a unit of local government that contributes to the Fund and are entitled to law enforcement special separation allowance payable by the unit. The assets of the Fund are not subject to the claims of creditors of an entity that contributes to the Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1220 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1220
§ 35A-1220. Absence of natural guardian
Status: in_force

When a minor either has no natural guardian or has been abandoned, and the minor requires services from the county department of social services, the social services director in the county in which the minor resides or is domiciled shall be the guardian of the person of the minor until the appointment of a general guardian or guardian of the person for the minor under this Subchapter or the entry of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction awarding custody of the minor or appointing a general guardian or guardian of the person for the minor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-92 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-92
§ 62-92. Parties on appeal
Status: in_force

In any appeal to the appellate division of the General Court of Justice, the complainant in the original complaint before the Commission shall be a party to the record and each of the parties to the proceeding before the Commission shall have a right to appear and participate in said appeal.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1228 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1228
§ 15A-1228. Notes by the jury
Status: in_force

Except where the judge, on the judge's own motion or the motion of any party, directs otherwise, jurors may make notes and take them into the jury room during their deliberations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-5 — NC Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96-5
§ 96-5. Employment Security Administration Fund
Status: reserved

(a) Fund Established.--The Employment Security Administration Fund is created as a special revenue fund. The fund consists of the following:

(1) Monies appropriated by this State.

(2) Monies received from the United States or another source for the administration of this Chapter.

(3) Monies received from any agency of the United States or any other state as compensation for services or facilities supplied to the agency or state.

(4) Monies received pursuant to any surety bond or insurance policy or from other sources for losses sustained by the Employment Security Administration Fund or by reason of damage to equipment or supplies purchased from monies in the fund.

(5) Proceeds realized from the sale or disposition of equipment or supplies purchased from monies in the fund.

(b) Use of Fund.--Monies in the Employment Security Administration Fund may be used by the Division only to administer this Chapter. Monies received in the fund from a source other than an appropriation by the General Assembly are appropriated for the purpose of administering this Chapter. The Secretary is authorized to requisition and receive from the State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund any monies standing to the State's credit that are permitted by federal law to be used for administering this Chapter and to expend the monies for this purpose, without regard to a determination of necessity by a federal agency.

(c) Repealed by S.L. 2013-2, § 1(a), eff. July 1, 2013 .

(c1) Repealed by S.L. 2004-124, § 13.7B(b), eff. July 20, 2004 .

(d) to (g) Repealed by S.L. 2013-2, § 1(a), eff. July 1, 2013 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89E-2 — NC Code / Chapter 89E / Section 89E-2
§ 89E-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purposes of this Chapter are to protect life, property, health and public welfare through the regulation of the practice of geology in the State of North Carolina; to define the practice of geology as a profession, establishing minimum professional standards of ethical conduct, professional responsibility, educational and experience background; and to prevent abuses of the practice of geology by untrained or unprincipled individuals.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-208-19 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-208-19
§ 14-208.19. Community and public notification
Status: in_force

The licensee for each licensed day care center and the principal of each elementary school, middle school, and high school shall register with the North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry to receive e-mail notification when a registered sex offender moves within a one-mile radius of the licensed day care center or school.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-15 — NC Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-15
§ 15-15. Disbursement of proceeds of sale
Status: in_force

From the proceeds realized from the sale of said property, the sheriff, police department or other officer making the same shall first pay the costs and expenses of the sale, and all other necessary expenses incident to a compliance with this Article, and any balance then remaining from the proceeds of said sale shall be paid within 30 days after the sale to the treasurer of the county board of education of the county in which such sale is made, for the benefit of the fund for maintaining the free public schools of such county.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-607 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-607
§ 160A-607. Advisory committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees may provide for the selection of such advisory committees as it may find appropriate, which may or may not include members of the Board of Trustees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-24-165 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-24-165
§ 58-24-165. Unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices
Status: in_force

Every society authorized to do business in this State shall be subject to the provisions of Article 63 of this Chapter relating to unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices; provided, however, that nothing in such provisions shall be construed as applying to or affecting the right of any society to determine its eligibility requirements for membership, or be construed as applying to or affecting the offering of benefits exclusively to members or persons eligible for membership in the society by a subsidiary corporation or affiliated organization of the society.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-8-51 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-8-51
§ 55A-8-51. Authority to indemnify
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if the individual:

(1) Conducted himself in good faith;

(2) Reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the corporation, that his conduct was in its best interests; and (ii) in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests; and

(3) In the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

(b) A director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the director reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants in and beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of clause (ii) of subdivision (a)(2) of this section.

(c) The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or its equivalent is not, of itself, determinative that the director did not meet the standard of conduct described in this section.

(d) A corporation shall not indemnify a director under this section:

(1) In connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which the director was adjudged liable to the corporation; or

(2) In connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director, whether or not involving action in his official capacity, in which the director was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by the director.

(e) Indemnification permitted under this section in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation that is concluded without a final adjudication on the issue of liability is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.

(f) The authorization, approval, or favorable recommendation by the board of directors of a corporation of indemnification, as permitted by this section, shall not be deemed an act or corporate transaction in which a director has a conflict of interest, and no such indemnification shall be void or voidable on such ground.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1413 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1413
§ 15A-1413. Trial judges empowered to act; assignment of motions for appropriate relief
Status: reserved

(a) A motion for appropriate relief made pursuant to G.S. 15A-1415 may be heard and determined in the trial division by any judge who (i) is empowered to act in criminal matters in the district court district as defined in G.S. 7A-133 or superior court district or set of districts as defined in G.S. 7A-41.1 , as the case may be, in which the judgment was entered and (ii) is assigned pursuant to this section to review the motion for appropriate relief and take the appropriate administrative action to dispense with the motion.

