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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-94GG — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-94GG
§ 143-215.94GG. Notification by persons responsible for discharge
Status: in_force

(a) Any person responsible for an offshore discharge under this Part shall immediately notify the Division of Emergency Management pursuant to rules established by the Secretary of Public Safety, if any, but in no case later than two hours after the discharge. Failure to so notify the Division of Emergency Management shall make the responsible person liable to the penalties set out in subsection (b) of this section. No penalty shall be imposed under this section when the owner or operator has promptly reported the discharge to federal authorities designated pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1321 .

(b) The civil penalty for failure to immediately report a discharge under this Part shall be determined by the Commission. In determining the amount of a penalty for failure to report under this section, the Commission shall take into consideration such circumstances as the gravity of the violation, the previous record of the responsible person in complying with the terms of this Article, whether the violator reported the discharge and if so after what period of time following the spill, the size of the business of the responsible person and the effect of the penalty on the violator's ability to continue in business, and other relevant factors; provided that the penalty assessed under this section shall not exceed the following daily maximum amounts, based upon the quantity of oil spilled:

(1) Up to 50,000 gallons․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․․․$ 50,000

(2) More than 50,000 gallons․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․․․․250,000

For purposes of this section, each day or any part thereof during which a discharge goes unreported by the responsible person shall constitute a separate offense.

(c) The clear proceeds of penalties provided for in this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-270-137 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-270-137
§ 90-270.137. Practice of medicine and optometry not permitted
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article shall be construed as permitting licensed psychologists or licensed psychological associates to engage in any manner in all or any of the parts of the practice of medicine or optometry licensed under Articles 1 and 6 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes , including, among others, the diagnosis and correction of visual and muscular anomalies of the human eyes and visual apparatus, eye exercises, orthoptics, vision training, visual training and developmental vision. A licensed psychologist or licensed psychological associate shall assist his or her client or patient in obtaining professional help for all aspects of the client's or patient's problems that fall outside the boundaries of the psychologist's own competence, including provision for the diagnosis and treatment of relevant medical or optometric problems.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-228-1 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-228-1
§ 105-228.1. Defining taxes levied and assessed in this Article
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Article is to levy a fair and equal tax under authority of Section 2(2) of Article V of the North Carolina Constitution and to provide a practical means for ascertaining and collecting it. The taxes levied and assessed in this Article are on gross earnings, as defined in the Article, and are in lieu of ad valorem taxes upon the properties of persons taxed in this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-153 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-153
§ 115C-153. Administration of career and technical education
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall be the sole State agency for the State administration of career and technical education at all levels, shall be designated as the State Board of Career and Technical Education, and shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with any and all federal agencies in the administration of national acts assisting career and technical education, to administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the General Assembly of North Carolina, and to cooperate with local boards of education in providing career and technical education programs, services, and activities for youth and adults residing in the areas under their jurisdiction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-45-15 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-45-15
§ 58-45-15. Powers and duties of Association
Status: in_force

The Association shall, pursuant to the provisions of this Article and the plan of operation, and with respect to the insurance coverages authorized in this Article, have the power on behalf of its members:

(1) To cause to be issued policies of insurance to applicants.

(2) To assume reinsurance from its members.

(3) To cede reinsurance to its members and to purchase reinsurance in behalf of its members.

(4) To pledge the proceeds of assessments, projected reinsurance recoveries, other recoverables, and any other funds available to the Association as the source of revenue for and to secure lines of credit or other borrowings or financing arrangements necessary to fund any actual, projected, or future deficits of the Association, including borrowing from member companies.

(5) To publish in the North Carolina Register all homeowners' rate filings with the Department of Insurance.

(6) To provide grants for mitigation of risk of loss to policyholders with premiums, funds appropriated to the Association for that purpose by the General Assembly, or funds donated or granted to the Association.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-91-10 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-91-10
§ 58-91-10. Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this Article and the Compact:

(1) “ Advertisement ” means any material designed to create public interest in a product, or induce the public to purchase, increase, modify, reinstate, borrow on, surrender, replace, or retain a policy, as more specifically defined in the Rules and Operating Procedures of the Commission.

(2) “ Bylaws ” means those bylaws established by the Commission for its governance, or for directing or controlling the Commission's actions or conduct.

(3) “ Compacting state ” means any state which has enacted this Compact legislation and which has not withdrawn or been terminated pursuant to G.S. 58-91-70 .

(4) “ Commission ” means the “ Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission ” established by this Compact.

(5) “ Commissioner ” means the chief insurance regulatory official of a state, including a commissioner, superintendent, director, or administrator.

(6) “ Domiciliary state ” means the state in which an insurer is incorporated or organized; or, in the case of an foreign insurer, its state of entry.

