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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-14 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-14
§ 122C-14. Local Consumer Advocate; duties
Status: in_force

(a) The State Consumer Advocate shall establish a Local MH/DD/SA Consumer Advocacy Program in locations in the State to be designated by the Secretary. In determining where to locate the Local Consumer Advocacy Programs, the Secretary shall ensure reasonable consumer accessibility to the Local Consumer Advocates. Local Consumer Advocates shall administer the Local Consumer Advocacy Programs. The State Consumer Advocate shall appoint a Local Consumer Advocate for each of the Local Consumer Advocacy Programs. The State Consumer Advocate shall supervise the Local Consumer Advocates.

(b) Pursuant to policies and procedures established by the State Consumer Advocate, the Local Consumer Advocate shall:

(1) Assist consumers and their families with information, referral, and advocacy in obtaining appropriate services.

(2) Assist consumers and their families in understanding their rights and remedies available to them from the public service system.

(3) Serve as a liaison between consumers and their families and facility personnel and administration.

(4) Promote the development of consumer and citizen involvement in addressing issues relating to MH/DD/SA.

(5) Visit the State, area authority, or county program facilities to review and evaluate the quality of care provided to consumers and submit findings to the State Consumer Advocate.

(6) Work with providers and consumers and their families or advocates to resolve issues of common concern.

(7) Participate in regular Local Consumer Advocate training established by the State Consumer Advocate.

(8) Report regularly to area authorities and county programs, county and area authority boards, and boards of county commissioners about the Local Consumer Advocate's activities, including the findings made pursuant to subdivision (5) of this subsection.

(9) Provide training and technical assistance to counties, area authority boards, and providers concerning responding to consumers, evaluating quality of care, and determining availability of services and access to resources.

(10) Coordinate activities with local human rights committees based on procedures developed by the State Consumer Advocate.

(11) Provide information to the public on MH/DD/SA issues.

(12) Perform any other related duties as directed by the State Consumer Advocate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 23-25 — NC Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-25
§ 23-25. Petition; before whom; notice; service
Status: in_force

Every such person, having remained in prison for 20 days, may apply by petition to the court where the judgment against him was entered, praying to be brought before such court at a time and place to be named in the petition, and to be discharged upon taking the oath hereinbefore prescribed. The applicant shall cause 10 days' notice of the time and place of filing the petition to be served on the sheriff or other officer by whom he was committed. In cases of conviction before a magistrate the clerk of the superior court of the county where the convicted person confined for costs is, may administer the oath and discharge the prisoner.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86B-34 — NC Code / Chapter 86B / Section 86B-34
§ 86B-34. Renewal or restoration of license
Status: reserved

(a) Licensed barbers who continue in practice shall annually, on or before May 31 of each year, renew their licenses and furnish such health certificate as the Board may require and pay the required renewal fee. Every license shall expire on the 31st day of May in each year. Any license issued under this Article is automatically suspended by operation of law after failure to renew the license by the expiration date.

(b) A licensed barber whose license has expired may have the license restored immediately upon paying all lapsed renewal fees and the required late fee and furnishing a health certificate if required by the Board. Where a barber's license has expired for a period greater than six months, the Board may impose civil penalties pursuant to G.S. 86B-10 . A licensed barber whose license has expired for a period of five years shall be required to take the clinical examination prescribed by the Board and otherwise comply with the provisions of this Chapter before engaging in the practice of barbering. No licensed barber who is reissued a license under this subsection shall be required to serve an apprenticeship as a prerequisite to reissuance of the license.

(c) All persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States and persons whose licenses as a licensed barber were in force one year prior to entering service may, without taking the required examination, renew their licenses within 90 days after receiving an honorable discharge, by paying the current annual license fee and furnishing the Board with a satisfactory health certificate if required by the Board.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 93D-10 — NC Code / Chapter 93D / Section 93D-10
§ 93D-10. Registration and notice
Status: in_force

The Board shall register each apprentice, Registered Sponsor, and each person to whom it grants a license. The secretary-treasurer of the Board shall keep a record of the place of business of all licensees, Registered Sponsors, and apprentices. Any notice required to be given by the Board to a person holding a license or registration may be given by mailing to him at the last address received by the Board from him.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-86 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-86
§ 54C-86. Cumulative penalties
Status: in_force

All penalties, fines, and remedies provided by this Article are cumulative.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-310-11 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-310-11
§ 130A-310.11. Inactive Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund created
Status: in_force

(a) There is established under the control and direction of the Department the Inactive Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund. This fund shall be a revolving fund consisting of any monies appropriated for such purpose by the General Assembly or available to it from grants, taxes, and other monies paid to it or recovered by or on behalf of the Department. The Inactive Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund shall be treated as a nonreverting special trust fund pursuant to G.S. 147-69.2 and G.S. 147-69.3 , except that interest and other income received on the Fund balance shall be treated as set forth in G.S. 147-69.1(d) .

