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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 111-20 — NC Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111-20
§ 111-20. Awards subject to reopening upon change in condition
Status: in_force

All awards to needy blind persons made under the provisions of this Article shall be made subject to reopening and reconsideration at any time when there has been any change in the circumstances of any needy blind person or for any other reason. The Department of Health and Human Services and the board of county commissioners of each of the counties in which awards have been made shall at all times keep properly informed as to the circumstances and conditions of the persons to whom the awards are made, making reinvestigations annually, or more often, as may be found necessary. The Department of Health and Human Services may at any time present to the proper board of county commissioners any case in which, in their opinion, the changed circumstances of the case should be reconsidered. The board of county commissioners shall reconsider such cases and any and all other cases which, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, deserve reconsideration. In all such cases notice of the hearing thereon shall be given to the person to whom the award has been made. Any person to whom an award has been made may apply for a reopening and reconsideration thereof. Upon such hearing, the board of county commissioners may make a new award increasing or decreasing the former award or leaving the same unchanged, or discontinuing the same, as it may find the circumstances of the case to warrant, such changes always to be within the limitations provided by this Article and in accordance with the terms hereof.

Any changes made in such award shall be reported to the Department of Health and Human Services, and shall be subject to the right of appeal and review, as provided in G.S. 111-16 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-405 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-405
§ 143B-405. North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs--purposes for creation
Status: in_force

The purposes of the Commission shall be as follows:

(1) To deal fairly and effectively with Indian affairs.

(2) To bring local, State, and federal resources into focus for the implementation or continuation of meaningful programs for Indian citizens of the State of North Carolina.

(3) To provide aid and protection for Indians as needs are demonstrated; to prevent undue hardships.

(4) To hold land in trust for the benefit of State-recognized Indian tribes. This subdivision shall not apply to federally recognized Indian tribes.

(5) To assist Indian communities in social and economic development.

(6) To promote recognition of and the right of Indians to pursue cultural and religious traditions considered by them to be sacred and meaningful to Native Americans.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-45 — NC Code / Chapter 110 / Section 110-45
§ 110-45. Institution has authority of parent or guardian
Status: in_force

Every indigent child which may be placed in any orphanage, children's home, or child-placing institution in this State, which shall be an institution existing under and by virtue of the laws of this State, shall be under the control of the authorities of such institution so long as, under the rules and regulations of such institution, the child is entitled to remain in the same. The authority of the institution shall be the same as that of a parent or guardian before the child was placed in the institution; but such authority shall extend only to the person of the child.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 142-100 — NC Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142-100
§ 142-100. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Article is to provide tools for sound debt management by providing an annual debt affordability study to establish guidelines for maintaining prudent debt levels and by establishing a system for prioritizing State capital needs when the needs exceed the State's capacity for new debt.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-133-11 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-133-11
§ 62-133.11. Rate adjustment for changes in costs based on third-party rates
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall permit a water or sewer public utility to adjust its rates approved pursuant to G.S. 62-133 to reflect changes in costs based solely upon changes in the rates imposed by third-party suppliers of purchased water or sewer service, including applicable taxes and fees.

(b) Any water or sewer public utility seeking to adjust its rates pursuant to this section shall file a verified petition in such form and detail as the Commission may require.

(c) The Commission shall issue an order approving, denying, or approving with modifications a rate adjustment requested pursuant to this section within 60 days of the date of filing of a completed petition, unless that time is for good cause extended up to a maximum of 90 days.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-549-83 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-549-83
§ 106-549.83. Appellate review; order pending appeal; bond
Status: in_force

Any order or 1 [of] quarantine or detention made by the Commissioner may be appealed by the aggrieved party to the superior court of the county wherein such animal, animal product or animal feed is quarantined or detained. The superior court judge, on at least 24 hours' notice, may hear said appeal in or out of term, in court or in chambers and may affirm, reverse or modify the order of quarantine or detention imposing such conditions as he may deem just and proper. Any party may appeal from the superior court to the Court of Appeals. Pending an appeal from the Commissioner or the superior court, any regular or special superior court judge residing in or holding court in the district may enter such orders as he deems necessary for the preservation or disposition of the animal, animal product or feed, and may require the posting of a bond for the faithful performance of such order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-129-38 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-129-38
§ 105-129.38. Report
Status: in_force

The Department must include in the economic incentives report required by G.S. 105-256 the following information itemized by taxpayer:

(1) The number of taxpayers that took the credits allowed in this Article.

