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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-27 — NC Code / Chapter 143A / Section 143A-27
§ 143A-27. North Carolina Firemen's Pension Fund; transfer
Status: reserved

The North Carolina Firemen's Pension Fund, as contained in Article 86 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes and the laws of this State, is hereby transferred by a Type II transfer to the Department of State Auditor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-669 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-669
§ 160A-669. Funds
Status: in_force

The establishment and operation of a district is a public purpose, and the State of North Carolina and any unit of local government may appropriate funds to support the establishment and operation of the district. The State of North Carolina and any unit of local government may also dedicate, sell, convey, donate, or lease any of their interests in any property to the district. A district may apply for grants from the State of North Carolina, or from the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof. The Department of Commerce may allocate to a district any funds appropriated for natural gas.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-132 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-132
§ 120-132. Testimony by legislative employees
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, no present or former legislative employee may disclose any information that the individual, while employed or retained by the State, may have acquired:

(1) In a standing, select, or conference committee or subcommittee of either house of the General Assembly or a legislative commission;

(2) On the floor of either house of the General Assembly, in any office of a legislator, or at any other location of the State legislative buildings and grounds as defined in G.S. 120-32.1(d) ;

(3) As a result of communications that are confidential under G.S. 120-130 and G.S. 120-131 .

(b) A present or former legislative employee may disclose information acquired under subsection (a) of this section that would be reflected in the official public record or was otherwise publicly disseminated.

(c) Subject to G.S. 120-9 , G.S. 120-133 , and the common law of legislative privilege and legislative immunity, the presiding judge may compel disclosure of information acquired under subsection (a) of this section if in the judge's opinion, the disclosure is necessary to a proper administration of justice.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-247 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-247
§ 15A-247. Who may execute a search warrant
Status: in_force

A search warrant may be executed by any law-enforcement officer acting within his territorial jurisdiction, whose investigative authority encompasses the crime or crimes involved.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-315-9 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-315-9
§ 113-315.9. Bond of financial officer; audit
Status: in_force

(a) Before collecting and receiving such assessments, such treasurer or financial officer shall give bond to the agency to run in favor of the agency in the amount of the estimated total of such assessments as will be collected, and from time to time the agency may alter the amount of such bond which, at all times, must be equal to the total financial assets of the agency, such bond to have as surety thereon a surety company licensed to do business in the State of North Carolina, and to be in the form and amount approved by the agency and to be filed with the chairman or executive head of such agency.

(b) The chairman or executive head of such agency shall cause an annual certified audit to be made of the financial records of the agency. Such audit shall include, among other things, total annual compensation of each employee of the agency and detailed expenses incurred and reimbursed for each employee of the agency. The chairman or executive head of such agency shall cause a copy of the certified audit to be submitted to the Department within 60 days of the end of the agency's fiscal year and shall cause a copy of the audit, or a summary thereof, to be published at least once in one or more newspapers having general circulation in the area where the assessments are made within 60 days of the end of the agency's fiscal year. If the chairman or executive head of the agency shall fail to carry out the provisions of this paragraph, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-11 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-11
§ 7A-11. Clerk of the Supreme Court; salary; bond; fees; oath
Status: in_force

The clerk of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the Supreme Court to serve at its pleasure. The annual salary of the clerk shall be fixed by the Administrative Officer of the Courts, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court. The clerk may appoint assistants in the number and at the salaries fixed by the Administrative Officer of the Courts. The clerk shall perform such duties as the Supreme Court may assign, and shall be bonded to the State, for faithful performance of duty, in the same manner as the clerk of the superior court, and in such amount as the Administrative Officer of the Courts shall determine. The clerk shall adopt a seal of office, to be approved by the Supreme Court. A fee bill for services rendered by the clerk shall be fixed by rules of the Supreme Court, and all such fees shall be remitted to the State treasury. Charges to litigants for document management and the reproduction of appellate records and briefs shall be fixed by rule of the Supreme Court and remitted to the Appellate Courts Printing and Computer Operations Fund established in G.S. 7A-343.3 . The operations of the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be subject to the oversight of the State Auditor pursuant to Article 5A of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes . Before entering upon the duties of his office, the clerk shall take the oath of office prescribed by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-15-95 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-15-95
§ 58-15-95. Liability on judgments
Status: in_force

Any judgment against a reciprocal based upon legal process duly served as provided in this Article is binding upon the reciprocal and upon each of the reciprocal's subscribers as their respective interests may appear, in an amount not exceeding their respective contingent assessment liabilities. There is no derivative liability on the part of the attorney, officers, employees, agents, or subscribers' advisory committee of the reciprocal arising merely by reason of the status of such persons.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-53 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-53
§ 153A-53. Ethics
Status: in_force

(a) The board of commissioners shall adopt a resolution or policy containing a code of ethics, as required by G.S. 160A-86 .

