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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-1011 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-1011
§ 106-1011. Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly finds that:

(1) It is in the public interest of the State to encourage the development of the State's forest resources and the protection and improvement of the forest environment.

(2) Unfavorable environmental impacts, particularly the rapid loss of forest land to urban development, are occurring as a result of population growth. It is in the State's interest that corrective action be developed now to offset forest land losses in the future.

(3) Regeneration of potentially productive forest land is a high-priority problem requiring prompt attention and action. Private forest land will become more important to meet the needs of the State's population.

(4) Growing demands on forests and related land resources cannot be met by intensive management of public and industrial forest lands alone.

(b) The purpose of this Article is to direct the Commissioner of Agriculture to implement a forest development program to:

(1) Provide financial assistance to eligible landowners to increase the productivity of the privately owned forests of the State through the application of forest renewal practices and other practices that improve tree growth and overall forest health.

(2) Insure that forest operations in the State are conducted in a manner designed to protect the soil, air, and water resources, including but not limited to streams, lakes and estuaries through actions of landowners on lands for which assistance is sought under provisions in this Article.

(3) Implement a program of voluntary landowner participation through the use of a forest development fund to meet the above goals.

(c) It is the intent of the General Assembly that in implementing the program under this Article, the Commissioner will cause it to be coordinated with other related programs in such a manner as to encourage the utilization of private agencies, firms and individuals furnishing services and materials needed in the application of practices included in the forest development program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-291-5 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-291-5
§ 113-291.5. Regulation of dogs used in hunting; limitations on authority of Wildlife Resources Commission; control of dogs on game lands; control of dogs chasing deer; other restrictions
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in G.S. 113-291.4 , in the area described below, the Wildlife Resources Commission may regulate the use of dogs taking wildlife with respect to seasons, times, and places of use. The area covered by this subsection is that part of the State in and west of the following counties or parts of counties: Rockingham; Guilford; that part of Alamance and Orange lying south of Interstate Highway 85; Chatham; that part of Wake lying south of N.C. Highway 98; Lee; Randolph; Montgomery; Stanly; Union; and that part of Anson lying west of N.C. Highway 742.

(b) In the area of the State lying east of that described in subsection (a), the Wildlife Resources Commission may not restrict or prohibit the use of dogs in hunting or the training of dogs, in season or out, except during the breeding and raising seasons for game during the period April 15 through June 15.

(c) On game lands, wildlife refuges, and public hunting grounds the Wildlife Resources Commission may regulate the possession and use of dogs and may impound dogs found running at large without supervision or, if unsupervised, without means of identification.

(d) The Wildlife Resources Commission may not by its rules anywhere in the State restrict the number of dogs used in hunting or require that any particular breed of dog be used in hunting.

(e) It is unlawful to allow dogs not under the control of the owner or the individual in possession of the dogs to run or chase deer during the closed deer season.

(f) Nothing in this section is intended to require the leashing or confining of pet dogs.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-1-02 — NC Code / Chapter 57D / Section 57D-1-02
§ 57D-1-02. Governing law; jurisdiction of the superior courts; intent; reservation of power to amend or repeal
Status: in_force

(a) This Chapter and any other applicable laws of this State govern (i) the internal affairs of every LLC, including the interpretation, construction, and enforcement of operating agreements and determining the rights and duties of interest owners, managers, and other company officials and (ii) any liability that interest owners or managers or other company officials may have for the liabilities of the LLC.

(b) The superior courts of this State have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.

(c) The General Assembly may amend or repeal all or any part of this Chapter at any time, and all LLCs and the rights and duties of interest owners, managers, and other company officials subject to this Chapter will be subject to any such amendment or repeal. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, all amendments of this Chapter apply to all LLCs, foreign LLCs, interest owners, and managers and other company officials, including those LLCs and foreign LLCs in existence or person having such interests and status, at the time of the enactment of any such amendment.

(d) Each provision of this Chapter is severable, such that if any provision, including any clause of any provision, of this Chapter or application thereof to any person or in a particular context is held to be invalid, such invalidity will not affect other provisions or applications of this Chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-28 — NC Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121-28
§ 121-28. Violation of Article a misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of this Article or any rules or regulations established thereunder shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-93-85 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-93-85
§ 58-93-85. Suspension or revocation of license
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner may suspend or revoke a PHP license if the Commissioner finds that a PHP meets any of the following:

(1) Is operating significantly in contravention of its organizational document, or in a manner contrary to that described in and reasonably inferred from any other information submitted under G.S. 58-93-20 , unless amendments to such submissions have been filed with and approved by the Commissioner.

