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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-258-10 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-258-10
§ 163-258.10. Timely casting of ballot
Status: in_force

To be valid, a military-overseas ballot shall either be received by the appropriate county board of elections no later than the close of the polls, or the covered voter shall submit the ballot for mailing, electronic transmission, or other authorized means of delivery not later than 12:01 A.M., at the place where the voter completes the ballot, on the date of the election.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-5 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-5
§ 54B-5. Severability
Status: in_force

If any section or subsection of this Chapter, or the application thereof to any person is held invalid, the remaining sections or subsections of this Chapter, and the application of such section or subsection to any other person, shall not be invalidated or affected thereby.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-145-3 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-145-3
§ 106-145.3. Wholesale distributor must have license
Status: in_force

(a) Requirement.--Every wholesale distributor engaged in the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs in interstate commerce in this State shall obtain a license from the Commissioner for each location from which prescription drugs are distributed and shall renew each license annually. A license may cover multiple buildings and multiple operations at a single location, at the wholesale distributor's discretion. A license expires on December 31 of the year in which it is issued. A wholesale distributor licensed under this section is not required to register under G.S. 106-140.1 . In lieu of licensing under this section, a wholesale distributor who has no facilities in this State may register under G.S. 106-140.1 if the wholesale distributor possesses a valid license granted by another state that has requirements substantially similar to this Article.

(b) Reciprocity.--The Commissioner may license an out-of-State wholesale distributor on the basis of reciprocity with another state when the following conditions apply:

(1) The out-of-State wholesale distributor possesses a valid license granted by another state pursuant to requirements substantially equivalent to the license requirements of this State.

(2) The other state extends reciprocal treatment under its own laws to wholesale distributors licensed in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 111-12-1 — NC Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111-12-1
§ 111-12.1. Acceptance of private contributions for particular facilities authorized
Status: in_force

In addition to other powers and duties granted it by law, the Department of Health and Human Services is hereby authorized to accept contributions of funds made by any private individual, agency or organization even though a condition of the contribution may be that the funds be utilized for the establishment of a particular public or private nonprofit workshop, rehabilitation center or other facility established for the purpose of providing training or employment for eligible blind persons.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-59-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-59-1
§ 58-59-1. Deposits to secure registered policies
Status: reserved

Any life insurance company, incorporated under the laws of this State, may deposit with the Commissioner securities of the kind authorized for the investment of the funds of life insurance companies, which shall be legally transferred by it to him as Commissioner and his successors for the common benefit of all the holders of its “registered” policies and annuity bonds issued under the provisions of this Article; and these securities shall be held by him and his successors in office in trust for the purposes and objects specified herein.

All securities offered to the Commissioner for deposit under this section shall be received and held pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commissioner.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-585 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-585
§ 160A-585. Termination
Status: in_force

The governing body of the municipality shall have the authority to terminate the existence of the authority at any time. In the event of such termination, all property and assets of the authority shall automatically become the property of the municipality and the municipality shall succeed to all rights, obligations and liabilities of the authority.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-226-1 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-226-1
§ 163-226.1. Absentee voting in primary
Status: in_force

A qualified voter may vote by absentee ballot in a partisan primary provided the qualified voter is affiliated, at the time the qualified voter makes application for absentee ballots, with the political party in whose primary the qualified voter wishes to vote, except that an unaffiliated voter may vote in a party primary if permitted under G.S. 163-119 . The official registration records of the county in which the voter is registered shall be proof of whether the qualified voter is affiliated with a political party and of the party, if any, with which the qualified voter is affiliated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-451-6 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-451-6
§ 106-451.6. Short title
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Article may be known and designated as the “North Carolina Cotton Warehouse Act”.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30-42 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-30-42
§ 120-30.42. Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Article, “unit of local government” means counties, cities, towns, and incorporated villages, sanitary districts, mosquito control districts, hospital districts, metropolitan sewerage districts, metropolitan water districts, county water and sewer districts, special airport districts, water and sewer authorities, county boards of education and city boards of education.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-289-50 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-289-50
§ 143B-289.50. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Part:

(1) “Commission” means the Marine Fisheries Commission.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality.