(b) All members of the board of commissioners, whether elected or appointed, shall receive the ethics education required by G.S. 160A-87 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-4 — NC Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77-4
§ 77-4. Gates and slopes on milldams
Status: in_force

The commissioners appointed by the board of county commissioners to examine and lay off the rivers and creeks within the county, or where the stream is a boundary between counties, shall have power to lay off gates, with slopes attached thereto, upon any milldam built across such stream, of such dimensions and construction as shall be sufficient for the convenient passage of floating logs and other timber, in cases where it may be deemed necessary by the said board of county commissioners; and they shall return to the board of county commissioners appointing them a plan of such gates, slopes, and dams in writing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-502 — NC Code / Chapter 120C / Section 120C-502
§ 120C-502. Local government liaison equivalents
Status: in_force

(a) An individual who is an employee of a governmental unit whose principal duties, in practice or as set forth in that individual's job description, include lobbying for legislative action shall register under G.S. 120C-200 .

(b) G.S. 120C-501 shall apply to an individual required to register under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) For purposes of publication of the registry under G.S. 120C-220 , the Secretary of State shall treat individuals registered under this section as liaison personnel.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-278-13C — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-278-13C
§ 163-278.13C. Campaign contributions prohibition
Status: in_force

(a) No lobbyist may make a contribution as defined in G.S. 163-278.6 to a candidate or candidate campaign committee as defined in G.S. 163-278.38Z when that candidate meets any of the following criteria:

(1) Is a legislator as defined in G.S. 120C-100 .

(2) Is a public servant as defined in G.S. 138A-3(30) a and G.S. 120C-104 .

(b) No lobbyist may do any of the following with respect to a candidate or candidate campaign committee described in subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section:

(1) Collect a contribution or multiple contributions from one or more contributors intended for that candidate or candidate campaign committee.

(2) Take possession of a contribution or multiple contributions intended for that candidate or candidate campaign committee.

(3) Transfer or deliver a collected contribution or multiple contributions to the intended candidate or candidate campaign committee.

(c) This section shall not apply to a lobbyist, who has filed a notice of candidacy for office under G.S. 163-106 or Article 11 of this Chapter or has been nominated under G.S. 163-114 or G.S. 163-98 , making a contribution to that lobbyist's candidate campaign committee.

(d) For purposes of this section, the term “ lobbyist ” shall mean an individual registered as a lobbyist under Chapter 120C of the General Statutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1342 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1342
§ 143B-1342. Dispute resolution
Status: in_force

(a) Agency Request for Review.--In any instance where the State CIO has denied or suspended the approval of an information technology project, has cancelled the project, or has denied an agency's request for deviation, the affected State agency may request that the Governor review the State CIO's decision. The agency shall submit a written request for review to the Governor within 15 business days following the agency's receipt of the State CIO's written grounds for denial, suspension, or cancellation. The agency's request for review shall specify the grounds for its disagreement with the State CIO's determination. The agency shall include with its request for review a copy of the State CIO's written grounds for denial or suspension.

(b) Review Process.--The Governor shall review the information provided and may request additional information from either the agency or the State CIO. The Governor may affirm, reverse, or modify the decision of the State CIO or may remand the matter back to the State CIO for additional findings. Within 30 days after initial receipt of the agency's request for review, the Governor shall notify the agency and the State CIO of the decision in the matter. The notification shall be in writing and shall specify the grounds for the Governor's decision.

