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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1343-3 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1343-3
§ 15A-1343.3. Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction to establish regulations for continuous alcohol monitoring systems; payment of fees; authority to terminate monitoring
Status: in_force

(a) The Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction shall establish regulations for continuous alcohol monitoring systems that are authorized for use by the courts as evidence that an offender on probation has abstained from the use of alcohol for a specified period of time. A “ continuous alcohol monitoring system ” is a device that is worn by a person that can detect, monitor, record, and report the amount of alcohol within the wearer's system over a continuous 24-hour daily basis. The regulations shall include the procedures for supervision of the offender, collection and monitoring of the results, and the transmission of the data to the court for consideration by the court. All courts, including those using continuous alcohol monitoring systems prior to July 4, 2007, shall comply with the regulations established by the Division pursuant to this section.

The Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, shall approve continuous alcohol monitoring systems for use by the courts prior to their use by a court as evidence of alcohol abstinence, or their use as a condition of probation. The Secretary shall not unreasonably withhold approval of a continuous alcohol monitoring system and shall consult with the Division of Purchase and Contract in the Department of Administration to ensure that potential vendors are not discriminated against.

(b) Any fees or costs paid by an offender on probation in order to comply with continuous alcohol monitoring shall be paid directly to the monitoring provider. A monitoring provider shall not terminate the provision of continuous alcohol monitoring for nonpayment of fees unless authorized by the court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-2-502 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2-502
§ 48-2-502. Preparation and content of report
Status: in_force

(a) In preparing a report to the court, the agency shall conduct a personal interview with each petitioner in the petitioner's residence and at least one additional interview with each petitioner and the adoptee, and shall observe the relationship between the adoptee and the petitioner or petitioners.

(b) The report must be in writing and contain:

(1) An account of the petitioner's marital or family status, physical and mental health, home environment, property, income, and financial obligations; if there has been a preplacement assessment, the account may be limited to any changes since the filing of the preplacement assessment;

(2) All reasonably available nonidentifying information concerning the physical, mental, and emotional condition of the adoptee required by G.S. 48-3-205 which is not already included in the document prepared under that section;

(3) Copies of any court order, judgment, decree, or pending legal proceeding affecting the adoptee, the petitioner, or any child of the petitioner relevant to the welfare of the adoptee;

(4) A list of the expenses, fees, or other charges incurred, paid, or to be paid in connection with the adoption that can reasonably be ascertained by the agency;

(5) Any fact or circumstance known to the agency that raises a specific concern about whether the proposed adoption is contrary to the best interest of the adoptee because it poses a significant risk of harm to the well-being of the adoptee;

(6) A finding by the agency concerning the suitability of the petitioner and the petitioner's home for the adoptee;

(7) A recommendation concerning the granting of the petition; and

(8) Such other information as may be required by rules adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

In an agency adoption, the report shall be written in such a way as to exclude all information that could reasonably be expected to lead directly to the identity of the adoptee at birth or any former parent or family member of the adoptee, and any copies of documents included pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection shall be redacted to exclude this information.

(c) The Social Services Commission may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-11-4 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-11-4
§ 50-11.4. Certain judgments of divorce validated
Status: in_force

Any judgment of divorce entered as a result of an action instituted prior to October 1, 1983, upon any grounds abolished by Chapter 613 of the 1983 Session Laws as amended by Section 217(O) of Chapter 923 of the 1983 Session Laws, which is proper in all other respects, is hereby rendered valid and of full force and effect.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-72 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-72
§ 122C-72. Definitions
Status: reserved

As used in this Part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms have the meanings specified:

(1) “ Advance instruction for mental health treatment ” or “ advance instruction ” means a written instrument, signed in the presence of two qualified witnesses who believe the principal to be of sound mind at the time of the signing, and acknowledged before a notary public, pursuant to which the principal makes a declaration of instructions, information, and preferences regarding the principal's mental health treatment and states that the principal is aware that the advance instruction authorizes a mental health treatment provider to act according to the instruction. It may also state the principal's instructions regarding, but not limited to, consent to or refusal of mental health treatment when the principal is incapable.

(2) “ Attending physician ” means the physician who has primary responsibility for the care and treatment of the principal.

(3) Repealed by S.L. 1998-198, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1998 .