(7) “ Insurer ” means any entity licensed by a state to issue contracts of insurance for any of the lines of insurance covered by this Article.

(8) “ Member ” means the person chosen by a compacting state as its representative to the Commission, or that person's designee.

(9) “ Noncompacting state ” means any state which is not at the time a compacting state.

(10) “ Operating procedures ” means procedures promulgated by the Commission implementing a rule, uniform standard, or a provision of this Compact.

(11) “ Product ” means the form of a policy or contract, including any application, endorsement, or related form which is attached to and made a part of the policy or contract, and any evidence of coverage or certificate, for an individual or group annuity, life insurance, disability income, or long-term care insurance product that an Insurer is authorized to issue.

(12) “ Rule ” means a statement of general or particular applicability and future effect promulgated by the Commission, including a uniform standard developed pursuant to G.S. 58-91-35 , designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or describing the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of the Commission, which shall have the force and effect of law in the compacting states.

(13) “ State ” means any state, district, or territory of the United States of America.

(14) “ Third-party filer ” means an entity that submits a product filing to the Commission on behalf of an insurer.

(15) “ Uniform standard ” means a standard adopted by the Commission for a product line, pursuant to G.S. 58-91-35 , and shall include all of the product requirements in aggregate. Each uniform standard shall be construed, whether express or implied, to prohibit the use of any inconsistent, misleading, or ambiguous provisions in a product, and the form of the product made available to the public shall not be unfair, inequitable or against public policy as determined by the Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-109 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-109
§ 66-109. Filing with Secretary of State
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to placing any advertisement or making any other representations to prospective borrowers in this State, every loan broker shall file with the Secretary of State two copies of the disclosure statement required by G.S. 66-107 , and either a copy of the bond required by G.S. 66-108 , or a copy of the formal notification by the depository that the trust account required by G.S. 66-108 is established. These filings shall be updated as any material changes in the required information or the status of the bond or trust account occur, but no less than annually.

(b) Failure to comply with subsection (a) shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-33-1 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-33-1
§ 147-33.1. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article may be cited as the “North Carolina Emergency War Powers Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-88 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-88
§ 136-88. Authority of county commissioners with regard to ferries and toll bridges; rights and liabilities of owners of ferries or toll bridges not under supervision of Department of Transportation
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of G.S. 136-67 , 136-99 1 , and 153-198 2 , the boards of commissioners of the several counties are vested, in regard to the establishment, operation, maintenance, and supervision of ferries and toll bridges on public roads not under the supervision and control of the Department of Transportation, with all the power and authority regarding ferries and toll bridges vested by law in county commissioners on the thirty-first day of March, 1931. And the owners or operators of ferries or toll bridges not under the supervision and control of the Department of Transportation shall be entitled to the same rights, powers, and privileges, and subject to the same duties, responsibilities and liabilities, to which owners or operators of ferries or toll bridges were entitled or were subject on the thirty-first day of March, 1931.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-14-1 — NC Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-14-1
§ 42-14.1. Rent control
Status: in_force

No county or city as defined by G.S. 160A-1 may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of rent to be charged for privately owned, single-family or multiple unit residential or commercial rental property. This section shall not be construed as prohibiting any county or city, or any authority created by a county or city for that purpose, from:

(1) Regulating in any way property belonging to that city, county, or authority;

(2) Entering into agreements with private persons which regulate the amount of rent charged for subsidized rental properties; or

(3) Enacting ordinances or resolutions restricting rent for properties assisted with Community Development Block Grant Funds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-60 — NC Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146-60
§ 146-60. Further extension of time for registering grants or copies for two years from January 1, 1947
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 two years from January 1, 1947, next ensuing, 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. § 143B-1259 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1259
§ 143B-1259. Zoning and building laws
Status: in_force

All recreation projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the recreation project is situated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28C-20 — NC Code / Chapter 28C / Section 28C-20
§ 28C-20. Provisions applicable to person held incommunicado in foreign country
Status: in_force

As to a person who is known to be held incommunicado in a foreign country, G.S. 28C-1 through 28C-8 and G.S. 28C-10 may be applied as though the person were an absentee within the meaning of this Chapter, and if the person's whereabouts becomes unknown, the other provisions of this Chapter may be applied by such amendments to the pending proceeding as may be required. This section shall not apply to personnel serving in or with the Armed Forces of the United States, the United States Merchant Marine, or the Red Cross during a period of hostilities between the United States and some other power who are listed by the appropriate federal agency as prisoners of war or as missing in action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-69 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-69
§ 115C-69. Types of districts defined
Status: in_force

The term “district” here used is defined to mean any convenient territorial division or subdivision of a county, created for the purpose of maintaining within its boundaries one or more public schools. It may include one or more incorporated towns or cities, or parts thereof, or one or more townships, or parts thereof, all of which territory is included in a common boundary. There shall be three different kinds of districts:

(1) The “nontax district” is a territorial division of a local school administrative unit under the control of the local board of education, having no special local tax fund voted by the people for supplementing State and county funds.