(2) The amount of rehabilitation expenses and qualified rehabilitation expenditures with respect to which credits were taken.

(3) The total cost to the General Fund of the credits taken.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-35-90 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-35-90
§ 58-35-90. Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who shall engage in the business referred to in this Article without first receiving a license, or who shall fail to secure a renewal of his license upon the expiration of the license year, or shall engage in the business herein referred to after the license has been suspended or revoked as herein provided, or who shall fail or refuse to furnish the information required of the Commissioner, or who shall willfully and knowingly enter false information on an insurance premium finance agreement, or who shall fail to observe the rules and regulations made by the Commissioner pursuant to this Article, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-187 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-187
§ 130A-187. County rabies vaccination clinics
Status: in_force

(a) Local Clinics.--The local health director shall organize or assist other county departments to organize at least one countywide rabies vaccination clinic per year for the purpose of vaccinating animals required to be vaccinated under this Part. Public notice of the time and place of rabies vaccination clinics shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the area.

(b) Fee.--The county board of commissioners may establish a fee to be charged for a rabies vaccination given at a county rabies vaccination clinic. The fee amount may consist of the following:

(1) A charge for administering and storing the vaccine, not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00).

(2) The actual cost of the rabies vaccine, the vaccination certificate, and the rabies vaccination tag.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-170 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-170
§ 7A-170. Nature of office and oath; age limit for service
Status: in_force

(a) A magistrate is an officer of the district court. Before entering upon the duties of his office, a magistrate shall take the oath of office prescribed for a magistrate of the General Court of Justice. A magistrate possesses all the powers of his office at all times during his term.

(b) No magistrate may continue in office beyond the last day of the month in which the magistrate reaches the mandatory retirement age for justices and judges of the General Court of Justice specified in G.S. 7A-4.20 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-63 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-63
§ 7A-63. Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

Each district attorney shall be entitled to the number of full-time assistant district attorneys set out in this Subchapter to be appointed by the district attorney, to serve at the district attorney's pleasure. A vacancy in the office of assistant district attorney shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment. An assistant district attorney shall take the same oath of office as the district attorney, and shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the district attorney. The district attorney shall devote full time to the duties of the office and shall not engage in the private practice of law during his or her term.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47E-3 — NC Code / Chapter 47E / Section 47E-3
§ 47E-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

When used in this Chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the term:

(1) “Owner” means each person having a recorded present or future interest in real estate that is identified in a real estate contract subject to this Chapter; but shall not mean or include the trustee in a deed of trust, or the owner or holder of a mortgage, deed of trust, mechanic's or materialman's lien, or other lien or security interest in the real property, or the owner of any easement or license encumbering the real property.

(2) “Purchaser” means each person or entity named as “buyer” or “purchaser” in a real estate contract subject to this Chapter.

(3) “Real estate contract” means a contract for the transfer of ownership of real property by the means described in G.S. 47E-1 .

(4) “Real property” means the lot or parcel, and the dwelling unit(s) thereon, described in a real estate contract subject to this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31D-3-305 — NC Code / Chapter 31D / Section 31D-3-305
§ 31D-3-305. Permissible appointment
Status: in_force

(a) If a power holder of a general power of appointment permits appointment to the power holder or the power holder's estate, the power holder may make any appointment, including an appointment in trust or an appointment that creates a new power of appointment that the power holder could make in disposing of the power holder's own property.

(b) If a power holder of a general power of appointment permits appointment only to the creditors of the power holder or the creditors of the power holder's estate, or both, the power holder may appoint only to those creditors.

(c) Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the power holder of a nongeneral power may:

(1) Make an appointment in any form, including an appointment in trust, in favor of a permissible appointee.