(b) Funds credited to the Inactive Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund pursuant to G.S. 130A-295.9 shall be used only as provided in G.S. 130A-295.9(1) and G.S. 130A-310.6(c) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 157-70 — NC Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157-70
§ 157-29
Status: in_force

Rentals and tenant selection in connection with projects of the Authority shall be in accordance with G.S. 157-29 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-760 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-760
§ 58-10-760. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Part:

(1) CGAD or Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure.--A confidential report filed by an insurer or insurance group made in accordance with the requirements of this Part.

(2) Insurance group.--Those insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system as defined in G.S. 58-19-5 .

(3) Insurer.--Defined in G.S. 58-1-5 and includes a person subject to Articles 65 or 67 of this Chapter. Insurer does not include an agency, authority, or instrumentality of the United States; any of its possessions and territories; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; the District of Columbia; a state, or a political subdivision of a state.

(4) Senior management.--Any corporate officer responsible for reporting information to the board of directors at regular intervals or providing this information to shareholders or regulators and shall include the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operations officer, chief procurement officer, chief legal officer, chief information officer, chief technology officer, chief revenue officer, and chief visionary officer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-157-1 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-157-1
§ 90-157.1. Free choice by patient guaranteed
Status: in_force

No agency of the State, county or municipality, nor any commission or clinic, nor any board administering relief, social security, health insurance or health service under the laws of the State of North Carolina shall deny to the recipients or beneficiaries of their aid or services the freedom to choose a duly licensed chiropractor as the provider of care or services which are within the scope of practice of the profession of chiropractic as defined in this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-11 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-11
§ 50-11. Effects of absolute divorce
Status: in_force

(a) After a judgment of divorce from the bonds of matrimony, all rights arising out of the marriage shall cease and determine except as hereinafter set out, and either party may marry again without restriction arising from the dissolved marriage.

(b) No judgment of divorce shall cause any child in esse or begotten of the body of the wife during coverture to be treated as a child born out of wedlock.

(c) A divorce obtained pursuant to G.S. 50-5.1 or G.S. 50-6 shall not affect the rights of either spouse with respect to any action for alimony or postseparation support pending at the time the judgment for divorce is granted. Furthermore, a judgment of absolute divorce shall not impair or destroy the right of a spouse to receive alimony or postseparation support or affect any other rights provided for such spouse under any judgment or decree of a court rendered before or at the time of the judgment of absolute divorce.

(d) A divorce obtained outside the State in an action in which jurisdiction over the person of the dependent spouse was not obtained shall not impair or destroy the right of the dependent spouse to alimony as provided by the laws of this State.

(e) An absolute divorce obtained within this State shall destroy the right of a spouse to equitable distribution under G.S. 50-20 unless the right is asserted prior to judgment of absolute divorce; except, the defendant may bring an action or file a motion in the cause for equitable distribution within six months from the date of the judgment in such a case if service of process upon the defendant was by publication pursuant to G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4 and the defendant failed to appear in the action for divorce.

(f) An absolute divorce by a court that lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse or lacked jurisdiction to dispose of the property shall not destroy the right of a spouse to equitable distribution under G.S. 50-20 if an action or motion in the cause is filed within six months after the judgment of divorce is entered. The validity of such divorce may be attacked in the action for equitable distribution.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-130 — NC Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77-130
§ 77-130. Enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) The following officers have authority to enforce this Article and to inspect a large vessel marina or vessel subject to this Article:

(1) Wildlife protectors.

(2) Marine fisheries inspectors.

(3) Any sworn local law enforcement officer with jurisdiction to enforce the laws in the county or municipality in which the marina or vessel is located.

(4) United States Coast Guard personnel.

(b) Officers enforcing the provisions of this Article shall report violations to the Department.

