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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-74-41B — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-74-41B
§ 116-74.41B. The North Carolina Principal Fellows Trust Fund
Status: reserved

(a) Trust Fund Established.--The North Carolina Principal Fellows Trust Fund shall be an institutional trust fund established pursuant to G.S. 116-36.1 . All funds appropriated to, or otherwise received by, (i) the Program for the award of grants pursuant to G.S. 116-74.44, (ii) all funds received as repayment of scholarship loans, including under the former Principal Fellows Program administered under G.S. 116-74.42 and the Transforming Principal Preparation Program under G.S. 116-209.77 , and (iii) all interest earned on these funds shall be placed in the Trust Fund.

(b) Use of Monies in the Trust Fund.--The monies in the Trust Fund may be used only for the purposes set forth in this subsection, including the award of grants pursuant to G.S. 116-74.44 , administrative costs, and costs associated with Program operations in accordance with this Article. The Authority may use up to two percent (2%) of the funds appropriated for the Program or one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000) from the Trust Fund, whichever is greater, each fiscal year for administrative costs, including recovery of funds advanced under the Program, and may allocate to the Commission up to eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) from the Trust Fund each fiscal year for the following:

(1) The salary and benefits of the director and staff of the Program.

(2) The expenses of the Commission to administer the Program.

(3) Program monitoring and evaluation.

(4) Extracurricular enhancement activities for the Program.

(5) Repealed by S.L. 2019-60, § 1(y), eff. July 1, 2021 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-12 — NC Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87-12
§ 87-12. Certificate evidence of license
Status: reserved

The issuance of a certificate of license or limited license by this Board shall be evidence that the person, firm, or corporation named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed or limited licensed general contractor while said license remains unrevoked or unexpired. A licensed general contractor holding a license which qualifies him for work as described in G.S. 87-10 shall be authorized to perform the said work without any additional occupational license, notwithstanding the provisions of any other occupational licensing statute. A license issued by any other occupational licensing board having jurisdiction over any work described in G.S. 87-10 shall qualify such licensee to perform the work for which the license qualifies him without obtaining the license from the General Contractors Licensing Board. Nothing contained herein shall operate to relieve any general contractor from the necessity of compliance with other provisions of the law requiring building permits and construction in accordance with appropriate provisions of the North Carolina State Building Code.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159B-28 — NC Code / Chapter 159B / Section 159B-28
§ 159B-28. Personnel
Status: in_force

Personnel employed or appointed by a municipality to work on a joint project or for a joint agency shall have the same authority, rights, privileges and immunities (including coverage under the workers' compensation laws) which the officers, agents and employees of the appointing municipality enjoy within the territory of that municipality, whether within or without the territory of the appointing municipality, when they are acting within the scope of their authority or in the course of their employment.

Personnel employed or appointed directly by a joint agency or by a nonprofit operating agency of the participating municipalities or of the joint agency, shall be qualified for participation in the North Carolina Local Government Employees Retirement System with the same rights, privileges, obligations and responsibilities as they would have if they were employees of a municipality.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-25-17 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-25-17
§ 95-25.17. Wage and Hour Division established
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Labor is charged with enforcement of this Article. The Commissioner shall appoint a Wage and Hour Director and any other employees the Commissioner deems necessary for enforcement of this Article. The Commissioner shall continue to prescribe the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Director and employees engaged in the administration of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-248 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-248
§ 7A-248. Condemnation actions and proceedings
Status: in_force

The superior court division is the proper division, without regard to the amount in controversy, for the trial of all actions and proceedings wherein property is being taken by condemnation in exercise of the power of eminent domain, according to the practice and procedure provided by law for the particular action or proceeding. Nothing in this section is in derogation of the validity of such administrative or quasi-judicial procedures for value appraisal as may be provided for the particular action or proceeding prior to the raising of justiciable issues of fact or law requiring determination in the superior court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25C-10 — NC Code / Chapter 25C / Section 25C-10
§ 25C-10. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, the term:

(1) “Artist” means any person who created or who conceived of and approved:

a. The master image of a work of art for a print, including but not limited to a photograph or a negative; or

b. The master image of a work of art which served as the model for a print.

