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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-143-15 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-143-15
§ 143-143.15. Set-up requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Manufactured homes shall be set up in accordance with the standards entitled State of North Carolina Regulations for Manufactured Homes adopted by the Commissioner.

(b) If a manufactured home is insured against damage caused by windstorm and subsequently sustains windstorm damage that indicates the manufactured home was not set up in the manner required by this section, the insurer issuing the insurance policy on the manufactured home shall not be relieved from meeting the obligations specified in the insurance policy with respect to such damage on the basis that the manufactured home was not properly set up.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-109-62 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-109-62
§ 54-109.62. Payment of balance of deceased person or person under disability to personal representative or guardian
Status: in_force

(a) A credit union may pay any balance on deposit to the credit of any deceased individual to the duly qualified personal representative, collector, or public administrator of the decedent who is qualified as such under the laws of any state.

(b) A credit union may pay any balance on deposit to the credit of any individual judicially declared incompetent or otherwise under a legal disability to the duly qualified personal representative, guardian, curator, conservator, or committee of the person declared incompetent or under disability who is qualified as such under the laws of any state.

(c) The presentation of a letter of qualification as personal representative, collector, public administrator, guardian, curator, conservator, or committee of the person issued or certified by the appointing court shall be conclusive proof of the jurisdiction of the court issuing the same and sufficient authority for the payment.

(d) Payment by a credit union in good faith under the authority of this section discharges the liability of the bank to the extent of the payment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-3-302 — NC Code / Chapter 52C / Section 52C-3-302
§ 52C-3-302. Proceeding by minor parent
Status: in_force

A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1223 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1223
§ 35A-1223. Hearing before clerk on appointment of guardian
Status: in_force

The clerk shall receive evidence necessary to determine whether a guardian of the person, a guardian of the estate, or a general guardian is required. If the court determines that a guardian or guardians are required, the court shall receive evidence necessary to determine the minor's assets, liabilities, and needs, and who the guardian or guardians shall be. The hearing may be informal and the clerk may consider whatever testimony, written reports, affidavits, documents, or other evidence the clerk finds necessary to determine the minor's best interest.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-569-30 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-569-30
§ 1-569.30. Relationship to federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Article governing the legal effect, validity, and enforceability of electronic records or electronic signatures, and of contracts performed with the use of these records or signatures, conform to the requirements of section 102 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001, et seq., or as otherwise authorized by federal or State law governing these electronic records or electronic signatures.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-1313 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-1313
§ 160D-1313. Urban Development Action Grants
Status: in_force

Any local government is authorized, either as a part of a community development program or independently thereof, to enter into contracts or agreements with any person, association, or corporation to undertake and carry out specified activities in furtherance of the purposes of Urban Development Action Grants authorized by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, P.L. 95-128 , or any amendment thereto, that is a continuation of such grant programs by whatever designation, including the authority to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements to extend loans, loan subsidies, or grants to persons, associations, or corporations and to dispose of real or personal property by private sale in furtherance of such contracts or agreements.

Any enabling legislation contained in local acts that refers to “Urban Development Action Grants” or the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, P.L. 95-128 , shall be construed also to refer to any continuation of such grant programs by whatever designation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-643 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-643
§ 15A-643. Joinder of offenses and defendants and consolidation of indictments and informations
Status: in_force

The rules with respect to joinder of offenses and defendants and the consolidation of charges in indictments and informations are provided in Article 49 of this Chapter, Pleadings and Joinder.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89-193 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-89-193
§ 136-89.193. Annual plan of work; annual and quarterly reports
Status: reserved

(a) Annual Plan of Work.--The Authority shall annually develop a plan of work for the fiscal year, describing the activities and projects to be undertaken, accompanied by a budget. This annual plan of work shall be subject to the concurrence of the Board of Transportation.

(b) Annual Reports.--The Authority shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year and an annual audit of its books and accounts for the preceding fiscal year to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Transportation. The report and audit shall be submitted no later than October 31 of the fiscal year in which the report and audit are completed.