(2) Is no longer financially responsible and may reasonably be expected to be unable to meet its obligations to enrollees or prospective enrollees.

(3) Is operating in a manner that would be hazardous to its enrollees or to the State.

(4) Knowingly or repeatedly fails or refuses to comply with any law or rule applicable to the PHP or with any order issued by the Commissioner after notice and opportunity for a hearing.

(5) Has knowingly published or made to the Department, to DHHS, or to the public any false statement or report.

(b) A license shall be suspended or revoked only after compliance with G.S. 58-93-95 .

(c) When a PHP license is suspended, the PHP shall not, during the suspension, enroll any additional enrollees, except newborn children or other newly acquired dependents of existing enrollees, and shall not engage in any advertising or solicitation.

(d) When a PHP license is revoked, the PHP shall proceed, immediately following the effective date of the order of revocation, to wind up its affairs and shall conduct no further business except as may be essential to the orderly conclusion of the affairs of the PHP. The PHP shall engage in no advertising or solicitation. The Commissioner may, by written order, permit such further operation of the PHP as the Commissioner may find to be in the best interest of enrollees and the State of North Carolina.

(e) The Commissioner shall consult with the Secretary of DHHS prior to taking any action against a PHP under this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-71 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-71
§ 108A-71. Authorization of social services programs
Status: in_force

The Department is hereby authorized to accept all grants-in-aid available for programs of social services under the Social Security Act, other federal laws or regulations, State appropriations and other non-federal sources. The Department is designated as the single State agency responsible for administering or supervising the administration of such programs. It is the intent of this Article that programs of social services be administered so that the State and its citizens may benefit fully from any grants-in-aid.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-310-76A — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-310-76A
§ 130A-310.76A. Risk-Based Remediation Fund
Status: in_force

There is established under the control and direction of the Department the Risk-Based Remediation Fund. This fund shall be a revolving fund consisting of fees collected pursuant to G.S. 130A-310.76 and other monies paid to it or recovered by or on behalf of the Department. The Risk-Based Remediation Fund shall be treated as a nonreverting special trust fund pursuant to G.S. 147-69.2 and G.S. 147-69.3 , except that interest and other income received on the Fund balance shall be treated as set forth in G.S. 147-69.1(d) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-12-40 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-12-40
§ 58-12-40. Supplemental provisions; rules; exemptions
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this Article are supplemental to any other provisions of the laws of this State, and do not preclude or limit any other powers or duties of the Commissioner under those laws, including Article 30 of this Chapter.

(b) Risk-based capital instructions, risk-based capital reports, adjusted risk-based capital reports, risk-based capital plans, and revised risk-based capital plans are solely for use by the Commissioner in monitoring the solvency of insurers and the need for possible corrective action with respect to insurers. The Commissioner shall not use any of these reports or plans for rate making nor consider or introduce them as evidence in any rate proceeding. The Commissioner shall not use these reports or plans to calculate or derive any elements of an appropriate premium level or rate of return for any kind of insurance that an insurer or any affiliate is authorized to write.

(c) The Commissioner may exempt from the application of this Article any domestic property or casualty insurer that:

(1) Writes direct business only in this State.

(2) Writes direct annual premiums of two million dollars ($2,000,000) or less.

(3) Assumes no reinsurance in excess of five percent (5%) of direct written premiums.

(d) The Commissioner may, in the Commissioner's discretion, exempt from the application of this Article:

(1) Any domestic town or county mutual insurance company organized under G.S. 58-7-75(5) d.

(2) Any domestic life or health insurer that:

a. Has no direct or assumed annual premiums; and

b. Has no direct or assumed policyholder obligations.

(3) Any domestic health maintenance organization that:

a. Writes only direct business in this State;

b. Assumes no reinsurance in excess of five percent (5%) of direct written premiums; and

c. Writes direct annual premiums for a comprehensive medical business of two million dollars ($2,000,000) or less, or is a single service health maintenance organization that covers less than 2,000 lives.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-11-08 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-11-08
§ 55A-11-08. Merger with business corporation
Status: reserved

(a) One or more domestic or foreign business corporations may merge with one or more domestic nonprofit corporations if:

(1) Each domestic business corporation complies with the applicable provisions of G.S. 55-11-01 , 55-11-03 , and 55-11-04 ;

(2) In a merger involving one or more foreign business corporations, the merger is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law each foreign business corporation is incorporated and each foreign business corporation complies with that law in effecting the merger;

(3) The domestic or foreign business corporation complies with G.S. 55A-11-04 if it is the surviving corporation; and

(4) Each domestic nonprofit corporation complies with the applicable provisions of G.S. 55A-11-01 through G.S. 55A-11-03 and, if it is the surviving corporation, with G.S. 55A-11-04 .