(2) Create a general power in a permissible appointee.

(3) Create a nongeneral power in any person to appoint to one or more of the permissible appointees of the original nongeneral power.

(4) Create a nongeneral power in a permissible appointee to appoint to one or more persons if the permissible appointees of the new nongeneral power include one or more permissible appointees of the original nongeneral power.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-50-26 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-50-26
§ 58-50-26. Physician services provided by physician assistants
Status: in_force

No agency, institution, or physician providing a service for which payment or reimbursement is required to be made under a policy governed by Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter shall be denied the payment or reimbursement on account of the fact that the services were rendered through a physician assistant acting under the authority of rules adopted by the North Carolina Medical Board pursuant to G.S. 90-18.1 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99B-3 — NC Code / Chapter 99B / Section 99B-3
§ 99B-3. Alteration or modification of product
Status: in_force

(a) No manufacturer or seller of a product shall be held liable in any product liability action where a proximate cause of the personal injury, death, or damage to property was either an alteration or modification of the product by a party other than the manufacturer or seller, which alteration or modification occurred after the product left the control of such manufacturer or such seller unless:

(1) The alteration or modification was in accordance with the instructions or specifications of such manufacturer or such seller; or

(2) The alteration or modification was made with the express consent of such manufacturer or such seller.

(b) For the purposes of this section, alteration or modification includes changes in the design, formula, function, or use of the product from that originally designed, tested, or intended by the manufacturer. It includes failure to observe routine care and maintenance, but does not include ordinary wear and tear.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-549-32 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-549-32
§ 106-549.32. Enforcement against condemned meat; appeal
Status: in_force

(a) Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or equine, that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is held for sale in this State after such transportation, and that (i) is or has been prepared, sold, transported or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this or the previous Article, or (ii) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded, or (iii) in any other way is in violation of this or the previous Article, shall be liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, at any time, on a complaint in any proper court as provided in G.S. 106-549.33 within the jurisdiction of which the article or animal is found. If the article or animal is condemned it shall, after entry of the order be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and the proceeds, if sold, less the court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the general fund of this State, but the article or animals shall not be sold contrary to the provisions of this or the previous Article. Provided, that upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond conditioned that the article or animal shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this or the previous Article, the court may direct that such article or animal be delivered to the owner thereof subject to such supervision by the authorized representative of the Commissioner as is necessary to insure compliance with the applicable laws. When an order of condemnation is entered against the article or animal and it is released under bond, or destroyed, court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of the article or animal. The proceedings in such cases shall be heard by the superior court without a jury, with the right of the aggrieved party to appeal to the Court of Appeals, and all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of this State. No appeal shall lie from the Court of Appeals.

(b) The provisions of this section shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this or the previous Article, or other laws.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-660 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-660
§ 1-660. Authority of tribunal in case of noncompliance
Status: in_force

(a) If an agreement fails to meet the requirements of G.S. 1-644 or a lawyer fails to comply with G.S. 1-654 , a tribunal may nonetheless find that the parties intended to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement if they did both of the following:

(1) Signed a record indicating an intention to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement.

(2) Reasonably believed they were participating in a collaborative law process.

(b) If a tribunal makes the findings specified in subsection (a) of this section and the interests of justice require, the tribunal may do all of the following:

(1) Enforce an agreement evidenced by a record resulting from the collaborative law process in which the parties participated.

(2) Apply the disqualification provisions in G.S. 1-645 , 1-646 , 1-647 , 1-649 , 1-650 , and 1-651 .

(3) Apply a privilege under G.S. 1-657 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-44A-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-44A-1
§ 58-44A-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, the following definitions apply:

(1) Customer.--A person who purchases portable electronics or services.

(2) Enrolled customer.--A customer who elects coverage under a portable electronics insurance policy issued to a vendor of portable electronics.

(3) Location.--Any physical location in the State of North Carolina or any Web site, call center site, or similar location directed to residents of the State of North Carolina.

(4) Portable electronics.--Electronic devices that are portable in nature, their accessories, and services related to the use of the device.