(2) “Art dealer” means a person:

a. Who is in the business of dealing in prints to which this Article applies; or

b. Who holds himself out as having knowledge or skills particular to prints to which this Article applies; or

c. Who employs an agent or other intermediary who holds himself out as having knowledge or skills particular to prints to which this Article applies; or

d. Who is a professional auctioneer who sells prints to which this Article applies, at auctions.

(3) “Fine print” means a printed image on paper or any other suitable substance which is based on an artist's master image and has been taken off a plate by printing, stamping, casting, or any other process commonly used in the graphic arts, and includes but is not limited to engraving, etching, woodcut, lithograph, or serigraph, or a print developed or created from a negative when such negative is itself an original work of art.

(4) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, joint venture, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(5) “Plate” means a plate, stone, block, or other material used to create a fine print or from which a fine print is taken.

(6) “Print” means a fine print or reproduction as defined in this Article.

(7) “Photograph” means the image produced upon a photosensitive surface by the chemical action of light.

(8) “Negative” means any negative image, photographic plate, slide, or other material created by the artist and used for the purpose of creating the print.

(9) “Reproduction” means a copy of a fine print or other work of art made by a commercial mechanical process which does not require the use of an original plate or an original negative.

(10) “Signed print” means a finished fine print autographed by the artist and not by mechanical means of reproduction, whether or not it was signed or unsigned in the plate.

(11) “Work of art” means an original art work that is:

a. A visual rendition, including a painting, drawing, sculpture, mosaic, or photograph;

b. A work of calligraphy;

c. A work of graphic art, including but not limited to a fine print;

d. A craft work in materials, including clay, textile, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, or glass; or

e. A work in mixed media, including a collage or a work consisting of any combination of works included in this subdivision.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-2-90 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-2-90
§ 58-2-80
Status: in_force

(a) On appeal the court shall review the record in accordance with the rules of the Court of Appeals, and any alleged irregularities in procedures before the Commissioner, not shown in the record, shall be considered under the rules of the Court of Appeals.

(b) So far as necessary to the decision and where presented, the court shall decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and determine the meaning and applicability of the terms of any action of the Commissioner. The court may affirm or reverse the decision of the Commissioner, declare the same null and void, or remand the case for further proceedings; or it may reverse or modify the decision if the substantial rights of the appellants have been prejudiced because the Commissioner's findings, inferences, conclusions or decisions are:

(1) In violation of constitutional provisions, or

(2) In excess of statutory authority or jurisdiction of the Commissioner, or

(3) Made upon unlawful proceedings, or

(4) Affected by other errors of law, or

(5) Unsupported by material and substantial evidence in view of the entire record as submitted, or

(6) Arbitrary or capricious.

(c) In making the foregoing determinations, the court shall review the whole record or such portions thereof as may be cited by any party and due account shall be taken of the rule of prejudicial error.

(d) The court shall also compel action of the Commissioner unlawfully withheld or unlawfully or unreasonably delayed.

(e) Upon any appeal, the rates fixed or any rule, regulation, finding, determination, or order made by the Commissioner under the provisions of Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter shall be prima facie correct.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-18-3 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-18-3
§ 28A-18-3. To sue or defend in representative capacity
Status: in_force

All actions and proceedings brought by or against personal representatives or collectors upon any cause of action or right to which the estate of the decedent is the real party in interest, must be brought by or against them in their representative capacity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-11-2 — NC Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96-11-2
§ 96-11.2. Allocation of charges to base period employers
Status: in_force

Benefits paid to an individual are charged to an employer's account quarterly. Benefits paid to an individual must be allocated to the account of each base period employer in the proportion that the base period wages paid to the individual in a calendar quarter by each base period employer bears to the total wages paid to the individual in the base period by all base period employers. The amount allocated to an employer that pays contributions is multiplied by one hundred twenty percent (120%) and charged to that employer's account. The amount allocated to an employer that elects to reimburse the Unemployment Insurance Fund in lieu of paying contributions is the amount of benefits charged to that employer's account.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-45 — NC Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97-45
§ 97-45. Reducing to judgment outstanding liability of insurance carriers withdrawing from State
Status: in_force

