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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-126-8 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-126-8
§ 62-126.8. Community solar energy facilities
Status: in_force

(a) Each offering utility shall file a plan with the Commission to offer a community solar energy facility program for participation by its retail customers. The community solar energy facility program shall be designed so that each community solar energy facility offsets the energy use of not less than five subscribers and no single subscriber has more than a forty percent (40%) interest. The offering utility shall make its community solar energy facility program available on a first-come, first-served basis until the total nameplate generating capacity of those facilities equals 20 megawatts (MW).

(b) A community solar energy facility shall have a nameplate capacity of no more than five megawatts (MW). Each subscription shall be sized to represent at least 200 watts (W) of the community solar energy facility's generating capacity and to supply no more than one hundred percent (100%) of the maximum annual peak demand of electricity of each subscriber at the subscriber's premises.

(c) A community solar energy facility must be located in the service territory of the offering utility filing the plan. Subscribers shall be located in the State of North Carolina and the same county or a county contiguous to where the facility is located. The electric public utility may file a request for Commission approval for an exemption from the location requirement of this subsection and the Commission may approve the request for a facility located up to 75 miles from the county of the subscribers, if the Commission deems the exemption to be in the public interest.

(d) The offering utility shall credit the subscribers to its community solar energy facility for all subscribed shares of energy generated by the facility at the avoided cost rate.

(e) The Commission may approve, disapprove, or modify a community solar energy facility program. The program shall meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Establish uniform standards and processes for the community solar energy facilities that allow the electric public utility to recover reasonable interconnection costs, administrative costs, fixed costs, and variable costs associated with each community solar energy facility, including purchase expenses if a power purchase agreement is elected as the method of energy procurement by the offering utility.

(2) Be consistent with the public interest.

(3) Identify the information that must be provided to potential subscribers to ensure fair disclosure of future costs and benefits of subscriptions.

(4) Include a program implementation schedule.

(5) Identify all proposed rules and charges.

(6) Describe how the program will be promoted.

(7) Hold harmless customers of the electric public utility who do not subscribe to a community solar energy facility.

(8) Allow subscribers to have the option to own the renewable energy certificates produced by the community solar energy facility.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-417 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-417
§ 115C-417. Availability of funds allocated for staff development
Status: in_force

Funds allocated by the State Board of Education for staff development at the local level shall become available for expenditure on July 1 of each fiscal year and shall remain available for expenditure until December 31 of the subsequent fiscal year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 142-15 — NC Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142-15
§ 142-15. Reimbursement of Treasurer for interest
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall become necessary for the State Treasurer to borrow money to provide the maintenance fund for any State institution, the said Treasurer is authorized to deduct from the sum appropriated for maintenance of said institution the amount of interest the Treasurer shall have to pay for the use of said fund. This section shall apply to all future laws creating a maintenance fund for any State institution, unless said laws shall specifically state otherwise.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-300 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-300
§ 58-10-300. Special financial requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Mutual insurance holding companies and their insurance company subsidiaries and affiliates shall comply with the provisions of Article 19 of this Chapter except as expressly provided in this Part. Mutual insurance holding companies' investments in subsidiaries, including intermediate holding companies, shall not be subject to any of the restrictions on investment activities set forth in G.S. 58-19-10 .

(b) When a mutual insurance holding company acquires or plans to acquire more than fifty percent (50%) of a stock insurance company, the mutual insurance holding company shall submit to the Commissioner a plan describing any membership interests of policyholders.

(c) Each mutual insurance holding company shall supply to the Commissioner, by April 1 of each year, an annual statement consisting of the following:

(1) An income statement.

(2) A balance sheet.

(3) A cash flow statement.

(4) Complete information on the status of any closed block formed as a part of a plan of reorganization.

(5) An investment plan covering all assets.

(6) A statement disclosing any intention to pledge, borrow against, alienate, hypothecate, or in any way encumber the assets of the mutual insurance holding company.

