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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 114-2-3 — NC Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114-2-3
§ 114-2.3. Use of private counsel limited
Status: in_force

(a) Every agency, institution, department, bureau, board, or commission of the State, authorized by law to retain private counsel, shall obtain written permission from the Attorney General prior to employing private counsel. This section does not apply to counties, cities, towns, other municipal corporations or political subdivisions of the State, or any agencies of these municipal corporations or political subdivisions, or to county or city boards of education. This subsection does not apply to private counsel retained by the Judicial Department for the defense of an official or employee of the Department in any action arising from conduct undertaken in the course of the official's or employee's official duties and in which the Attorney General has declined to provide the litigation services.

(b) Article 2A of this Chapter applies to any contract to retain private counsel authorized by the Attorney General under this section.

(c) Except as provided in G.S. 147-17 , the Attorney General shall represent the State in any action requiring the State to be a party under G.S. 1-72.3 .

(d) No State funds shall be withdrawn from the State treasury to pay for litigation services provided by private counsel except as expressly authorized by an appropriation of the General Assembly. As used in this subsection, litigation services include legal work conducted in anticipation of, or in preparation for, any suit or action. As used in this section, private counsel includes any licensed attorney retained by, engaged by, or otherwise representing a department, officer, agency, institution, commission, bureau, or other organized activity of the State but does not include a licensed attorney who holds a permanent budgeted position in either the Department of Justice or the applicable department, officer, agency, institution, commission, bureau, or other organized activity of the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-327 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-327
§ 106-327. Marketing of cattle affected with Bang's disease and tuberculosis
Status: in_force

Each owner of cattle affected with Bang's disease or tuberculosis, which have been appraised, and which have been authorized by the State Veterinarian to be marketed, shall market the cattle within 30 days and shall obtain from the purchaser a report in triplicate. One copy to be sent by the State Veterinarian at once, certifying as to the amount of money actually paid for the animals, all animals to be identified on report.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70-131 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-70-131
§ 120-70.131. Purpose and powers of Committee
Status: in_force

(a) The Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee shall examine, on a continuing basis, economic development and global engagement issues and strategies in North Carolina in order to make ongoing recommendations to the General Assembly on ways to promote cost-effective economic development initiatives, economic growth, and stimulating job creation in the global economy. In this examination, the Committee may:

(1) Study the budgets, programs, and policies of the Department of Commerce, the North Carolina Partnership for Economic Development, and other State, regional, and local entities involved in economic development.

(2) Analyze legislation from other states regarding economic development.

(3) Analyze proposals produced by the Economic Development Board.

(3a) Request the Department of Commerce to provide an annual report by January 15 of each year on the effectiveness of the following economic development programs:

a. Job Development Investment Grant Program (JDIG).

b. One North Carolina.

c. Article 3J Credits.

d. Job Maintenance and Capital Development Fund (JMAC).

(4) Analyze North Carolina's current international activity in the business, State government, and education sectors.

(5) Analyze barriers to international trade that may be addressed by legislation.

(6) Explore ways to increase coordination, synchronization, and intercommunication between State and local governmental entities.

(7) Collect and analyze data on global business trends.

(8) Study foreign representation opportunities for North Carolina that could solicit, target, educate, and recruit international businesses to North Carolina.

(9) Analyze incentives designed to encourage small businesses to export goods and service solutions.

(10) Study methods for positioning North Carolina as a portal to North America for international trade.

(11) Explore opportunities to increase foreign direct investment in North Carolina.

(12) Study any other matters that the Committee considers necessary to fulfill its mandate.

(b) The Committee may make interim reports to the General Assembly on matters for which it may report to a regular session of the General Assembly. A report to the General Assembly may contain any legislation needed to implement a recommendation of the Committee.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-349-1 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-349-1
§ 160A-349.1. Creation of board authorized; official title; terms of office; vacancies
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipal corporation which now owns or shall hereafter own a cemetery is authorized, if it is deemed proper, to create a board composed of not less than three nor more than five persons, to be known as “Cemetery Trustees of the Town or City of ․․․․․․․․․․, North Carolina”; shall fix the term of office of each member, in no case to exceed five years, and in case of any vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise, elect a successor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-27-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-27-1
§ 58-27-1. Issuance of collateral loan certificates; security
Status: in_force