The North Carolina Turnpike Authority shall report to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee on January 31, 2017, and in its annual report thereafter, the number of one-time toll facility users who are charged more than fifty dollars ($50.00) in processing fees imposed under G.S. 136-89.215 and civil penalties assessed under G.S. 136-89.216 .

(c) Repealed by S.L. 2016-90, § 4, eff. July 11, 2016 .

(d) Report Prior to Let of Contracts.--The Authority shall consult with and report to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations prior to the letting of any contract for Turnpike Project construction authorized under G.S. 136-183(a)(2) .

(e) Repealed by S.L. 2011-145, § 28.35(a), eff. July 1, 2011 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-735 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-735
§ 106-735. Short title, purpose, and administration
Status: in_force

(a) This Article shall be known as “The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Enabling Act.”

(b) The purpose of this Article is to authorize counties and cities to undertake a series of programs to encourage the preservation of qualifying farmland, as defined herein, and to foster the growth, development, and sustainability of family farms.

(c) This Article shall be administered and supervised by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126-83 — NC Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126-83
§ 126-83. Exceptions
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding G.S. 126-5 , and notwithstanding provisions in that section that only certain Articles of this Chapter apply to some employees, this Article applies to all persons covered by this Chapter except those exempted by G.S. 126-5(c)(2) , G.S. 126-5(c)(3) , G.S. 126-5(c)(4) , G.S. 126-5(c1) , G.S. 126-5(c2) , or G.S. 126-5(c3) , but this Article does not apply to those persons covered by G.S. 126-5(a)(2) . G.S. 128-15 shall apply to those persons exempted from coverage of this Article, but shall not apply to any person covered by this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1301 — NC Code / Chapter 18B / Section 18B-1301
§ 18B-1301. Definitions
Status: in_force

(1) “Supplier” means a brewer, bottler, or importer of malt beverages, including anyone who holds a brewery, malt beverages importer or nonresident malt beverages vendor permit.

(2) “Wholesaler” means the holder of a malt beverages wholesaler permit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-6-2 — NC Code / Chapter 143C / Section 143C-6-2
§ 143C-6-2. Methods to avoid deficit
Status: reserved

(a) Appropriations.--Each appropriation is maximum and conditional. The expenditures authorized by an appropriation from a fund shall be made only if necessary and only if the aggregate revenues to the fund during each fiscal year of the biennium, when added to any unreserved fund balance from the previous fiscal year, are sufficient to support the expenditures.

(b) Revenue Collections.--The Director, with the assistance of the Secretary of Revenue and other officials collecting or receiving appropriated State revenue, shall continuously survey the revenue collections. If the Director finds that revenues to any fund, when added to the beginning unreserved fund balance in that fund, will be insufficient to support appropriations from that fund, the Director shall immediately notify the General Assembly that a deficit is anticipated. The Director shall consult with the Chief Justice to identify expenditure reductions and other lawful measures the Chief Justice and Judicial Branch can implement to reduce expenditures. The Director shall report in a timely manner to the General Assembly a plan containing the expenditure reductions and other lawful measures as the Director is implementing in order to avert the deficit.

(c) Local Governments Funds.--In exercising the powers contained in Section 5(3) of Article III of the North Carolina Constitution , the Governor shall not withhold from distribution funds that have been collected by the State on behalf of local governments or funds that the General Assembly has appropriated to local governments unless the Governor has exhausted all other sources of revenue of the State including any appropriated surplus remaining in the treasury at the beginning of the fiscal period.

In accordance with Section 19 of Article I of the North Carolina Constitution and the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, the State is prohibited from taking local tax revenue. This subsection does not authorize the Governor to withhold revenues from taxes levied by units of local governments and collected by the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-216-33 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-216-33
§ 143B-216.33. Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing--creation, powers and duties
Status: reserved

(a) There is hereby created within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing. The Division shall have the powers and duties including the following:

(1) To review existing programs for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing in the State, and make recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and to the Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction for improvements to such programs;

(2) Repealed by Session Laws 1999-237, s. 11.4(b).

