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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89D-16 — NC Code / Chapter 89D / Section 89D-16
§ 89D-16. Application for license; qualifications; examination; issuance
Status: in_force

(a) Upon application to the Board and payment of the required fees, an applicant for licensure as a landscape contractor may sit for the examination if the applicant submits evidence demonstrating the applicant's qualifications for licensure under this Chapter as prescribed in rules adopted by the Board and meets all of the following qualifications:

(1) Is at least 18 years of age.

(2) Is of good moral character as determined by the Board.

(3) Provides evidence of business identification as required by the Board.

(4) Files with the Board and maintains a corporate surety bond executed by a company authorized to do business in this State or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution. The surety bond or the letter of credit shall be in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). The surety bond or letter of credit shall be approved by the Board as to form and shall be conditioned upon the obligor faithfully conforming to and abiding by the provisions of this Chapter. Any person claiming to be injured by an act of a licensed landscape contractor that constitutes a violation of this Chapter may institute an action to recover against the licensee and the surety.

(b) If the applicant meets all the qualifications in subsection (a) of this section, the applicant shall be required to pass an examination administered by the Board before the Board may issue the license. The Board shall establish the scope and subject matter of the examination to be administered. The Board shall administer examinations at least twice a year at a time and place to be determined by the Board.

(c) When the Board determines that an applicant has met all the qualifications for licensure, submitted the required fee, and passed the examination, the Board shall issue a license to the applicant.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-8-06 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-8-06
§ 55A-8-06. Staggered terms for directors
Status: in_force

The articles of incorporation or bylaws may provide for staggering the terms of directors by dividing the total number of directors into groups. The terms of office of the several groups need not be uniform.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-341 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-341
§ 53-341. Other real estate
Status: in_force

(a) A State trust company shall not acquire real estate other than a State trust company facility for its own account except:

(1) Securitized interests in real estate and obligations secured by real estate;

(2) As necessary to avoid or minimize a loss on an investment previously made in good faith; or

(3) As provided by rules, orders, or declaratory rulings of the Commissioner.

(b) To the extent reasonably necessary to avoid or minimize loss on real estate acquired as permitted by subsection (a) of this section or under G.S. 53-340 , a State trust company may exchange real estate for other real estate or personal property, invest additional funds in or improve such real estate, or acquire additional real estate.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a State trust company shall dispose of any real estate acquired as permitted by subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section or under G.S. 53-340 :

(1) In the case of real estate acquired under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, on or before the fifth anniversary of:

a. The date it was acquired; or

b. The date it ceases to be used as a State trust company facility if it began to be so used after its acquisition.

(2) In the case of real estate acquired under G.S. 53-340 , on or before the third anniversary of the date it ceases to be a State trust company facility as provided by G.S. 53-340 .

(d) The Commissioner may grant one or more extensions of time for disposing of real estate if the Commissioner determines that:

(1) The State trust company has made a good faith effort to dispose of the real estate and has been unable to do so on reasonably advantageous terms; or

(2) Disposal of the real estate otherwise would be detrimental to the State trust company.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-24-190 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-24-190
§ 58-24-190. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this Article or the application of such provision to any circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Article or the application of the provision to other circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 144-2 — NC Code / Chapter 144 / Section 144-2
§ 144-2. State motto
Status: in_force

The words “esse quam videri” are hereby adopted as the motto of this State, and as such shall be engraved on the great seal of North Carolina and likewise at the foot of the coat of arms of the State as a part thereof. On the coat of arms, in addition to the motto, at the bottom, there shall be inscribed at the top the words, “May 20th, 1775.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-125 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-125
§ 95-125. Effective date of initial applications
Status: in_force

This Article shall take effect and become operative on July 30, 1969, provided that the initial applications for registration of passenger tramways shall be filed on or before November 1, 1969, and passenger tramways in existence on November 1, 1969, may be operated without registration until final action is taken by the Commissioner on the application for registration thereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-86-11 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-86-11
§ 58-86-11. Powers and duties of the advisory panel
Status: in_force

The advisory panel shall meet at least once annually upon call of the chair. The advisory panel shall have no administrative authority but shall prepare an annual report to the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System regarding the status and needs of the North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-3-318 — NC Code / Chapter 52C / Section 52C-3-318
§ 52C-3-318. Receipt and disbursement of payments
Status: in_force

(a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.

(b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this State, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this State or another state, the support enforcement agency of this State or a tribunal of this State shall:

(1) Direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and

(2) Issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.

(c) The support enforcement agency of this State receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection (b) of this section shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 139-48 — NC Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139-48
§ 139-48. Participation by cities, counties, industries and others
Status: in_force

(a) Any industry, or private water user, the State of North Carolina, the United States or any of its agencies, any county, municipality or any other political subdivision may participate in watershed improvement works or projects upon mutually agreeable terms relating to such matters as the construction, financing, maintenance and operation thereof.