Upon the withdrawal of any insurance carrier from doing business in the State that has any outstanding liability under the Workers' Compensation Act, the Insurance Commissioner shall immediately notify the North Carolina Industrial Commission, and thereupon the said North Carolina Industrial Commission shall issue an award against said insurance carrier and commute the installments due the injured employee or employees, and immediately have said award docketed in the superior court of the county in which the claimant resides, and the said North Carolina Industrial Commission shall then cause suit to be brought on said judgment in the state of the residence of any such insurance carrier, and the proceeds from said judgment after deducting the cost, if any, of the proceeding, shall be turned over to the injured employee, or employees, taking from such employee, or employees, the proper receipt in satisfaction of his claim.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-288-02 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-288-02
§ 90-288.02. Confidentiality of investigative records
Status: in_force

Records, papers, and other documents containing information collected and compiled by or on behalf of the Board as a result of an investigation, inquiry, or interview conducted in connection with certification, licensure, or a disciplinary matter shall not be considered public records within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes . Any notice or statement of charges, notice of hearing, or decision rendered in connection with a hearing shall be a public record. Information that identifies a resident who has not consented to the public disclosure of services rendered to him or her by a person certified or licensed under this Chapter shall be deleted from the public record. All other records, papers, and documents containing information collected and compiled by or on behalf of the Board shall be public records, but any information that identifies a resident who has not consented to the public disclosure of services rendered to him or her shall be deleted.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-159-14 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-159-14
§ 14-159.14. Lesser included offenses
Status: in_force

The offenses created by this act shall constitute lesser included offenses of breaking or entering as provided in G.S. 14-54 and G.S. 14-56 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-326-1 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-326-1
§ 14-326.1. Parents; failure to support
Status: in_force

If any person being of full age, and having sufficient income after reasonably providing for his or her own immediate family shall, without reasonable cause, neglect to maintain and support his or her parent or parents, if such parent or parents be sick or not able to work and have not sufficient means or ability to maintain or support themselves, such person shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor; upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense such person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

If there be more than one person bound under the provisions of the next preceding paragraph to support the same parent or parents, they shall share equitably in the discharge of such duty.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-60-1 — NC Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146-60-1
§ 146-60.1. Further extension of time for registering grants or copies for four years from January 1, 1977
Status: in_force

The time for the registration of grants issued by the State of North Carolina, or copies of such grants duly certified by the Secretary of State under his official seal, be and the same hereby is extended for a period of four years from January 1, 1977, and such grants or copies thereof duly certified as above set forth may be registered within such time as fully as the original might have been registered at any time heretofore: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be held or have the effect to divest any rights, titles, or equities in or to the land covered by such grants or any of them acquired by any person from the State of North Carolina by or through any entry or grant made or issued since such grants were respectively issued, or those claiming through or under such subsequent entry or grant.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-546-14 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-546-14
§ 115C-546.14. Reporting
Status: in_force

(a) On or before April 1 of each year, a grant recipient shall submit to the Department of Public Instruction an annual report for the preceding year that describes the progress of the project for which the grant was received. The grant recipient shall submit a final report to the Department of Public Instruction within three months of the completion of the project.

(b) On or before May 1 of each year, the Department of Public Instruction shall submit a report to the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the chairs of the House Appropriations Committee on Education, and the Fiscal Research Division. The report shall contain at least all of the following information for the fiscal year:

(1) Number, description, and geographic distribution of projects awarded.

(2) Total cost of each project and amount supported by the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund.

(3) Projections for local school administrative unit capital needs for the next 30 years based upon present conditions and estimated demographic changes.

(4) Any legislative recommendations for improving the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-45-2A — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-45-2A
§ 127A-45.2A. North Carolina National Guard Outstanding Unit Award
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Outstanding Unit Award which shall be a streamer, a unit emblem, and a certificate, all of appropriate design as approved by the Governor or the Governor's designee. The Adjutant General may present this citation to any unit of the North Carolina National Guard distinguishing itself through meritorious achievement or service to the State of North Carolina. The required meritorious service, while of a lesser degree than that required for the award of the North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Unit Citation, must nevertheless have been accomplished with distinction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-8-25 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-8-25
§ 55A-8-25. Committees of the board
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, a board of directors may create one or more committees of the board and appoint members of the board to serve on them. Each committee shall have two or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the board.