(2) The “local tax district” is a territorial division of a local school administrative unit under the control of the local board of education, having in addition to State and county funds, a special local tax fund voted by the people for supplementing State and county funds.

(3) The “administrative district” is a territorial division of a county school administrative unit under the control of a county board of education which is established for administrative purposes and which consists of any combination of one or more local tax districts, nontax areas or bond districts of the county school administrative unit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-35-75 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-35-75
§ 58-35-75. Statement of account; release on payment in full
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after its execution, but not later than one year after the last payment thereunder, an insurance premium finance company holding an insurance premium finance agreement shall, upon written request of the insured, give or mail to him a written statement of the dates and amounts of payments and the total amount, if any, unpaid thereunder.

(b) After the payment of all sums for which an insured is obligated under an insurance premium finance agreement, and upon his written demand, the insurance premium finance company holding the agreement shall deliver, or mail to the insured at his last known address, such one or more good and sufficient instruments as may be necessary to acknowledge payment in full and to release all interest in or rights to the insurance contracts, the premiums for which were advanced or are to be advanced under the agreement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-5-501 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-5-501
§ 36C-5-501. Rights of beneficiary's creditor or assignee
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the court may authorize a creditor or assignee of the beneficiary to reach the beneficiary's interest by attachment of present or future distributions to or for the benefit of the beneficiary or other means. The court may limit the award to that relief as is appropriate under the circumstances.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply, and a trustee shall have no liability to any creditor of a beneficiary for any distributions made to or for the benefit of the beneficiary, to the extent that a beneficiary's interest is protected or restricted by any of the following:

(1) A spendthrift provision.

(2) A discretionary trust interest as defined in G.S. 36C-5-504(a)(2) .

(3) A protective trust interest as described in G.S. 36C-5-508 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-955 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-955
§ 143B-955. Criminal record checks of applicants and of current employees who are involved in the manufacture or production of drivers licenses and identification cards
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Public Safety may, upon request, provide to the Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, the criminal history from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories of the following individuals if the individual (i) is or will be involved in the manufacture or production of drivers licenses and identification cards, or (ii) has or will have the ability to affect the identity information that appears on drivers licenses or identification cards:

(1) An applicant for employment.

(2) A current employee.

(3) A contractual employee or applicant.

(4) An employee of a contractor.

(b) Along with the request, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall provide the following to the Department of Public Safety:

(1) The fingerprints of the person who is the subject of the record check.

(2) A form signed by the person who is the subject of the record check consenting to:

a. The criminal record check.

b. The use of fingerprints.

c. Any other identifying information required by the State and National Repositories.

d. Any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety.

(c) The fingerprints shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check.

(d) The Division of Motor Vehicles shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential.

(e) The Department of Public Safety may charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it to conduct a criminal record check under this section. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating, editing, researching, and retrieving the information.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-53 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-53
§ 14-53. Breaking out of dwelling house burglary
Status: in_force

If any person shall enter the dwelling house of another with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein, or being in such dwelling house, shall commit any felony or larceny therein, and shall, in either case, break out of such dwelling house in the nighttime, such person shall be punished as a Class D felon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-513 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-513
§ 143-513. Regional emergency medical services councils
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may establish emergency medical services regional councils to implement and coordinate emergency medical services programs within regions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162A-22 — NC Code / Chapter 162A / Section 162A-22
§ 162A-22. Definition of regional water supply system
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Article “a regional water supply system” is defined as a public water supply system of a municipality, county, sanitary district, or other political subdivision of the State, or combination thereof, which provides, is intended to provide, or is capable of providing an adequate and safe supply of water to a substantial portion of the population within a county, or to a substantial water service area in a region composed of all or parts of two or more counties, or to a metropolitan area in two or more counties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131D-4-1 — NC Code / Chapter 131D / Section 131D-4-1
§ 131D-4.1. Adult care homes; legislative intent
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds and declares that the ability to exercise personal control over one's life is fundamental to human dignity and quality of life and that dependence on others for some assistance with daily life activities should not require surrendering personal control of informed decision making or risk taking in all areas of one's life.

The General Assembly intends to ensure that adult care homes provide services that assist the residents in such a way as to assure quality of life and maximum flexibility in meeting individual needs and preserving individual autonomy.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-238 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-238
§ 163-238. Reports of violations to district attorneys
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Board of Elections to report to the district attorney of the appropriate prosecutorial district, any violation of this Article, or the failure of any person charged with a duty under its provisions to comply with and perform that duty, and it shall be the duty of the district attorney to cause such a person to be prosecuted therefor.