(d) At least fifty percent (50%) of the net worth of the mutual insurance holding company, based upon generally accepted accounting practices, shall be invested in insurance company subsidiaries. The Commissioner may waive the fifty percent (50%) limitation upon a showing of good cause.

(e) No policyholder who is a member of a mutual insurance holding company shall receive on account of such membership interest any payment of a policy credit, dividend, or other distribution unless the payment has been approved by the Commissioner. The Commissioner, if satisfied the proposed payment is fair and equitable to policyholders who are members, may approve the proposed payment and may require as a condition of the approval modification of the proposed payment that the Commissioner finds necessary for the protection of the policyholders.

(f) Mutual insurance holding companies shall comply with Part 3 of this Article and shall be considered a domestic insurer for the purposes of compliance with Part 3 of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-60-125 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-60-125
§ 58-60-125. Purpose; intent; scope
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this Part is to provide standards for the disclosure of certain minimum information about annuity contracts to protect consumers and foster consumer education. This Part specifies the minimum information that must be disclosed and the method for disclosing it in connection with the sale of annuity contracts. The goal of this Part is to ensure that purchasers of annuity contracts understand certain basic features of annuity contracts.

(b) This Part applies to all group and individual annuity contracts and certificates except:

(1) Registered or nonregistered variable annuities or other registered products.

(2) Immediate and deferred annuities that contain no nonguaranteed elements.

(3) Annuities used to fund any of the following:

a. An employee pension plan, which is covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

b. A plan described by section 401(a) , 401(k) , or 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code , where the plan, for purposes of ERISA, is established or maintained by an employer.

c. A governmental or church plan defined in section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code or a deferred compensation plan of a state or local government or a tax-exempt organization under section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code .

d. A nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement established or maintained by an employer or plan sponsor.

e. Structured settlement annuities.

f. Charitable gift annuities.

g. Funding agreements.

(c) This Part shall apply to annuities used to fund a plan or arrangement that is funded solely by contributions an employee elects to make, whether on a pretax or after-tax basis, and where the insurance company has been notified that plan participants may choose from among two or more fixed annuity providers, and there is a direct solicitation of an individual employee by a producer for the purchase of an annuity contract. As used in this subsection, direct solicitation shall not include any meeting held by a producer solely for the purpose of educating or enrolling employees in the plan or arrangement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-171-29 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-171-29
§ 90-171.29. Qualifications of applicants for examination
Status: in_force

In order to be eligible for licensure by examination, the applicant shall make a written application to the Board on forms furnished by the Board and shall submit to the Board an application fee and written evidence, verified by oath, sufficient to satisfy the Board that the applicant has graduated from a course of study approved by the Board and is mentally and physically competent to practice nursing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-147-2 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-147-2
§ 108A-147.2. Private hospital health advancement assessment
Status: in_force

(a) The private hospital health advancement assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all private acute care hospitals.

(b) The private hospital health advancement assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each private acute care hospital's hospital costs. The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department in accordance with this Part. The percentage for each quarter shall equal the aggregate health advancement assessment collection amount calculated under G.S. 108A-147.3 multiplied by the private hospital historical assessment share and divided by the total hospital costs for all private acute care hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-73 — NC Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77-73
§ 77-73. Compensation; budget
Status: in_force

The joint resolution of the three counties shall state the terms relating to compensation to commissioners, if any, compensation of consultants and staff members employed by the Commission, and reimbursement of expenses incurred by commissioners, consultants, and employees. The Commission shall be governed by those budgetary and accounting procedures specified by joint resolution.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-53-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-53-1
§ 143B-53.1. Appropriation, allotment, and expenditure of funds for historic and archeological property
Status: in_force

The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may not expend any State funds for the acquisition, preservation, restoration, or operation of historic or archeological real and personal property, and the Director of the Budget may not allot any appropriations to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for a particular historic site until (i) the property or properties shall have been approved for such purpose by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources according to criteria adopted by the North Carolina Historical Commission, (ii) the report and recommendation of the North Carolina Historical Commission has been received and considered by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and (iii) the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources has found that there is a feasible and practical method of providing funds for the acquisition, restoration and/or operation of such property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-367 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-367
§ 90-367. Injunctions
Status: in_force