(4) “ Incapable ” means that, in the opinion of a physician or eligible psychologist, the person currently lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make and communicate mental health treatment decisions. As used in this Part, the term “ eligible psychologist ” has the meaning given in G.S. 122C-3(13d) .

(5) “ Mental health treatment ” means the process of providing for the physical, emotional, psychological, and social needs of the principal for the principal's mental illness. “ Mental health treatment ” includes, but is not limited to, electroconvulsive treatment (ECT), commonly referred to as “shock treatment”, treatment of mental illness with psychotropic medication, and admission to and retention in a facility for care or treatment of mental illness.

(6) “ Principal ” means the person making the advance instruction.

(7) “ Qualified witness ” means a witness who affirms that the principal is personally known to the witness, that the principal signed or acknowledged the principal's signature on the advance instruction in the presence of the witness, that the witness believes the principal to be of sound mind and not to be under duress, fraud, or undue influence, and that the witness is not:

a. The attending physician or mental health service provider or an employee of the physician or mental health treatment provider;

b. An owner, operator, or employee of an owner or operator of a health care facility in which the principal is a patient or resident; or

c. Related within the third degree to the principal or to the principal's spouse.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-414 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-414
§ 113-414. Filing list of renewed leases in office of register of deeds
Status: in_force

On December 31 of each year, or within 10 days thereafter, every person, firm or corporation holding petroleum leases shall file in the office of the register of deeds of the county within which the land covered by such leases is located, a list showing the leases which have been renewed for the ensuing year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-239 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-239
§ 143-239. Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Article is to create a separate State agency to be known as the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, the function, purpose, and duty of which shall be to manage, restore, develop, cultivate, conserve, protect, and regulate the wildlife resources of the State of North Carolina, and to administer the laws relating to game, game and freshwater fishes, and other wildlife resources enacted by the General Assembly to the end that there may be provided a sound, constructive, comprehensive, continuing, and economical game, game fish, and wildlife program directed by qualified, competent, and representative citizens, who shall have knowledge of or training in the protection, restoration, proper use and management of wildlife resources.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1236 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1236
§ 143B-1236. Governor's Jobs for Veterans Committee--authority to receive grants-in-aid
Status: in_force

The Committee is hereby authorized to receive grants-in-aid from the federal government and charitable organizations for carrying out its duties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-562-7 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-562-7
§ 115C-562.7. Authority reporting requirements
Status: reserved

(a) Repealed by S.L. 2014-100, § 8.25(e), eff. Aug. 7, 2014 .

(b) The Authority shall report annually, no later than October 15, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the following information from the prior school year:

(1) Total number, grade level, race, ethnicity, and sex of eligible students receiving scholarship grants.

(2) Total amount of scholarship grant funding awarded.

(3) Number of students previously enrolled in local school administrative units or charter schools in the prior semester by the previously attended local school administrative unit or charter school.

(4) Nonpublic schools in which scholarship grant recipients are enrolled, including numbers of scholarship grant students at each nonpublic school.

(5) Nonpublic schools deemed ineligible to receive scholarships.

(c) The Authority shall report annually, no later than December 1, to the Department of Public Instruction and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the following:

(1) Learning gains or losses of students receiving scholarship grants. The report shall include learning gains of participating students on a statewide basis and shall compare, to the extent possible, the learning gains or losses of eligible students by nonpublic school to the statewide learning gains or losses of public school students with similar socioeconomic backgrounds, using aggregate standardized test performance data provided to the Authority by nonpublic schools and by the Department of Public Instruction.

(2) Competitive effects on public school performance on standardized tests as a result of the scholarship grant program. The report shall analyze the impact of the availability of scholarship grants on public school performance on standardized tests by local school administrative units to the extent possible, and shall provide comparisons of the impact by geographic region and between rural and urban local school administrative units.