Any domestic land mortgage company or title insurance company having a paid-in capital and surplus of at least two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), may, under the supervision and control of the Commissioner, issue collateral loan certificates, or other certificates of indebtedness secured by the deposit of first mortgages on real estate with the Commissioner, or under his direction, or secured by the deposit with the Commissioner, or under his direction, of collateral trust bonds secured by first mortgages, the principal and interest of which said mortgages is guaranteed by a surety company having assets of at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000), upon a basis not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of liability under the collateral loan certificates or other certificates of indebtedness outstanding and secured by such first mortgages or collateral trust bonds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75B-1 — NC Code / Chapter 75B / Section 75B-1
§ 75B-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases as used in this Chapter shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) “Business,” the manufacture, processing, sale, purchase, licensing, distribution, provision, or advertising of goods or services, or extension of credit, or issuance of letters of credit, or any other aspect of business;

(2) “Foreign government,” all governments and political subdivisions and the instrumentalities thereof, excepting the government, political subdivisions, and instrumentalities of the United States and the states, commonwealths, territories and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia;

(3) “Foreign person,” any person whose principal place of residence, business or domicile is outside the United States, or any person controlled directly or indirectly by such person or persons; provided, however, that no person shall be deemed a foreign person if after reasonable inquiry and due diligence it cannot be determined that any such person has a principal place of residence, business, or domicile outside the United States or is controlled by such person;

(4) “Foreign trade relationships,” the dealing with or in any foreign country of any person, or being listed on a boycott list or compilation of unacceptable persons maintained by a foreign government, foreign person, or international organization;

(5) “International organization,” any association or organization, with the exception of labor associations, or organizations of which more than a majority of the membership consists of foreign persons or foreign governments; and

(6) “Persons,” one or more of the following or their agents, employees, servants, representatives, directors, officers, partners, members, managers, superintendents, and legal representatives: individuals, corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, associations, labor organizations, educational institutions, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, fiduciaries, and all other entities recognized at law by this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-67-2 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-67-2
§ 66-67.2. Persons who sell used goods on consignment must keep certain records
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is engaged in the business of selling used tangible personal property on consignment must keep a record of each piece of property consigned to that person for sale. The record must contain all of the following information:

(1) A description of the property, including any model or serial number of the property.

(2) The name, residence address, telephone number, and drivers license number or other identifying number of the owner of the property.

(3) The date the property was consigned.

(4) The owner's stated value of the property.

(b) The consignee shall provide the owner with a copy of the record required by subsection (a) of this section.

(c) A person who fails to keep the records required by this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. A law enforcement agency may examine the records required to be kept under this section during business hours.

(d) This section does not apply to a motor vehicle.

(e) This section does not apply to any nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code ( 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) ).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-117-1 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-117-1
§ 90-117.1. Quorum; adjourned meetings
Status: in_force

A majority of the members of said Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a majority of members are not present at the time and the place appointed for a Board meeting, those members of the Board in attendance may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present, and the action of the Board taken at any adjourned meeting thus had shall have the same force and effect as if had upon the day and at the hour of the meeting called and adjourned from day to day.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-805 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-805
§ 15A-805. Securing attendance of witnesses confined in institutions within the State
Status: in_force

(a) Upon motion of the State or any defendant, the judge of a court in which a criminal proceeding is pending must, for good cause shown, enter an order requiring that any person confined in an institution in this State be produced and compelled to attend as a witness in the action or proceeding.

(b) If the witness is confined pursuant to another pending criminal proceeding, and the judge determines that the production of the witness would result in an unreasonable interference with the conduct of the prior proceeding, he may deny the order. If an order for production is issued, a judge or justice of the appellate division of the General Court of Justice may, upon application of a defendant or prosecutor in the other district for good cause shown, vacate the order for production.