(c) Unless provided otherwise by this Article, a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) may be assessed by the Secretary of Environmental Quality against any person who violates this Article. If any action or failure for which a penalty may be assessed under this section is continuous, the Secretary of Environmental Quality may assess a penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day for so long as the violation continues.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-11 — NC Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-11
§ 42-11. Willful destruction by tenant misdemeanor
Status: in_force

If any tenant shall, during his term or after its expiration, willfully and unlawfully demolish, destroy, deface, injure or damage any tenement house, uninhabited house or other outhouse, belonging to his landlord or upon his premises by removing parts thereof or by burning, or in any other manner, or shall unlawfully and willfully burn, destroy, pull down, injure or remove any fence, wall or other inclosure or any part thereof, built or standing upon the premises of such landlord, or shall willfully and unlawfully cut down or destroy any timber, fruit, shade or ornamental tree belonging to said landlord, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-27 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-27
§ 122C-27. Powers of the Secretary
Status: in_force

The Secretary shall have the power to do all of the following:

(1) Administer and enforce the provisions, rules, and decisions pursuant to this Article.

(2) Appoint hearing officers to conduct appeals under this Article.

(3) Prescribe by rule the contents of the application for licensure and renewal.

(4) Inspect facilities and records of each facility to be licensed under this Article under the rules and decisions pursuant to this Article.

(5) Issue a license upon a finding that the applicant and facility comply with the provisions of this Article and the rules of the Commission and the Secretary.

(6) Define by rule procedures for submission of periodic reports by facilities licensed under this Article.

(7) Grant, deny, suspend, or revoke a license under this Article.

(7a) Issue orders directing facilities not licensed under this Article that are providing services requiring a license under this Article to cease and desist from engaging in any act or practice in violation of the provisions of this Article.

(8) In accordance with rules of the Commission, make final agency decisions for appeals from the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license in accordance with G.S. 122C-24 .

(9) In accordance with rules of the Commission, grant waiver for good cause of any rules implementing this Article that do not affect the health, safety, or welfare of individuals within a licensable facility.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 152-4 — NC Code / Chapter 152 / Section 152-4
§ 152-4. Coroners' bonds registered; certified copies evidence
Status: in_force

All official bonds of coroners shall be duly approved, certified, registered, and filed as sheriffs' bonds are required to be; and certified copies of the same duly certified by the register of deeds, with official seal attached, shall be received and read in evidence in the like cases and in like manner as such copies of sheriffs' bonds are now allowed to be read in evidence.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-2-201 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2-201
§ 48-2-201. Appointment of attorney or guardian ad litem
Status: in_force

(a) The court may appoint an attorney to represent a parent or alleged parent who is unknown or whose whereabouts are unknown and who has not responded to notice of the adoption proceeding as provided in Part 4 of this Article.

(b) The court on its own motion may appoint an attorney or a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of the adoptee in a contested proceeding brought under this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 76A-4 — NC Code / Chapter 76A / Section 76A-4
§ 76A-4. Quorum
Status: in_force

A simple majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum and may act in all cases.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-106 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-106
§ 105-106. Effect of change in name of firm
Status: in_force

No change in the name of a firm, partnership, or corporation, nor the taking in of a new partner, nor the withdrawal of one or more of the firm, shall be considered as commencing business; but if any one or more of the partners remain in the firm, or if there is change in ownership of less than a majority of the stock, if a corporation, the business shall be regarded as continuing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1325 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1325
§ 35A-1325. Advancements to be equal; accounted for on death
Status: in_force

The clerk, in ordering such advancements, shall, as far as practicable, so order the same as that, on the death of the incompetent person, his estate shall be distributed among his distributees in the same equal manner as if the advancements had been made by the person himself; and on his death every sum advanced to a child or grandchild shall be an advancement, and shall bear interest from the time it may be received.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-125-3 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-125-3
§ 95-125.3. Violations; civil penalties; appeal; criminal penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who violates G.S. 95-118 (Registration required; application procedures) is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250) for each day each device is so operated or used.

(b) Any person who violates G.S. 95-120.1 (Liability insurance) or G.S. 95-125.2 (Reports required) is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each day each device is so operated and used.

(c) Any person who violates G.S. 95-125.1 (Operation of unsafe device) is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day each device is so operated and used.

(d) In determining the amount of any penalty ordered under authority of this section, the Commissioner shall give due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with respect to the annual gross volume of the person being charged, the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the person, and the record of previous violations.