This report shall be conducted by an independent research organization to be selected by the Authority, which may be a public or private entity or university. The independent research organization shall report to the Authority on the results of its research. The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall review reports from the Authority and shall make ongoing recommendations to the General Assembly as needed regarding improving administration and accountability for nonpublic schools accepting students receiving scholarship grants.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-13 — NC Code / Chapter 90D / Section 90D-13
§ 90D-13. Injunctive relief
Status: in_force

If the Board finds that a person who does not have a license issued under this Chapter claims to be a licensed interpreter or transliterator or is engaging in practice as an interpreter or transliterator in violation of this Chapter, the Board may apply in its own name to the superior court for a temporary restraining order or other injunctive relief to prevent the person from continuing illegal practices. The action may be brought in the county where the illegal or unlawful acts are alleged to have been committed, in the county where the defendant resides, or in the county where the Board maintains its offices and records. The court may grant injunctions regardless of whether criminal prosecution or other action has been or may be instituted as a result of a violation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30-9J — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-30-9J
§ 120-30.9J. Repeal of acts and ordinances which were denied preclearance
Status: reserved

Any (i) city or county ordinance or resolution, (ii) act, policy, or resolution of a county board of elections, or (iii) public or local law enacted by the General Assembly, for which prior to June 25, 2013, either the United States Department of Justice interposed an objection or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied a declaratory judgment under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is repealed. This section shall not apply to any ordinance, resolution, act, policy, or law to which the United States Department of Justice withdrew its objection or, after the United States Department of Justice interposed an objection, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a declaratory judgment that such ordinance, resolution, act, policy, or law did not violate Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-30-250 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-30-250
§ 58-30-250. Disposition of records during and after termination of liquidation
Status: in_force

Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that the records of any insurer in process of liquidation or completely liquidated are no longer useful, he may recommend to the Court and the Court shall direct what records should be retained for future reference and what should be destroyed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15B-15 — NC Code / Chapter 15B / Section 15B-15
§ 15B-15. Clerks of court to be notified
Status: in_force

The Director shall notify in writing the clerk of superior court of the county in which the offense occurred of any award made from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund to the victim. The clerk shall place the notice in the case file of any defendant charged with the offense that gave rise to the award to the victim.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-114-1 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-114-1
§ 131E-114.1. Posting of information indicating number of staff on duty
Status: in_force

Every nursing home subject to licensure under this Part shall post in a conspicuous place in the nursing home information about required staffing that enables residents and their families to readily ascertain each day the number of direct care staff and supervisors that are required by law to be on duty for that day.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 124-12 — NC Code / Chapter 124 / Section 124-12
§ 124-12. Powers of a State-owned railroad company
Status: in_force

A State-owned railroad company shall have, in addition to the powers of any railroad corporation, the power to:

(1) Lease, license, or improve property.--A State-owned railroad company may lease, license, or improve its right-of-way and property, whether held by easement, presumptive grant, express grant, or otherwise, for the purpose of preserving and protecting its railroad corridor and franchise.

(2) Condemnation in fee simple.--A State-owned railroad company may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property in fee simple for the purposes specified in G.S. 40A-3(a)(4) . The procedures of Article 2 of Chapter 40A of the General Statutes shall apply to the exercise of the power of eminent domain under this subdivision.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-50 — NC Code / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-50
§ 44A-50. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, the following terms mean:

(1) Aircraft. --As the term is defined in G.S. 63-1(3) , or any engine, part, component, or accessory, whether affixed to or separate from the aircraft.

(2) Lienor. --A person entitled to a lien under this Article.

(3) Owner. --As the term is defined in G.S. 44A-1(3) for an aircraft, or any person authorized by an owner, as defined in G.S. 44A-1(3) , to perform, contract, or arrange for the provision of labor, skill, materials, or storage with respect to any aircraft.

(4) Person. --Any individual, corporation, association, partnership, whether limited or general, limited liability company, or other entity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-10-105 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-10-105
§ 48-10-105. Unauthorized disclosure of information
Status: in_force

(a) Except as authorized in G.S. 48-3-205 or in Article 9 of this Chapter, no identifying or nonidentifying information contained in a report or records described therein may be disclosed by present or former employees or officials of the court, an agency, the State, a county, an attorney or other provider of professional services, or any person or entity who wrongfully obtains such a report or records.

(b) A person who knowingly makes an unauthorized disclosure of identifying information is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(c) The district court may enjoin from further violations any person who makes an unauthorized disclosure.