(c) The costs of production of the witness are assessed as are other witness fees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 83A-14 — NC Code / Chapter 83A / Section 83A-14
§ 83A-14. Disciplinary action and procedure
Status: in_force

Any person may file with the Board a charge of unprofessional conduct, negligence, incompetence, dishonest practice, or other misconduct or of any violation of this Chapter or of a Board rule adopted and published by the Board. Upon receipt of such charge, or upon its own initiative, the Board may give notice of an administrative hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act, or may dismiss the charge as unfounded or trivial, upon a statement of the reasons therefor which shall be mailed to the architect or registered interior designer and the person who filed the charge by registered or certified mail.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1200 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-1200
§ 7B-1200. Office of Guardian ad Litem Services established
Status: in_force

There is established within the Administrative Office of the Courts an Office of Guardian ad Litem Services to provide services in accordance with G.S. 7B-601 to abused, neglected, or dependent juveniles involved in judicial proceedings and to assure that all participants in these proceedings are adequately trained to carry out their responsibilities. Each local program shall consist of volunteer guardians ad litem, at least one program attorney, a program coordinator who is a paid State employee, and any clerical staff as the Administrative Office of the Courts in consultation with the local program deems necessary. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall adopt rules and regulations necessary and appropriate for the administration of the program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-219-10 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-219-10
§ 20-219.10. Coverage of Article
Status: in_force

(a) This Article applies to each towing of a vehicle that is carried out pursuant to G.S. 115C-46(d) or G.S. 143-340(19) , or pursuant to the direction of a law-enforcement officer except:

(1) This Article applies to towings pursuant to G.S. 115D-21 , 116-44.4 , 116-229 , 153A-132 , 153A-132.2 , 160A-303 , and 160A-303.2 only insofar as specifically provided;

(2) This Article does not apply to a seizure of a vehicle under G.S. 14-86.1 , 18B-504 , 90-112 , 113-137 , 20-28.2 , 20-28.3 , or to any other seizure of a vehicle for evidence in a criminal proceeding or pursuant to any other statute providing for the forfeiture of a vehicle;

(3) This Article does not apply to a seizure of a vehicle pursuant to a levy under execution.

(b) A person who authorizes the towing of a vehicle covered by this Article, G.S. 115D-21 , 116-44.4 , 116-229 , 153A-132 , 153A-132.2 , 160A-303 or 160A-303.2 is a legal possessor of the vehicle within the meaning of G.S. 44A-1(1) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-370 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-370
§ 20-370. Speed limits
Status: in_force

The speed of moves will be that which is reasonable and prudent for the load, considering weight and bulk, under conditions existing at the time.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-44 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-44
§ 159-44. Definitions
Status: in_force

The words and phrases defined in this section shall have the meanings indicated when used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires another meaning:

(1) “Finance officer” means the officer performing the duties of finance officer of a unit of local government pursuant to G.S. 159-24 of the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act.

(2) “Governing board” or “board” means the governing body of a unit of local government.

(3) “Sinking fund” means a fund held for the retirement of term bonds.

(4) “ Unit ,” “ unit of local government ,” or “ local government ” means counties; cities, towns, and incorporated villages; consolidated city-counties, as defined by G.S. 160B-2(1) ; sanitary districts; mosquito control districts; hospital districts; merged school administrative units described in G.S. 115C-513 ; metropolitan sewerage districts; metropolitan water districts; metropolitan water and sewerage districts; county water and sewer districts; regional public transportation authorities; and special airport districts.

(5) “Utility or public service enterprise” includes:

a. Electric power transmission and distribution systems;

b. Water supply facilities and distribution systems;

c. Sewage collection and disposal systems;

d. Gas transmission and distribution systems;

e. Public transportation systems, including but not limited to bus lines, ferries, and mass transit systems;

f. Solid waste collection and disposal systems and facilities;

g. Cable television systems;

h. Off-street parking facilities and systems;

i. Public auditoriums, coliseums, stadiums and convention centers;

j. Airport;

k. Hospitals and other health-related facilities; and

l . Structural and natural stormwater and drainage systems of all types.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-29-10 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-29-10
§ 58-29-10. Unlawful advertising; notice to unauthorized insurer and domiciliary insurance supervisory official
Status: in_force

No unauthorized foreign or alien insurer shall make, issue, circulate or cause to be made, issued or circulated, to residents of this State any estimate, illustration, circular, pamphlet, or letter, or cause to be made in any newspaper, magazine or other publication or over any radio or television station, any announcement or statement to such residents misrepresenting its financial condition or the terms of any contracts issued or to be issued or the benefits or advantages promised thereby, or the dividends or share of the surplus to be received thereon in violation of the Unfair Trade Practice Act, and whenever the Commissioner shall have reason to believe that any such insurer is engaging in such unlawful advertising, it shall be his duty to give notice of such fact by registered mail to such insurer and to the insurance supervisory official of the domiciliary state of such insurer. For the purpose of this section, the domiciliary state of an alien insurer shall be deemed to be the state of entry or the state of the principal office in the United States.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-208-41 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-208-41
§ 53-208.41. Title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “North Carolina Money Transmitters Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-582 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-582
§ 160A-582. Fiscal accountability
Status: in_force