(b) Repealed by S.L. 2005-268, § 43, eff. Oct. 1, 2005 .

(c) This section does not limit the power of a domestic or foreign business corporation to acquire all or part of the memberships of one or more classes of a domestic nonprofit corporation through a voluntary exchange or otherwise.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 164-10 — NC Code / Chapter 164 / Section 164-10
§ 164-10. Supplements to the General Statutes; rearrangement of laws, and correction of errors
Status: in_force

The Legislative Services Office shall have the following duties and powers with regard to the supplements to the General Statutes:

(1) Within six months after the adjournment of each General Assembly, or as soon thereafter as possible, the Legislative Services Office shall cause to be published under its supervision, cumulative supplements to the General Statutes, and any replacement or recompiled volumes thereof, which shall contain an accurate transcription of all laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the General Assembly, the material contained in the next preceding supplement, complete and accurate annotations to the statutes, appendix and other material accumulated since the publication of the next preceding supplement, and a cumulative index of said material.

(2) Periodically, every six months after the publication and issuance of a cumulative supplement following a session of the General Assembly, or as soon thereafter as possible, the Legislative Services Office shall cause to be published an interim supplement containing all pertinent annotations and other material found by the Legislative Services Office to be necessary and proper, accumulating since the publication of the said cumulative supplement or the last interim supplement.

(3) In the preparation of the general and permanent laws enacted by the General Assembly the Legislative Services Office is hereby authorized:

a. To rearrange the order of chapters, subchapters, articles, sections and other divisions or subdivisions;

b. To provide titles for any such divisions or subdivisions and section titles or catchlines when they are not provided by such laws;

c. To adopt a uniform system of lettering or numbering sections and the various subdivisions thereof and to reletter or renumber sections and section subdivisions in accordance with such uniform system;

d. To rearrange definitions in alphabetical order;

e. To rearrange lists of counties in alphabetical order; and

f. To make such other changes in arrangement and form that do not change the law as may be found by the Legislative Services Office necessary for an accurate, clear and orderly codification of such general and permanent laws.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108D-16 — NC Code / Chapter 108D / Section 108D-16
§ 108D-16. Notice of final decision and right to seek judicial review
Status: in_force

The administrative law judge assigned to conduct a contested case hearing under G.S. 108D-15 shall hear and decide the case without unnecessary delay. The judge shall prepare a written decision that includes findings of fact and conclusions of law and send it to the parties in accordance with G.S. 150B-37 . The written decision shall notify the parties of the final decision and of the right of the enrollee and the managed care entity to seek judicial review of the decision under Article 4 of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-191 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-191
§ 143-191. Appropriation for fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby appropriated from the general fund of the State the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000), the said sum, together with the investments and income therefrom, to be hereafter known and designated as the State Post-War Reserve Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-92-40 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-92-40
§ 58-92-40. Inspection
Status: in_force

To enforce the provisions of this Article, the Attorney General, the Department of Revenue, and the Commissioner, their duly authorized representatives, and other law enforcement personnel may examine the books, papers, invoices, and other records of any person in possession, control, or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold, or offered for sale, as well as the stock of cigarettes on the premises. Every person in the possession, control, or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, sold, or offered for sale is hereby directed and required to give the Attorney General, the Department of Revenue, and the Commissioner, their duly authorized representatives, and other law enforcement personnel the means, facilities, and opportunity for the examinations authorized by this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-205-4 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-205-4
§ 160A-205.4. Authorization of social districts
Status: in_force

A city may adopt an ordinance designating one or more social districts for use in accordance with G.S. 18B-300.1 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-184 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-184
§ 122C-184. Oath of special police officers
Status: in_force

Before exercising the duties of a special police officer, the employees appointed under G.S. 122C-183 shall take an oath or affirmation of office before an officer empowered to administer oaths. The oath or affirmation shall be filed with the records of the Department. The oath or affirmation of office is:

State of North Carolina: ․․․․․․․․․․ County.