(d) Notwithstanding the penalties provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual who is the subject of any of this information may bring a civil action for equitable or monetary relief or both against any person or entity who makes an unauthorized disclosure of the information.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-16 — NC Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-16
§ 30-16. Duty of personal representative, magistrate, or clerk to assign allowance
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every administrator, collector, or executor of a will, on application in writing, signed by the surviving spouse, at any time within one year after the death of the deceased spouse, to assign to the surviving spouse the year's allowance as provided in this Article.

If there shall be no administration, or if the personal representative shall fail or refuse to apply to a magistrate or clerk of court, as provided in G.S. 30-20 , for 10 days after the surviving spouse has filed the aforesaid application, or if the surviving spouse is the personal representative, the surviving spouse may make application to the magistrate or clerk, and it shall be the duty of the magistrate or clerk to proceed in the same manner as though the application had been made by the personal representative.

Where any personal property of the deceased spouse shall be located outside the township or county where the deceased spouse resided at the time of the deceased spouse's death, the personal representative or the surviving spouse may apply to any magistrate or to any clerk of court of any township or county where such personal property is located, and it shall be the duty of such magistrate or clerk to assign the year's allowance as if the deceased spouse had resided and died in that township.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-451 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-451
§ 130A-451. Commission to adopt rules
Status: in_force

For the protection of the public health, the Commission shall adopt rules to implement this Article, AHERA, and the asbestos NESHAP for renovations and demolitions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-646 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-646
§ 15A-646. Superseding indictments and informations
Status: in_force

If at any time before entry of a plea of guilty to an indictment or information, or commencement of a trial thereof, another indictment or information is filed in the same court charging the defendant with an offense charged or attempted to be charged in the first instrument, the first one is, with respect to the offense, superseded by the second and, upon the defendant's arraignment upon the second indictment or information, the count of the first instrument charging the offense must be dismissed by the superior court judge. The first instrument is not, however, superseded with respect to any count contained therein which charged an offense not charged in the second indictment or information.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-345-1 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-345-1
§ 105-345.1. No evidence admitted on appeal; remission for further evidence
Status: in_force

No evidence shall be received at the hearing on appeal to the Court of Appeals but if any party shall satisfy the court that evidence has been discovered since the hearing before the Property Tax Commission that could not have been obtained for use at that hearing by the exercise of reasonable diligence, and will materially affect the merits of the case, the court may, in its discretion, remand the record and proceedings to the Commission with directions to take such subsequently discovered evidence, and after consideration thereof, to make such order as the Commission may deem proper, from which order an appeal shall lie as in the case of any other final order from which an appeal may be taken as provided in G.S. 105-345 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-944 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-944
§ 15A-944. Arraignment in superior court--Optional calendaring
Status: in_force

In counties other than those described in G.S. 15A-943 the prosecutor may, but is not required to, calendar arraignments in the manner described in that section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-74 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-74
§ 159-74. Test cases testing validity of funding or refunding bonds
Status: in_force

At any time after the procedure for authorizing the issuance of funding or refunding bonds has been completed, but before the issuance of the bonds, the issuing unit may institute an action in the Superior Court Division of the General Court of Justice in the county in which all or any part of the unit lies, to determine the validity of the bonds and the validity of the means of payment provided therefor. The action shall be in rem, and shall be against all of the owners of taxable property within the unit and all citizens residing in the unit, but it shall not be necessary to name each such owner or citizen in the summons or complaint. Jurisdiction of all parties defendant shall be acquired by publication of a summons once a week for three successive weeks, and jurisdiction shall be complete within 20 days after the date of the last publication. Any interested party may intervene in the action. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the action shall be governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-354-6 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-354-6
§ 20-354.6. Invoice required of motor vehicle repair shop
Status: in_force

The motor vehicle repair shop shall provide each customer, upon completion of any repair, with a legible copy of an invoice for such repair. The invoice shall include the following information:

(1) A statement indicating what was done to correct the problem or a description of the service provided.

(2) An itemized description of all labor, parts, and merchandise supplied and the costs of all labor, parts, and merchandise supplied. No itemized description is required to be provided to the customer for labor, parts, and merchandise supplied when a third party has indicated to the motor vehicle repair shop that the repairs will be paid for under a service contract, under a mechanical breakdown contract, or under a manufacturer's warranty, without charge to the customer.

(3) A statement identifying any replacement part as being used, rebuilt, or reconditioned, as the case may be.