The Governor may reverse or modify a decision of the State CIO when the Governor finds the decision of the State CIO is unsupported by substantial evidence that the agency project fails to meet one or more standards of efficiency and quality of State government information technology as required under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-40-30 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-40-30
§ 58-40-30. Filing of rates and supporting data
Status: in_force

(a) With the exception of inland marine insurance that is not written according to manual rates and rating plans, every admitted insurer and every licensed statistical organization, which has been designated by any insurer for the filing of rates under G.S. 58-40-40 , shall file with the Commissioner all rates and all changes and amendments thereto made by it for use in this State prior to the time they become effective.

(b) The Commissioner may require the filing of supporting data including:

(1) The experience and judgment of the filer, and to the extent the filer wishes or the Commissioner requires, of other insurers or rating organizations;

(2) The filer's interpretation of any statistical data relied upon; and

(3) Descriptions of the methods employed in setting the rates.

(c) Upon written consent of the insured stating the insured's reasons, a rate or deductible or both in excess of that provided by an otherwise applicable filing may be used on a specific risk, in accordance with rules adopted by the Commissioner. The insurer is not required to obtain the written consent of the insured on any renewal of or endorsement to the policy if the policy renewal or endorsement states that the rates or deductible, or both, are greater than those rates or deductibles, or both, that are applicable in the State of North Carolina. The insurer shall retain the signed consent form and other policy information for each insured and make this information available to the Commissioner, upon request of the Commissioner.

(d) This section and G.S. 58-41-50 shall be construed in pari materia.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-66-6 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-66-6
§ 136-66.6. Arrangements in a consolidated city-county
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Article applying to municipalities apply to each consolidated city-county with respect to each urban service district defined by its governing board that includes the total area of a previously existing municipality in the same manner as if the urban service district were a municipality. The provisions of this Article do not apply to any consolidated city-county with respect to an urban service district defined by its governing board within previously unincorporated areas of the county unless the governing board determines that street services are to be provided within such urban service district.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-335-5 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-335-5
§ 115C-335.5. Policies addressing harassment of school employees; protection against retaliation for reporting harassment
Status: in_force

(a) Each local board of education may adopt a policy addressing the sexual harassment of local board employees by students, other local board employees, or school board members. The policy may, at a minimum, set out (i) the consequences of sexually harassing school employees and (ii) a procedure for reporting incidents of sexual harassment.

(b) No local board of education or employee of a local board shall discharge, threaten, or otherwise retaliate against another employee of the board regarding that employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the employee files a written complaint alleging sexual harassment by students, other local board employees, or school board members, unless the employee reporting the harassment knew or should have known the report was false.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-51-10 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-51-10
§ 58-51-10. Right to return policy and have premium refunded
Status: in_force

Every individual or family hospitalization policy, certificate, contract or plan issued for delivery in the State of North Carolina on and after July 1, 1961, must have printed thereon or attached thereto a notice stating substantially: “YOUR POLICY MAY NOT BE IN FORCE WHEN YOU HAVE A CLAIM! PLEASE READ! Your policy was issued based on the information entered in your application, a copy of which is attached to the policy. If, to the best of your knowledge and belief, there is any misstatement in your application or if any information concerning the medical history of any insured person has been omitted, you should advise the Company immediately regarding the incorrect or omitted information; otherwise, your policy may not be a valid contract. RIGHT TO RETURN POLICY WITHIN 10 DAYS. If for any reason you are not satisfied with your policy, you may return it to the Company within 10 days of the date you received it and the premium you paid will be promptly refunded.” If a policyholder or certificate holder or purchaser of a contract or plan returns same pursuant to such notice, coverage under such policy, certificate, contract or plan shall become void immediately upon the mailing or delivery of the contract, certificate, policy or plan to the insurance company at its home or branch office or to the agent through whom it was purchased. Coverage shall exist under such policy, certificate, contract or plan within said 10-day period until said mailing or delivery of the contract.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-100 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-100
§ 130A-100. Register of deeds may perform notarial acts
Status: in_force

(a) The register of deeds is authorized to take acknowledgments, administer oaths and affirmations and to perform all other notarial acts necessary for the registration or issuance of certificates relating to births, deaths or marriages. The register of deeds shall be entitled to a fee as prescribed in G.S. 161-10 .