The authority shall be fiscally accountable to the municipality, and the municipality's governing body shall have authority to examine all records and accounts of the authority at any time.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-335 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-335
§ 113-335. North Carolina Nongame Wildlife Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

The North Carolina Nongame Wildlife Advisory Committee is created subject to constitution, organization, and function as determined appropriate and advisable by resolution of the Wildlife Resources Commission. The Advisory Committee is to be comprised of knowledgeable and representative citizens of North Carolina whose responsibility shall be to advise the Commission on matters related to conservation of nongame wildlife including creation of protected animal lists and development of conservation programs for endangered, threatened, and special concern species.

Members of the Advisory Committee shall receive necessary travel and subsistence expenses while on official business of the Committee in accordance with G.S. 138-5 and G.S. 138-6 , to be paid from the Nongame Account of the Wildlife Resources Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-5-107 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-5-107
§ 25-5-107. Confirmer, nominated person, and adviser
Status: in_force

(a) A confirmer is directly obligated on a letter of credit and has the rights and obligations of an issuer to the extent of its confirmation. The confirmer also has rights against and obligations to the issuer as if the issuer were an applicant, and the confirmer had issued the letter of credit at the request and for the account of the issuer.

(b) A nominated person who is not a confirmer is not obligated to honor or otherwise give value for a presentation.

(c) A person requested to advise may decline to act as an adviser. An adviser that is not a confirmer is not obligated to honor or give value for a presentation. An adviser undertakes to the issuer and to the beneficiary accurately to advise the terms of the letter of credit, confirmation, amendment, or advice received by that person and undertakes to the beneficiary to check the apparent authenticity of the request to advise. Even if the advice is inaccurate, the letter of credit, confirmation, or amendment is enforceable as issued.

(d) A person who notifies a transferee beneficiary of the terms of a letter of credit, confirmation, amendment, or advice has the rights and obligations of an adviser under subsection (c) of this section. The terms in the notice to the transferee beneficiary may differ from the terms in any notice to the transferor beneficiary to the extent permitted by the letter of credit, confirmation, amendment, or advice received by the person who so notifies.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74D-5-2 — NC Code / Chapter 74D / Section 74D-5-2
§ 74D-5.2. Investigative powers of the Secretary of Public Safety
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Public Safety shall have the power to investigate or cause to be investigated any complaints, allegations, or suspicions of wrongdoing or violations of this Chapter involving individuals licensed, or to be licensed, under this Chapter. Any investigation conducted pursuant to this section is deemed confidential and is not subject to review under G.S. 132-1 until the investigation is complete and a report is presented to the Board. However, the report may be released to the licensee after the investigation is complete but before the report is presented to the Board.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126-14-2 — NC Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126-14-2
§ 126-14.2. Political hirings limited
Status: in_force

(a) It is the policy of this State that State departments, agencies, and institutions select from the pool of the most qualified persons for State government employment based upon job-related qualifications of applicants for employment using fair and valid selection criteria.

(b) All State departments, agencies, and institutions shall select from the pool of the most qualified persons for State government employment without regard to political affiliation or political influence. For the purposes of this section, “ qualified persons ” shall mean each of the State employees or applicants for initial State employment who:

(1) Have timely applied for a position in State government;

(2) Have the essential qualifications for that position; and

(3) Are determined to be substantially more qualified as compared to other applicants for the position, after applying fair and valid job selection criteria, in accordance with G.S. 126-5(e) , G.S. 126-7.1 , Articles 6 and 13 of this Chapter, and State personnel policies approved by the State Human Resources Commission.

(c) It is a violation of this section if:

(1) The complaining State employee or applicant for initial State employment timely applied for the State government position in question;

(2) The complaining State employee or applicant for initial State employment was not hired into the position;

(3) The complaining State employee or applicant for initial State employment was among the most qualified persons applying for the position as defined in this Chapter;

(4) The successful applicant for the position was not among the most qualified persons applying for the position; and

(5) The hiring decision was based upon political affiliation or political influence.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to positions exempt from this Chapter, except that this section does apply to exempt managerial positions as defined by G.S. 126-5(b)(2) .