(3) To provide a network of resource centers for local access to services such as interpreters, information and referral, telephone relay, and advocacy for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing;

(4) To collect, study, maintain, publish and disseminate information relative to all aspects of deafness;

(5) To promote public awareness of the needs of, resources and opportunities available to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing;

(6) To provide technical assistance to agencies and organizations in the development of services to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing;

(7) To administer the Telecommunications Program for the Deaf pursuant to G.S. 143B-216.34 ; and

(8) To provide training and skill development programming to enhance the competence of individuals who aspire to be licensed or who are currently licensed as interpreters or transliterators under Chapter 90D of the General Statutes.

(b) The Division shall function under the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services as provided in the Executive Organization Act of 1973 and shall perform such other duties as are assigned by the Secretary.

(c) The Department of Health and Human Services may receive monies from any source, including federal funds, gifts, grants and devises which shall be expended for the purposes designated in this Part. Gifts and devises received shall be deposited in a trust fund with the State Treasurer who shall hold them in trust in a separate account in the name of the Division. The cash balance of this account may be pooled for investment purposes, but investment earnings shall be credited pro rata to this participating account. Monies deposited with the State Treasurer in the trust fund account pursuant to this subsection, and investment earnings thereon, are available for expenditure without further authorization from the General Assembly. Such funds shall be administered by the Division under the direction of the director and fiscal officer of the Division and will be subject to audits normally conducted with the agency.

(d) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt rules to implement this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-284-1 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-284-1
§ 153A-284.1. Notes or deeds of trust to reserve wastewater treatment capacity unenforceable if capacity unused
Status: in_force

No note or deed of trust granted to a county for the purpose of securing or reserving wastewater treatment capacity is valid or enforceable if that capacity is not utilized by the maker or grantor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 117-10 — NC Code / Chapter 117 / Section 117-10
§ 117-10. Formation authorized
Status: in_force

Any number of natural persons not less than three may, by executing, filing and recording a certificate as hereinafter provided, form a corporation not organized for pecuniary profit for the purpose of promoting and encouraging the fullest possible use of electric energy in the rural section of the State by making electric energy available to inhabitants of the State at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and prudent management of the business of such corporations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1351 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1351
§ 35A-1351. Prerequisites to approval of gift
Status: in_force

The judge shall not approve the gift unless it appears to the judge's satisfaction that:

(1) It is improbable that the incompetent will recover competency during his or her lifetime;

(2) The estate of the incompetent, after making the gift and after payment of any gift taxes which may be incurred by reason of the declaration of irrevocability, will be sufficient to provide reasonable and adequate income for the support, maintenance, comfort and welfare of the incompetent and those legally entitled to support from the incompetent in order to maintain the incompetent and such dependents in the manner to which the incompetent and such dependents are accustomed and in keeping with their station in life (and in no event less than twice the average, for the five calendar years preceding the calendar year of such gift, of expenditures for the incompetent's support, maintenance, comfort and welfare);

(3) Each donee of any part of the life interest is a donee to which a competent donor could make a gift, without limit as to amount, without incurring federal or State gift tax liability;

(4) Each donee of any part of the life interest is a donee qualified to receive tax deductible gifts under federal and State income tax laws.

(5) Either:

a. 1. The incompetent, prior to being declared incompetent, executed a paper-writing, with the formalities required by the laws of North Carolina for the execution of a valid will;

2. Specific devises of specific amounts of money, income or property included in such paper-writing, will not be jeopardized by making such gifts;

3. All residuary devisees designated in such paper-writing, who would take under the paper-writing if the incompetent died contemporaneously with the signing of the order of approval of such gifts, and such paper-writing was probated as the incompetent's will and the spouse, if any, of such incompetent have been given at least 10 days' written notice that approval for such gifts will be sought and that objection may be filed with the clerk of superior court, of the county in which the guardian or trustee was appointed, within the 10-day period; or

b. 1. That so far as is known the incompetent has not prior to being declared incompetent, executed a will which could be probated upon the death of the incompetent; and