The Board may make application to any appropriate court for an order enjoining violations of this Article, and upon a showing by the Board that any person has violated or is about to violate this Article, the court may grant an injunction, restraining order, or take other appropriate action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 38A-3 — NC Code / Chapter 38A / Section 38A-3
§ 38A-3. Exclusions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this Chapter, the term “charge” does not include:

(1) Any contribution in kind, services or cash contributed by a person, legal entity, nonprofit organization, or governmental entity other than the owner, whether or not sanctioned or solicited by the owner, the purpose of which is to (i) remedy damage to land caused by educational or recreational use; (ii) provide warning of hazards on, or remove hazards from, land used for educational or recreational purposes; or (iii) pay expenses related to the use of land for a recreational or educational purpose.

(2) Unless otherwise agreed in writing or otherwise provided by the State or federal tax codes, any property tax abatement or relief received by the owner from the State or local taxing authority in exchange for the owner's agreement to open the land for educational or recreational purposes.

(3) Dues or fees charged by an individual, group, club, partnership, corporation, or governmental entity sponsoring the educational or recreational use when (i) the sponsor is operating as a nonprofit or in a nonprofit capacity and (ii) the dues or fees are used to pay expenses relating to the educational or recreational use or to raise funds to support the sponsor's mission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-218 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-218
§ 14-218. Offering bribes
Status: in_force

If any person shall offer a bribe, whether it be accepted or not, he shall be punished as a Class F felon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159D-49 — NC Code / Chapter 159D / Section 159D-49
§ 159D-49. Remedies
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this Article or any coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or notes, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement or resolution, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the State or granted hereunder or under such trust agreement or resolution, or under any other contract executed by the agency pursuant to this Article, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this Article or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the agency or by any officer of the agency.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-449-84 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-449-84
§ 105-449.84. Liability for tax on blended fuel
Status: in_force

(a) On Blender.--The excise tax imposed by G.S. 105-449.81(4) on blended fuel made in this State is payable by the blender. The number of gallons of blended fuel on which the tax is payable is the difference between the number of gallons of blended fuel made and the number of gallons of previously taxed motor fuel used to make the blended fuel.

(b) On Importer.--The excise tax imposed by G.S. 105-449.81(4) on blended fuel imported to this State is payable by the importer.

(c) Blends Made at Terminal.--The following blended fuel is considered to have been made by the supplier of gasoline or undyed diesel fuel used in the blend:

(1) An in-line-blend made by combining a liquid with gasoline or undyed diesel fuel as the fuel is delivered at a terminal rack into the motor fuel storage compartment of a transport truck or a tank wagon.

(2) A kerosene splash-blend made when kerosene is delivered at a terminal into a motor fuel storage compartment of a transport truck or a tank wagon and undyed diesel fuel is also delivered at that terminal into the same storage compartment, if the buyer of the kerosene notified the supplier before or at the time of delivery that the kerosene would be used to make a splash-blend.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-270-75 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-270-75
§ 90-270.75. Renewal of license
Status: in_force

(a) Licenses issued under this Article shall be subject to annual renewal upon completion of continuing education and competency requirements as may be required by the Board, upon the payment of a renewal fee specified under G.S. 90-270.77 and in compliance with this Article, and shall expire unless renewed in the manner prescribed by the Board. The Board may provide for the late renewal of a license upon the payment of a late fee in accordance with G.S. 90-270.77 , but no such late renewal may be granted more than five years after a license expires.

(b) A suspended license is subject to expiration and may be renewed as provided in this section, but such renewal shall not entitle the licensee to engage in the licensed activity or in any other conduct or activity in violation of the order or judgment by which the license was suspended until the license is reinstated. If a license revoked on disciplinary grounds is reinstated, the licensee shall pay the renewal fee and any late fee that may be applicable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-732 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-732
§ 15A-732. Confinement in jail when necessary
Status: in_force

The officer or person executing the Governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered, may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or person having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer or person being chargeable with the expense of keeping.