(e) The Commissioner's determination of the amount of the penalty is final, unless within 15 days after receipt of notice thereof by certified mail with return receipt, by signature confirmation as provided by the U.S. Postal Service, by a designated delivery service authorized pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7502(f)(2) with delivery receipt, or via hand delivery, the person charged with the violation takes exception to the determination, in which event final determination of the penalty shall be made in an administrative proceeding pursuant to Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Administrative Procedures Act.

(f) The Commissioner may file in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county wherein the person, against whom a civil penalty has been ordered, resides or, if a corporation is involved, in the county wherein the violation occurred, a certified copy of a final order of the Commissioner unappealed form, or of a final order of the Commissioner affirmed upon appeal. Upon such filing, the clerk of said court shall enter judgment in accordance with the final order and notify the parties. The judgment shall have the same effect, and all proceedings in relation to the judgment shall thereafter be the same, as though the judgment had been rendered in a suit duly heard and determined by the superior court of the General Court of Justice.

(g) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this Article and that violation causes the serious injury or death of any person, then the person is guilty of a Class E felony, which shall include a fine.

(h) Nothing in this section prevents any prosecuting officer of the State of North Carolina from proceeding against a person who violates this Article on a prosecution charging any degree of willful or culpable homicide.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-202 — NC Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-202
§ 59-202. Amendment to certificate
Status: reserved

(a) A certificate of limited partnership is amended by filing a certificate of amendment thereto in the office of the Secretary of State. The certificate shall set forth:

(1) The name of the limited partnership;

(2) The date of filing of the certificate; and

(3) The amendment to the certificate.

(b) Within 30 days after the happening of any of the following events an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership reflecting the occurrence of the event or events shall be filed:

(1) The admission of a new general partner;

(2) The withdrawal of a general partner; or

(3) The continuation of the business under G.S. 59-801 after an event of withdrawal of a general partner.

(c) A general partner who becomes aware that any statement in a certificate of limited partnership was false when made or that any arrangements or other facts described have changed, making the certificate inaccurate in any respect, shall promptly amend the certificate.

(d) Repealed by Laws 1987, c. 531, § 4.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-339-76 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-339-76
§ 1-339.76. Validation of sales when payment deferred more than two years
Status: in_force

All sales of land conducted prior to February 10, 1927, under authority of G.S. 28-93 , in which the deferred payments were extended over a period longer than two years, are hereby validated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-21-1 — NC Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121-21-1
§ 121-21.1. Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens Fund
Status: in_force

(a) Fund.--The Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens Fund is hereby created as a special, interest-bearing, and nonreverting fund in the Division of Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens. The Fund shall be treated as a special trust fund and shall be used for repair, renovation, expansion, and maintenance at Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens.

(b) Fund Sources.--The Fund consists of (i) all revenue derived from admissions and fees collected at the Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens, (ii) the net proceeds derived from the sale of real property pursuant to G.S. 146-30(d)(12), and (iii) interest on funds in the Fund credited by the State Treasurer pursuant to G.S. 147-69.2 and G.S. 147-69.3 .

(c) Report.--The Tryon Palace Commission shall submit to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division by September 30 of each year a report on the Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens Fund that shall include the source and amount of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-328 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-328
§ 53-328. Notice of transactions that cause a change in control
Status: in_force

Each foreign trust institution that maintains a trust office or representative trust office in this State, or the home country regulator of the foreign trust institution, shall give at least 30 days' notice (or, in the case of an emergency transaction or the cessation of trust activity in this State by an out-of-state trust institution or foreign trust institution whose only office in this State is a registered office, as much notice as practicable) to the Commissioner, in the form required by the Commissioner, of:

(1) Any merger, consolidation, share exchange, or other transaction that would cause a change of control of a foreign trust institution:

a. That would be subject to Subpart D of Part 3 of this Article if the foreign trust institution were a State trust company; or

b. Is required to be filed with any bank supervisory agency;

(2) Any transfer of all or substantially all of the accounts or account assets of the foreign trust institution to another person; or

(3) The closing, transfer, or discontinuance of any trust office or representative trust office in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-522 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-522
§ 90-522. Title; purpose
Status: in_force

(a) This Article may be cited as the “Athletic Trainers Licensing Act”.

(b) The practice of athletic trainer services affects the public health, safety, and welfare. Licensure of the practice of athletic trainer services is necessary to ensure minimum standards of competency and to provide the public with safe athletic trainer services. It is the purpose of this Article to provide for the regulation of persons offering athletic trainer services.