I, ․․․․․․․․․․, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and truly execute the duties of office of special police officer in and for the State facility called ․․․․․․․․․․, according to the best of my skill and ability and according to law; and that I will use my best endeavors to enforce all the ordinances of said facility, and to suppress nuisances, and to suppress and prevent disorderly conduct within these grounds. So help me, God.

Sworn and subscribed before me, this ․․․․․․․․․․ day of ․․․․․․․․․․, A.D. ․․․
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1205 — NC Code / Chapter 18B / Section 18B-1205
§ 18B-1205. Notice of intent to terminate
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a winery shall provide a wholesaler at least 90 days prior written notice of any intention to amend, terminate, cancel, or not renew any agreement. The notice, a copy of which shall be mailed at the same time to the Commission, shall state all the reasons for the intended amendment, termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal.

(b) When the reasons relate to conditions that can be rectified by the wholesaler, he has 60 days in which to do so. If the wholesaler rectifies the conditions within the 60-day period, he shall give written notice thereof to the winery and to the Commission. If the wholesaler has rectified the conditions, the proposed amendment, termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal is void, except that when the winery contends that the wholesaler has not completely rectified the conditions, the winery may, within 15 days after the expiration of the 60-day period, request a hearing before the Commission to determine if the wholesaler has rectified all the conditions.

(c) When the reasons relate to conditions that cannot be rectified by the wholesaler within the 60-day period, the wholesaler may request a hearing before the Commission to determine if the winery has good cause for the amendment, termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of the agreement. The burden of proving good cause for the amendment, termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal is on the winery.

(d) Upon receiving a written request from the winery or wholesaler for a hearing, the Commission shall, after notice and hearing, determine if the wholesaler has rectified the conditions or if good cause exists for the amendment, termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of the agreement, as appropriate. In any case in which a petition is made to the Commission for such a determination, the agreement in question shall continue in effect, pending the Commission's decision and any judicial review thereof.

(e) In all proceedings before the Commission, the Commission shall ensure that no agreements covered by this Article result in unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, religion, or national origin.

(f) No notice is required and an agreement may be immediately terminated, amended, canceled, or allowed to expire if the reason for the amendment, termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal is:

(1) The bankruptcy or receivership of the wholesaler;

(2) An assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar disposition of the assets of the business; or

(3) Revocation of the wholesaler's permit or license.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-50-22 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-50-22
§ 14-50.22. Enhanced offense for misdemeanor criminal gang activity
Status: in_force

A person age 15 or older who is convicted of a misdemeanor offense that is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, any criminal gang is guilty of an offense that is one class higher than the offense committed. A Class A1 misdemeanor shall be enhanced to a Class I felony under this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-141 — NC Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77-141
§ 77-141. Falls Lake Watershed Association criteria for creation; board of directors; purpose; meetings; and records
Status: in_force

(a) Local governments may elect to incorporate the Falls Lake Watershed Association nonprofit corporation or establish the Association using an existing nonprofit corporation. The Association shall only be comprised of local governments that choose to participate in the Association.

(b) Each local government that elects to participate in the Association shall appoint a representative and an alternate representative to serve on the board of directors of the Association. The first board of directors that is appointed to the Association shall adopt bylaws that govern the operation of the Association.

(c) The purposes of the Association may include, but are not limited to:

(1) Providing a forum for sharing information in order to assist local governments in complying with State and federal laws that pertain to the water quality in the Falls Lake watershed.

(2) Providing a mechanism for participating local governments to coordinate and fund common technical resources.

(3) Planning for and conducting water quality monitoring in the Falls Lake watershed in coordination with the Department of Environmental Quality.

(4) Coordinating with the Department of Environmental Quality in the development of a transparent and accessible system for recording and maintaining nutrient offsets and credits that complies with any rules adopted to protect and restore water quality in the Falls Lake watershed.

(5) Providing a public forum to review and discuss innovative approaches to restore, protect, and maintain water quality in the Falls Lake watershed.

(6) Conducting and evaluating scientific research that describes or predicts conditions related to or affecting water quality in the Falls Lake watershed, including the reservoir.

(d) The Association shall be subject to the requirements for meetings of public bodies pursuant to Article 33C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes .

(e) The Association shall be subject to the requirements for public records pursuant to Chapter 132 of the General Statutes .