The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner may have been delivered following extradition proceedings in another state, or to whom a prisoner may have been delivered after waiving extradition in such other state, and who is passing through this State with such a prisoner for the purpose of immediately returning such prisoner to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer or agent, however, being chargeable with the expense of keeping: Provided, however, that such officer or agent shall produce and show to the keeper of such jail satisfactory written evidence of the fact that he is actually transporting such prisoner to the demanding state after a requisition by the executive authority of such demanding state. Such prisoner shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-5-1 — NC Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52-5-1
§ 52-5.1. Tort actions between husband and wife arising out of acts occurring outside State
Status: in_force

A husband and wife shall have a cause of action against each other to recover damages for personal injury, property damage or wrongful death arising out of acts occurring outside of North Carolina, and such action may be brought in this State when both were domiciled in North Carolina at the time of such acts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-435-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-435-1
§ 143B-435.1. Clawbacks
Status: in_force

(a) Clawback Defined.--For the purpose of this Article, a clawback is a requirement that all or part of an economic development incentive will be returned or forfeited if the recipient business does not fulfill its responsibilities under the incentive law, contract, or both.

(b) Findings.--The General Assembly finds that in order for a clawback to be effective, there must be monitoring and reporting regarding the business's performance of its responsibilities and a mechanism for obtaining repayment if the clawback requiring the return of previously disbursed funding is triggered. Clawback provisions are essential to protect the State's investment in a private business and ensure that the public benefits from the incentive will be secured.

(c) Catalog.--The Department of Commerce shall catalog all clawbacks in State and federal programs it administers, whether provided by statute, by rule, or under a contract. The catalog must include a description of each clawback, the program to which it applies, and a citation to its source. The Department shall publish the catalog on its Web site and update it every six months.

(d) Report.--By April 1 and October 1 of each year, the Department of Commerce shall report to the Revenue Laws Study Committee, the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Natural, and Economic Resources, the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, and the Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic Resources, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural and Economic Resources, and the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Commission on (i) all clawbacks that have been triggered under the One North Carolina Fund established pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.71 , the Job Development Investment Grant Program established pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.52 , Job Maintenance and Capital Development Fund established pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.012 , the Utility Account established pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.01 , and the Site Infrastructure Fund established pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.02 and (ii) its progress on obtaining repayments. The report must include the name of each business, the event that triggered the clawback, and the amount forfeited or to be repaid.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-2-23 — NC Code / Chapter 57D / Section 57D-2-23
§ 57D-2-23. Restated articles of organization
Status: in_force

(a) An LLC may restate its articles of organization at any time.

(b) The restated articles of organization may include one or more amendments to the articles of organization. The restated articles of organization shall include a statement of the address of the current registered office and the name of the current registered agent of the LLC.

(c) An LLC restating its articles of organization must deliver to the Secretary of State for filing articles of restatement that include the following:

(1) The name of the LLC.

(2) Attached as an exhibit thereto, the text of the restated articles of organization.

(3) A statement that the restated articles of organization do not contain an amendment or, if the articles of organization do contain an amendment, a statement that there is an amendment that was duly adopted by the LLC.

(d) Restated articles of organization supersede the original articles of organization as theretofore amended.

(e) The Secretary of State may certify restated articles of organization as the articles of organization currently in effect without including the other information required by subsection (c) of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-569-2 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-569-2
§ 1-569.2. Notice
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a person gives notice to another person by taking action that is reasonably necessary to inform the other person in the ordinary course, whether or not the other person acquires knowledge of the notice.

(b) A person has notice if the person has knowledge of the notice or has received notice.

(c) A person receives notice when it comes to the person's attention or the notice is delivered at the person's place of residence or place of business or at another location held out by the person as a place of delivery of communications.