(b) The judge who presided at the trial is empowered to act upon a motion for appropriate relief made pursuant to G.S. 15A-1414 . The judge may act even though the judge is in another district or even though the judge's commission has expired; however, if the judge who presided at the trial is still unavailable to act, the senior resident superior court judge or the chief district court judge, as appropriate, shall assign a judge who is empowered to act under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Repealed by S.L. 2012-168, § 2(a), eff. Dec. 1, 2012 .

(d) All motions for appropriate relief filed in superior court shall, when filed, be referred to the senior resident superior court judge, who shall assign the motion as provided by this section for review and administrative action, including, as may be appropriate, dismissal, calendaring for hearing, entry of a scheduling order for subsequent events in the case, including disclosure of expert witness information described in G.S. 15A-903(a)(2) and G.S. 15A-905(c)(2) for expert witnesses reasonably expected to be called at a hearing on the motion, or other appropriate actions.

All motions for appropriate relief filed in district court shall, when filed, be referred to the chief district court judge, who shall assign the motion as provided by this section for review and administrative action, including, as may be appropriate, dismissal, calendaring for hearing, entry of a scheduling order for subsequent events in the case, or other appropriate actions.

(e) The assignment of a motion for appropriate relief filed under G.S. 15A-1415 is in the discretion of the senior resident superior court judge or chief district court judge as appropriate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-3-247 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-3-247
§ 58-3-247. Insurance identification card
Status: in_force

(a) Every insurer offering a health benefit plan as defined under G.S. 58-3-167 shall provide the health benefit plan subscriber or members with an insurance identification card. The card shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following information:

(1) The subscriber's name and identification number.

(2) The member's name and identification number, if applicable and different from the subscriber's name and identification number.

(3) The group number.

(4) The name of the organization issuing the policy, the name of the organization administering the policy, and the name of the network, whichever applies.

(5) The effective date of health benefits plan coverage or the date the card is issued if it is after the effective date.

(6) The address where claims are to be filed and, if applicable, the electronic claims filing payor identification number.

(7) The policyholder's obligations with regard to copayments, if applicable, for at least all of the following:

a. Primary care office visit.

b. Specialty care office visit.

c. Urgent care visit.

d. Emergency room visit.

(8) The phone number or website address whereby the subscriber, member, or service provider, in compliance with privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act may readily obtain the following:

a. Confirmation of eligibility.

b. Benefits verification in order to estimate patient financial responsibility.

c. Prior authorization for services and procedures.

d. The list of participating providers in the network.

e. The employer group number.

f. Special mental health medical benefits under the health plan, if applicable.

(9) An indication of whether the health benefit plan is a fully insured or self-funded plan. Plans that are fully insured shall be noted by using the phrase “fully insured” to indicate to the consumer that the Department is able to provide assistance regarding the regulation of the plan.

(b) The insurance identification card must be designed such that if the card is photocopied or electronically scanned, the resulting image is clearly legible. The identification card must present the information in a readily identifiable manner or, alternatively, the information may be embedded on the card and available through magnetic stripe or smart card. The information may also be provided through other electronic technology.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 51-2 — NC Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51-2
§ 51-2. Lawful age to marry
Status: reserved

(a) All unmarried persons of 18 years, or older, may lawfully marry.

(a1) Persons over 16 years of age and under 18 years of age may marry a person no more than four years older, and the register of deeds may issue a license for the marriage, only after there has been filed with the register of deeds a certified copy of an order issued by a district court authorizing the marriage as provided in G.S. 51-2.1 , or a written consent to the marriage, said consent having been signed by the appropriate person as follows:

(1) By a parent having full or joint legal custody of the underage party; or

(2) By a person, agency, or institution having legal custody or serving as a guardian of the underage party.

Such written consent shall not be required for an emancipated minor if a certificate of emancipation issued pursuant to Article 35 of Chapter 7B of the General Statutes or a certified copy of a final decree or certificate of emancipation from this or any other jurisdiction is filed with the register of deeds.

(b) Repealed by S.L. 2021-119, § 1, eff. Aug. 26, 2021 .

(b1) It shall be unlawful for any person under 16 years of age to marry.

(c) When a license to marry is procured by any person under 18 years of age by fraud or misrepresentation, a parent of the underage party, a person, agency, or institution having legal custody or serving as a guardian of the underage party, or a guardian ad litem appointed to represent the underage party pursuant to G.S. 51-2.1(b) is a proper party to bring an action to annul the marriage.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-665 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-665
§ 160A-665. Quorum
Status: in_force

A majority of the members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-3-175 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-3-175
§ 58-3-175. Direct payment to government agencies
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, “health benefit plan” has the same meaning as in G.S. 58-50-110(11) and includes the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees and any optional plans or programs operating under Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes .

(b) Every entity providing or administering a health benefit plan covering persons in this State shall make payment for health care services covered by the health benefit plan that are provided by any State, county, or city agency, directly to the agency providing the services.

(c) This section does not apply to the extent the agency providing the services has been paid for the services by or on behalf of the person receiving the services.

(d) Nothing in this section shall require any entity providing or administering a health benefit plan covering persons in this State to pay any agency directly:

(1) If the agency is outside of the health benefit plan's service area;

(2) If the entity operates a program by which it only pays the health care provider directly upon the acceptance of certain rates and the agency does not accept said rates; or

(3) If the entity operates a program by which it provides, authorizes, or arranges for a covered person to receive health care from a designated provider or refers the covered person to a designated provider, and the agency is not a designated provider.