(b) The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it shall be approved by the greater of:

(1) A majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken; or

(2) The number of directors required by the articles of incorporation or bylaws to take action under G.S. 55A-8-24 .

(c) G.S. 55A-8-20 through G.S. 55A-8-24 , which govern meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the board, apply to committees of the board and their members as well.

(d) To the extent specified by the board of directors or in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, each committee of the board may exercise the board's authority under G.S. 55A-8-01 .

(e) A committee of the board shall not, however:

(1) Authorize distributions;

(2) Recommend to members or approve dissolution, merger or the sale, pledge, or transfer of all or substantially all of the corporation's assets;

(3) Elect, appoint or remove directors, or fill vacancies on the board of directors or on any of its committees; or

(4) Adopt, amend, or repeal the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(f) The creation of, delegation of authority to, or action by a committee does not alone constitute compliance by a director with the standards of conduct described in G.S. 55A-8-30 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-4-5 — NC Code / Chapter 143C / Section 143C-4-5
§ 143C-4-5. Non-State match restrictions
Status: in_force

Whenever money is required to match an appropriation made for a specific purpose by the State of North Carolina, the recipient of the appropriation shall actually receive as a gift, grant, earnings in actual money, or a pledge that can be used as collateral in any prudent loan transaction, the matching amount required. The recipient shall retain the matching amount received in its possession until spent for that purpose and shall spend an equal percentage of the appropriation and of the matching amount each time an expenditure is made, unless the individual appropriation requires otherwise.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1061 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1061
§ 15A-1061. Mistrial for prejudice to defendant
Status: in_force

Upon motion of a defendant or with his concurrence the judge may declare a mistrial at any time during the trial. The judge must declare a mistrial upon the defendant's motion if there occurs during the trial an error or legal defect in the proceedings, or conduct inside or outside the courtroom, resulting in substantial and irreparable prejudice to the defendant's case. If there are two or more defendants, the mistrial may not be declared as to a defendant who does not make or join in the motion.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-47-6 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-47-6
§ 143-47.6. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) “Appointing authority” means the Governor, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, members of the Council of State, all heads of the executive departments of State government, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, and any other person or group authorized by law to appoint to a public office.

(2) “Public office” means appointive membership on any State commission, council, committee, board, including occupational licensing boards as defined in G.S. 93B-1 , board of trustees, including boards of constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina and boards of community colleges operated pursuant to Chapter 115D of the General Statutes, and any other State agency created by law, where the appointee is entitled to draw subsistence, per diem compensation, or travel allowances, in whole or in part from funds deposited with the State Treasurer or any other funds subject to being audited by the State Auditor, by reason of his service in the public office; provided that “public office” does not include an office for which a regular salary is paid to the holder as an employee of the State or of one of its departments, agencies, or institutions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-227-2 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-227-2
§ 14-227.2. Secret listening to deliberations of grand or petit jury
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to overhear, or procure any other person to overhear, or attempt to overhear the investigations and deliberations of, or the taking of votes by, a grand jury or a petit jury in a criminal case, by using any electronic amplifying, transmitting, or recording device, or by any similar or other mechanical or electrical device or arrangement, without the consent or knowledge of said grand jury or petit jury.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-260 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-260
§ 105-260. Evaluation of Department personnel
Status: in_force

The Secretary may not use records of tax enforcement results, or production goals based on these records, as the sole criteria in evaluating employees of the Department who are directly involved in tax collection activities or in evaluating the immediate supervisors of these employees. The Secretary must consider records of taxpayer complaints that named an employee as discourteous, unresponsive, or incompetent in evaluating the employee.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-372 — NC Code / Chapter 50A / Section 50A-372
§ 50A-372. Testimony by electronic means
Status: in_force

In a proceeding brought under this Part, a party or witness who is not reasonably available to appear personally may appear and provide testimony and present evidence by electronic means unless the court finds good cause to require a personal appearance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-3-317 — NC Code / Chapter 52C / Section 52C-3-317
§ 52C-3-317. Assistance with discovery
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this State may:

(1) Request a tribunal outside this State to assist in obtaining discovery; and

(2) Upon request, may compel a person over whom it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this State.