(3) “Fisheries Director” means the Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department of Environmental Quality.

(4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Environmental Quality.

(b) The definitions set out in G.S. 113-129 and G.S. 113-130 shall apply throughout this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-202-11 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-202-11
§ 90-202.11. Continuing education courses required
Status: in_force

Beginning May 1, 1976, all registered podiatrists then or thereafter licensed in the State of North Carolina shall be required to take annual courses of study in subjects relating to the practice of the profession of podiatry to the end that the utilization and application of new techniques, scientific and clinical advances, and the achievements of research will assure expansive and comprehensive care to the public. The length of study shall be prescribed by the Board but shall not exceed 25 hours in any calendar year. Attendance must be at a course or courses approved by the Board. Attendance at any course or courses of study are to be certified to the Board upon a form provided by the Board and shall be submitted by each registered podiatrist at the time he makes application to the Board for the renewal of his license and payment of his renewal fee. The Board is authorized to treat funds set aside for the purpose of continuing education as State funds for the purpose of accepting any funds made available under federal law on a matching basis for the promulgation and maintenance of programs of continuing education. This requirement may be waived by the Board in cases of certified illness or undue hardship as provided in the rules and regulations of the Board.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-4-103 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-4-103
§ 25-4-103. Variation by agreement; measure of damages; action constituting ordinary care
Status: in_force

(a) The effect of the provisions of this Article may be varied by agreement, but the parties to the agreement cannot disclaim a bank's responsibility for its lack of good faith or failure to exercise ordinary care or limit the measure of damages for the lack or failure. However, the parties may determine by agreement the standards by which the bank's responsibility is to be measured if those standards are not manifestly unreasonable.

(b) Federal reserve regulations and operating circulars, clearing-house rules, and the like have the effect of agreements under subsection (a) of this section, whether or not specifically assented to by all parties interested in items handled.

(c) Action or nonaction approved by this Article or pursuant to federal reserve regulations or operating circulars is the exercise of ordinary care and, in the absence of special instructions, action or nonaction consistent with clearing-house rules and the like or with a general banking usage not disapproved by this Article, is prima facie the exercise of ordinary care.

(d) The specification or approval of certain procedures by this Article is not disapproval of other procedures that may be reasonable under the circumstances.

(e) The measure of damages for failure to exercise ordinary care in handling an item is the amount of the item reduced by an amount that could not have been realized by the exercise of ordinary care. If there is also bad faith, it includes any other damages the party suffered as a proximate consequence.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-208-21 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-208-21
§ 14-208.21. Lifetime registration procedure; application of Part 2 of this Article
Status: in_force

Unless provided otherwise by this Part, the provisions of Part 2 of this Article apply to a person classified as a sexually violent predator, a person who is a recidivist, or a person who is convicted of an aggravated offense. The procedure for registering as a sexually violent predator, a recidivist, or a person convicted of an aggravated offense is the same as under Part 2 of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35B-38 — NC Code / Chapter 35B / Section 35B-38
§ 35B-38. Effect of registration
Status: in_force

(a) Upon registration of a general guardianship, guardianship of the person, or protective order from another state, the general guardian, guardian of the person, or guardian of the estate may exercise in this State all powers authorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws of this State, including maintaining actions and proceedings in this State and, if the general guardian, guardian of the person, or guardian of the estate is not a resident of this State, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties.

(b) A court of this State may grant any relief available under this Chapter and other law of this State to enforce a registered order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-313 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-313
§ 113-313. Action of Marine Fisheries Commission on application
Status: in_force

Upon receiving an application or petition as herein provided, the Marine Fisheries Commission shall at its next regular quarterly meeting consider such application as follows:

(1) The Marine Fisheries Commission shall determine if the agency is in fact fairly representative of the coastal fisheries or distinguishable part thereof making application or petitioning for referendum and record in its minutes its determination.