(b) Any county or municipality may contribute funds toward the construction, maintenance and operation of watershed improvement works or projects, to the extent that such works or projects:

(1) Provide a source (respectively) of county or municipal water supply; or protect an existing source of such supply, enhance its quality or increase its dependable capacity or quantity; or

(2) Protect against or alleviate the effects of flood-water or sediment damages affecting, or provide drainage benefits for, (respectively) county or municipally owned property or the property (respectively) of county or municipal inhabitants located outside the boundaries of such works or projects but within the respective boundaries of such county or municipality.

Each county and city may fund appropriations for the purposes of this section by levy of property taxes pursuant to G.S. 153A-149 and G.S. 160A-209 and by the allocation of other revenues whose use is not otherwise restricted by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-65-150 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-65-150
§ 58-65-150. Construction of Chapter as to single employer plans; associations exempt
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this Article and Article 66 of this Chapter shall be construed to affect or apply to dental, health care, medical, or vision service plans which limit their membership to employees and the immediate members of the families of the employees of a single employer or his or its subsidiary or subsidiaries and which plans are operated by such employer of such limited group of the employees.

(b) Nothing in this Article and Article 66 of this Chapter [shall] be construed to affect or apply to any nonstock, nonprofit medical service association which was, on January 1, 1943, organized solely for the purpose of, and actually engaged in, the administration of any medical service plan in this State upon contracts and participating agreements with physicians, surgeons, or medical societies that underwrite the medical service plan by contributing their services to members of the association upon agreement with the association as to the schedule of fees to apply and the rate and method of payment by the association from the common fund paid in periodically by the members for medical, surgical and obstetrical care.

(c) All service plans described in subsection (a) of this section and all medical service associations described in subsection (b) of this section are exempt from the provisions of this Article and Article 66 of this Chapter.

(d) The Commissioner of Insurance may require from any full-service or single-service plan or medical service association any information necessary to enable the Commissioner to determine whether the service plan or medical service association is exempt from the provisions of this Article and Article 66 of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-92 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-92
§ 143-215.92. Lien on vessel
Status: in_force

Any vessel (other than one owned or operated by the State of North Carolina or its political subdivisions or the United States government) from which oil or other hazardous substances is discharged in violation of this Part or any rule prescribed pursuant thereto, shall be liable for the pecuniary penalty and costs of oil or other hazardous substances removal specified in this Part and such penalty and costs shall constitute a lien on such vessel; provided, however, that said lien shall not attach if a surety bond is posted with the Commission in an amount and with sureties acceptable to the Commission, or a cash deposit is made with the Commission in an amount acceptable to the Commission. Provided further, that such lien shall not have priority over any existing perfected lien or security interest. The Commission may adopt rules providing for such conditions, limitations, and requirements concerning the bond or deposit prescribed by this section as the Commission deems necessary.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-95 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-95
§ 143-215.95. Duties of Secretary
Status: in_force

The Secretary shall administer the provisions for registration of oil terminal facilities contained in this Part. In addition, he shall engage in such study and research concerning oil terminal facilities and their regulation in this State and elsewhere as may be required to furnish the General Assembly with a thorough factual basis for his recommendations for further legislation pursuant to this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1312 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1312
§ 35A-1312. Proceeding valid in passing title
Status: in_force

Any mortgage, deed, or deed of trust executed under authority of this Article by a regularly conducted special proceeding as provided shall have the force and effect of passing title to said property to the same extent as a deed executed jointly by husband and wife, where both are mentally capable of executing a conveyance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-14-13 — NC Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96-14-13
§ 96-14.13. Limitation on benefits due to lump sum payments
Status: in_force

An individual is disqualified from receiving benefits for any week for which the individual receives any sum from the employer pursuant to an order of a court, the National Labor Relations Board, or another adjudicative agency or by private agreement, consent, or arbitration for loss of pay by reason of discharge. When the employer pays a lump sum that covers a period of more than one week, the amount paid is allocated to the weeks in the period on a pro rata basis as determined by the Division. If the amount prorated to a week would, if it had been earned by the individual during that week of unemployment, have resulted in a reduced benefit payment as provided in G.S. 96-14.2 , the individual is entitled to receive the reduced payment if the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits.

Benefits paid for weeks of unemployment for which back pay awards or other similar compensation are made constitutes an overpayment of benefits. The employer must deduct the overpayment from the award prior to payment to the employee and must send the overpayment to the Division within five days of the payment for application against the overpayment. Overpayments not remitted to the Division are subject to the same collection procedures as contributions. The removal of charges made against the employer's account as a result of the previously paid benefits applies to the calendar year in which the Division receives the overpayment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-700 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-700
§ 106-700. Legislative determination and declaration of policy
Status: in_force

It is the declared policy of the State to conserve and protect and encourage the development and improvement of its agricultural land and forestland for the production of food, fiber, and other products. When other land uses extend into agricultural and forest areas, agricultural and forestry operations often become the subject of nuisance suits. As a result, agricultural and forestry operations are sometimes forced to cease. Many others are discouraged from making investments in farm and forest improvements. It is the purpose of this Article to reduce the loss to the State of its agricultural and forestry resources by limiting the circumstances under which an agricultural or forestry operation may be deemed to be a nuisance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-55 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-55
§ 14-55. Preparation to commit burglary or other housebreakings
Status: in_force