(5) Portable electronics insurance.--Insurance providing coverage for the repair or replacement of portable electronics which may provide coverage for portable electronics against any one or more of the following causes of loss: (i) loss, (ii) theft, and (iii) inoperability due to mechanical failure, malfunction, damage, or other similar causes of loss. The term does not include the following:

a. A service contract or extended warranty providing coverage limited to the repair, replacement, or maintenance of property for the operational or structural failure of the property due to a defect in materials, workmanship, accidental damage from handling, power surges, or normal wear and tear.

b. A policy of insurance covering a seller's or a manufacturer's obligations under a warranty.

c. A homeowner's, renter's, private passenger automobile, commercial multiperil, or similar policy.

(6) Portable electronics transaction.--Either of the following:

a. The sale or lease of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer.

b. The sale of a service related to the use of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer.

(7) Supervising entity.--A business entity that is a licensed insurer or insurance producer.

(8) Vendor.--A person in the business of engaging in portable electronics transactions directly or indirectly.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 40A-54 — NC Code / Chapter 40A / Section 40A-54
§ 40A-54. Final judgments
Status: in_force

Final judgments entered in actions instituted under the provisions of this Article shall contain a description of the land affected, together with a description of the property acquired by the condemnor and a copy of said judgment shall be certified to the register of deeds in each county in which the land or any part thereof lies and be recorded among the land records of said county.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-262 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-262
§ 120-262. Purpose and powers of the Committee
Status: in_force

(a) The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Capital Improvements shall have the power to do all of the following:

(1) Examine, on a continuing basis, capital improvements requested by, authorized for, and undertaken by or on behalf of State agencies.

(2) Have oversight over implementation of the six-year capital improvements plan developed pursuant to G.S. 143C-8-5 .

(3) Make recommendations to the General Assembly on ways to improve the planning, financing, design, construction, and maintenance of State capital improvements.

(4) Make reports and recommendations to the General Assembly regarding which capital improvements requested by State agencies should be authorized and how they should be funded.

(5) Examine any other topic the Committee believes to be related to its purpose.

(b) As used in this section, the term “capital improvement” shall have the same meaning as in G.S. 143C-1-1 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-74 — NC Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-74
§ 45-74. Article not exclusive
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Article shall not be deemed exclusive. Nothing in this Article shall invalidate or overrule any rule of validity or priority applicable to any security instrument failing to comply with the provisions of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44-68-15 — NC Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-68-15
§ 44-68.15. Fees
Status: in_force

(a) The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien in the Office of the Secretary of State is:

(1) For a lien on real estate, five dollars ($5.00);

(2) For a lien on tangible and intangible personal property, five dollars ($5.00);

(3) For a certificate of discharge or subordination, five dollars ($5.00);

(4) For all other notices, including a certificate of release or nonattachment, five dollars ($5.00).

(b) The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, and the fee for furnishing the certificate or copies provided for in G.S. 44-68.14(d) , is as provided in G.S. 7A-308 .

(c) The officer shall bill the district directors of internal revenue or other appropriate federal officials on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed by them.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-4-25 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-4-25
§ 120-4.25. Return of accumulated contributions
Status: in_force

If a member ceases to be a member of the General Assembly except by death or retirement, the member shall, upon submission of an application, be paid not earlier than 60 days following the date of termination of service the sum of the member's accumulated contributions provided the member has not in the meantime returned to service. Upon payment of this sum his or her membership in the System ceases. If the individual becomes a member afterwards, no credit shall be allowed for any service previously rendered except as provided in G.S. 120-4.14 and the payment shall be in full and complete discharge of any rights in or to any benefits otherwise payable under this Article. Upon receipt of proof satisfactory to the Board of Trustees of the death, prior to retirement, of a member or former member, there shall be paid to the person or persons the member or former member nominated by electronic submission in a form approved by the Board of Trustees or by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Board of Trustees, if the person or persons are living at the time of the member's death, otherwise to the member's legal representatives, the amount of the member's accumulated contributions at the time of the member's death, unless the beneficiary elects to receive the alternate benefit under the provisions of G.S. 120-4.28 .