(b) All acknowledgments taken, affirmations or oaths administered or other notarial acts performed by the register of deeds relating to the registration of certificates of births, deaths or marriages prior to June 16, 1959, are validated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-288-15A — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-288-15A
§ 90-288.15A. Fees
Status: in_force

The Department may impose fees not to exceed the following amounts:

(1)

Assisted Living Administrator Examination Fee

$50.00

(2)

Assisted Living Administrator Certificate Renewal Fee

$30.00 every two years.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-817 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-817
§ 143B-817. Compensation to juveniles in care
Status: in_force

A juvenile who has been committed to the Division may be compensated for work or participation in training programs at rates approved by the Secretary within available funds. The Secretary may provide for a reasonable allowance to the juvenile for incidental personal expenses, and any balance of the juvenile's earnings remaining at the time the juvenile is released shall be paid to the juvenile or the juvenile's parent or guardian. The Division may accept grants or funds from any source to compensate juveniles under this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-420 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-420
§ 106-420. Authority of Board of Agriculture to adopt regulations
Status: in_force

The Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt reasonable regulations to implement and carry out the purposes of this Article as to eradicate, repress and prevent the spread of plant pests (i) within the State, (ii) from within the State to points outside the State, and (iii) from outside the State to points within the State. The Board of Agriculture shall adopt regulations for eradicating such plant pests as it may deem capable of being economically eradicated, for repressing such as cannot be economically eradicated, and for preventing their spread within the State. Regulations may provide for quarantine of areas. It may also adopt reasonable regulations for preventing the introduction of dangerous plant pests from without the State, and for governing common carriers in transporting plants, articles or things liable to harbor such pests into, from and within the State. The Board is authorized, in order to control plant pests, to adopt regulations governing the inspection, certification and movement of nursery stock, (i) into the State from outside the State, (ii) within the State, and (iii) from within the State to points outside the State. The Board is further authorized to prescribe and collect a schedule of fees to be collected for its nursery inspection, nursery dealer certification, narcissus bulb inspection, plant pest inspection, phytosanitary certification, and plant pest certification activities.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-3-403 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3-403
§ 25-3-403. Unauthorized signature
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this Article or Article 4, an unauthorized signature is ineffective except as the signature of the unauthorized signer in favor of a person who in good faith pays the instrument or takes it for value. An unauthorized signature may be ratified for all purposes of this Article.

(b) If the signature of more than one person is required to constitute the authorized signature of an organization, the signature of the organization is unauthorized if one of the required signatures is lacking.

(c) The civil or criminal liability of a person who makes an unauthorized signature is not affected by any provision of this Article which makes the unauthorized signature effective for the purposes of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-351 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-351
§ 62-351. Demand-side management policy; pilot project
Status: in_force

(a) Declaration of Policy.--It is the policy of the State for government-owned facilities that have backup or emergency generators that meet the criteria of utility demand-side management programs or rates to enroll in such programs or rates to the extent those programs or rates are available without diminishing the purpose or use of the facility having the backup or emergency generator.

(b) Department of Public Safety Pilot Program.--By no later than January 1, 2018, the Department of Public Safety shall designate a backup or emergency generator to enroll in the demand-side management program or rate available that would allow electricity load to be shifted to its generator in response to utility-administered programs.

(c) Report.--The Department of Public Safety shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy by January 31 of each year on the status of the designated backup or emergency generator and whether it is enrolled in the utility demand-side response program or rate.

(d) Sunset.--The pilot program and report required by subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall expire on January 1, 2020.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-245-36 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-245-36
§ 106-245.36. Interest on tax; collection of delinquent tax
Status: in_force

The tax imposed under the provisions of this Article and unpaid on the date on which the tax was due and payable shall bear interest at the rate determined in accordance with G.S. 105-241.21 from and after such due date until paid. If any person defaults in any payment of the tax or interest thereon, the amount shall be collected by a civil action in the name of the State and the person adjudged in default shall pay the cost of such action. The Attorney General, at the request of the Commissioner, shall institute such action in the proper court for the collection of the amount of any tax past due under this Article including interest thereon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-300-5 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-300-5
§ 113-300.5. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article may be cited as the “Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-10 — NC Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103-10
§ 103-10. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Status: in_force

The seventh of December of each year is designated as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-8-806 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-8-806
§ 36C-8-806. Trustee's skills
Status: in_force

A trustee who has special skills or expertise, or is named trustee in reliance upon the trustee's representation that the trustee has special skills or expertise, shall use those special skills or expertise.