If any person shall be found armed with any dangerous or offensive weapon, with the intent to break or enter a dwelling, or other building whatsoever, and to commit any felony or larceny therein; or shall be found having in his possession, without lawful excuse, any picklock, key, bit, or other implement of housebreaking; or shall be found in any such building, with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-86 — NC Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97-86
§ 97-86. Award conclusive as to facts; appeal; certified questions of law
Status: in_force

The award of the Industrial Commission, as provided in G.S. 97-84 , if not reviewed in due time, or an award of the Commission upon such review, as provided in G.S. 97-85 , shall be conclusive and binding as to all questions of fact; but either party to the dispute may, within 30 days from the date of the award or within 30 days after receipt of notice to be sent by any class of U.S. mail that is fully prepaid or electronic mail of the award, but not thereafter, appeal from the decision of the Commission to the Court of Appeals for errors of law under the same terms and conditions as govern appeals from the superior court to the Court of Appeals in ordinary civil actions. The procedure for the appeal shall be as provided by the rules of appellate procedure.

The Industrial Commission of its own motion may certify questions of law to the Court of Appeals for decision and determination by the Court. In case of an appeal from the decision of the Commission, or of a certification by the Commission of questions of law, to the Court of Appeals, the appeal or certification shall operate on a supersedeas except as provided in G.S. 97-86.1 , and no employer shall be required to make payment of the award involved in the appeal or certification until the questions at issue therein shall have been fully determined in accordance with the provisions of this Article. If the employer is a noninsurer, then the appeal of the employer shall not act as a supersedeas and the plaintiff in such case shall have the same right to issue execution or to satisfy the award from the property of the employer pending the appeal as obtains to the successful party in an action in the superior court.

When any party to an appeal from an award of the Commission is unable, by reason of the party's poverty, to make the deposit or to give the security required by law for the appeal, any member of the Commission or any deputy commissioner shall enter an order allowing the party to appeal from the award of the Commission without giving security therefor. The party appealing from the judgment shall, within 30 days from the filing of the appeal from the award, make an affidavit that the party is unable by reason of the party's poverty to give the security required by law. The request shall be passed upon and granted or denied by a member of the Commission or deputy commissioner within 20 days from receipt of the affidavit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-65-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143A / Section 143A-65-1
§ 143A-65.1. North Carolina Forest Service
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall have charge of the work of forest maintenance, forest fire prevention, reforestation, and the protection of lands and water supplies by the preservation of forests; it shall also have the care of State forests and State recreational forests.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-632-17 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-632-17
§ 90-632.17. Sexual activity prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) Sexual activity or solicitation of sexual activity by any person or persons in any massage and bodywork therapy establishment is unlawful and prohibited.

(b) No owner shall engage in or permit any person or persons to engage in sexual activity in the owner's massage and bodywork therapy establishment. No owner shall engage in or permit any person or persons to use the owner's massage and bodywork therapy establishment to make arrangements to engage in sexual activity in any other place.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-97 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-97
§ 153A-97. Defense of officers, employees and others
Status: in_force

A county may, pursuant to G.S. 160A-167 , provide for the defense of:

(1) Any county officer or employee, including the county board of elections or any county election official.

(2) Any member of a volunteer fire department or rescue squad which receives public funds.

(2a) Any soil and water conservation supervisor, and any local soil and water conservation employee, whether the employee is a county employee or an employee of a soil and water conservation district.

(3) Any person or professional association who at the request of the board of county commissioners provides medical or dental services to inmates in the custody of the sheriff and is sued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 with respect to the services.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-3-137 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-3-137
§ 58-3-137. Prohibition on provisions relating to replacement cost estimators
Status: in_force

(a) No person may require an insurance company or their designated agent to provide the replacement cost estimator or other underwriting or related proprietary business information of an insurer underwriting an insurance policy covering real property, as a condition precedent or condition subsequent to the lending of money or extension of credit to be secured by real property. For purposes of this section, “ proprietary business information of an insurer ” means information, regardless of form or characteristics, which is owned or controlled by an insurer, or a person or an affiliated person who seeks acquisition of controlling stock in a domestic stock insurer or controlling company, and which (i) is intended to be and is treated by the insurer or the person as private in that the disclosure of the information would cause harm to the insurer, the person, or the company's business operations and that the information has not been disclosed unless disclosed pursuant to a statutory requirement, an order of a court or administrative body, or a private agreement that provides that the information will not be released to the public and (ii) is not otherwise readily ascertainable or publicly available by proper means by other persons from another source in the same configuration as requested by the office. This subsection does not apply to sales of insurance regulated under Articles 35, 57, and 58 of this Chapter or under 12 U.S.C. §§ 4901 - 4910 .

(b) The Department of Insurance may investigate the affairs of any person to whom this section applies to determine whether such person has violated this section. If a violation of this section is found to have been committed knowingly, the person in violation shall be subject to the same procedures and penalties as provided in Articles 3 and 63 of this Chapter.