2. All persons who would share in the incompetent's estate, if the incompetent died contemporaneously with the signing of the order of approval, have been given at least 10 days' written notice that approval for such gifts will be sought and that objection may be filed with the clerk of the superior court, of the county in which the guardian or trustee was appointed, within the 10-day period.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89-51 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-89-51
§ 136-89.51. Design of controlled-access facility
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation is authorized so to design any controlled-access facility and so to regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as best to serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. In this connection the Department of Transportation is authorized to divide and separate any controlled-access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations, or by designating such separate roadways by signs, markers, or stripes, and the proper lane for such traffic by appropriate signs, markers, stripes, and other devices. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from or across controlled-access facilities to or from abutting lands, except at such designated points at which access may be permitted, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time by the Department of Transportation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 114-51 — NC Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114-51
§ 114-51. Membership; terms; quorum
Status: in_force

(a) The Council shall consist of 18 members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor shall designate a chair from among the members of the Council. Membership shall be as follows:

(1) Ten members from government agencies with responsibility for programs and services related to financial education, financial services, and related economic stability efforts. At least one representative shall come from each of the following government agencies:

a. Community College System.

b. Department of Commerce.

c. Department of Justice.

d. Department of Labor.

e. Department of Public Instruction.

f. Department of the Secretary of State.

g. Department of State Treasurer.

h. Office of the Commissioner of Banks.

i. The University of North Carolina.

(2) Two public members with experience in the financial services industry.

(3) Two public members who represent employers with experience in providing financial education to their employees.

(4) Four public members with experience in consumer advocacy or nonprofit financial education.

(b) Members of the Council shall be appointed for terms of three years and shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.

(c) A majority of the Council's members shall constitute a quorum.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-824 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-824
§ 106-824. Majority vote required; collection of assessment
Status: in_force

(a) The assessment shall not be collected unless a majority of the votes cast in the referendum are in favor of the assessment. If a majority of the votes cast in the referendum are in favor of the assessment, the Department shall notify all commercial horse feed manufacturers and distributors of the assessment. The assessment shall apply to all commercial horse feed subject to the provisions of G.S. 106-284.40(b) , and the assessment shall be remitted to the Department with the inspection fee imposed by G.S. 106-284.40 . The Department shall provide forms for reporting the assessment. Persons who purchase commercial horse feed on which the assessment has not been paid shall report these purchases and pay the assessment to the Department.

(b) The Council may bring an action to collect unpaid assessments against any feed manufacturer or distributor who fails to pay the assessment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-33 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-33
§ 130A-33. Commission for Public Health--Regular and special meetings
Status: in_force

Each year there shall be four regular meetings of the Commission for Public Health, one of which shall be held conjointly with a general session of the annual meeting of the North Carolina Medical Society. The State Health Director shall submit an annual report on public health at this meeting. The other three meetings shall be at such times and places as the chairman of the Commission shall designate. Special meetings of the Commission may be called by the chairman, or by a majority of the members of the Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-141-2 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-141-2
§ 20-141.2. Prima facie rule of evidence as to operation of motor vehicle altered so as to increase potential speed
Status: in_force

Proof of the operation upon any street or highway of North Carolina at a speed in excess of the limits provided by law of any motor vehicle when the motor, or any mechanical part or feature, or the design of the motor vehicle has been changed or altered so that there is a variation between such motor vehicle as changed or altered and the motor vehicle as constructed according to specification of the original motor vehicle manufacturer, with the result that the potential speed of such vehicle has been increased beyond that which existed prior to such change or alteration, or the proof of operation upon any street or highway of North Carolina at a speed in excess of the limits provided by law of any motor vehicle assembled from parts of two or more different makes of motor vehicles, whether or not any specially made or specially designed parts or appliances are included in the manufacture and assembly thereof, shall be prima facie evidence that such motor vehicle was operated at such time by the registered owner thereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-98-1 — NC Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87-98-1
§ 87-98.1. Title
Status: in_force

This Article may be cited as the North Carolina Well Contractors Certification Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-206 — NC Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-206
§ 15-206. Cooperation with Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction and officials of local units
Status: in_force

It is hereby made the duty of every city, county, or State official or department to render all assistance and cooperation within the official's or the Department's fundamental power which may further the objects of this Article. The Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction, the Secretary of the Department of Adult Correction, and the probation officers are authorized to seek the cooperation of such officials and departments, and especially of the county superintendents of social services and of the Department of Health and Human Services.