(2) The Marine Fisheries Commission shall determine if the application or petition is in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this Article and record in its minutes its determination.

(3) If the Marine Fisheries Commission determines in the affirmative as to (1) and (2) above, it shall authorize and empower the agency to hold and conduct a referendum on the question of whether or not members of the fishing and seafood industry, or the distinguishable part thereof, making application or petition, shall levy upon themselves an assessment under and subject to the conditions and provisions and for the purpose stated in this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15B-25 — NC Code / Chapter 15B / Section 15B-25
§ 15B-25. Compensation limits
Status: in_force

This Article shall not be construed to create a right to receive compensation. Compensation payable under Chapter 15B shall only be available to the extent that the General Assembly appropriates funds 1 that purpose.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-113-4L — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-113-4L
§ 105-113.4L. Federal tobacco tax reporting
Status: in_force

A person required to be licensed under this Article and who files a report with the Department in accordance with 15 U.S.C. § 376 must file in the form required by the Secretary.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-236 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-236
§ 66-236. Registration fees
Status: in_force

An applicant for registration under this Article must include the fee set out in the following table with the application for registration:

Application

Amount

Initial registration as a membership camping operator

$1,500

Renewal of registration as a membership camping operator

1,000

Initial registration as a salesperson

10

Renewal of registration as a salesperson

10

Fees collected under this section shall be applied to the cost of administering this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-5 — NC Code / Chapter 143A / Section 143A-5
§ 143A-5. Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Status: in_force

The Lieutenant Governor shall maintain an office in the Hawkins-Hartness House located at 310 North Blount Street in the City of Raleigh which office shall be open during normal working hours throughout the year. The Lieutenant Governor shall serve as President of the Senate and perform such additional duties as the Governor or General Assembly may assign to him. This section shall become effective January 1, 1973.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-14 — NC Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121-14
§ 121-14. Acceptance and administration of gifts for restoration of Tryon's Palace; execution of deeds, etc.
Status: in_force

The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is hereby authorized and empowered to accept gifts of real or personal property from any source for the restoration of Tryon's Palace at New Bern, North Carolina, and administer the same. All gifts of moneys received by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall be deposited in a special account with the Treasurer of North Carolina. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is hereby given authority to execute such deeds and other instruments as may be necessary.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 133-15 — NC Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133-15
§ 133-15. Payments not to be considered as income
Status: in_force

No payment received under this Article shall be considered as income for the purposes of the State income tax law; nor shall such payments be considered as income or resources to any recipient of public assistance and such payment shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled under the provisions of Chapter 108 of the General Statutes . 1
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-18 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-18
§ 54B-18. Time allowed to commence business
Status: reserved

A newly chartered association shall commence business within six months after the date upon which its corporate existence shall have begun. An association which shall not commence business within such time, shall forfeit its corporate existence, unless the Commissioner of Banks, before the expiration of such six-month period, shall have approved an extension of the time within which the association may commence business, upon a written request stating the reasons for which such request is made. Upon such forfeiture, the certificate of incorporation shall expire, and any and all action taken in connection with the incorporation and chartering of the association, with the exception of fees paid to the Division, shall become null and void. The Commissioner of Banks shall determine if an association has failed to commence business within six months, without extension as provided in this section, and shall notify the Secretary of State and the register of deeds in the county in which the association is located that the certificate of incorporation has expired.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-14-2 — NC Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96-14-2
§ 96-14.2. Weekly benefit amount
Status: reserved

(a) Weekly Benefit Amount.--The weekly benefit amount for an individual who is totally unemployed is an amount equal to the wages paid to the individual in the last two completed quarters of the individual's base period divided by 52 and rounded to the next lower whole dollar. If this amount is less than fifteen dollars ($15.00), the individual is not eligible for benefits. The weekly benefit amount may not exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00).

(b) Partial Weekly Benefit Amount.--The weekly benefit amount for an individual who is partially unemployed or part-totally employed is the amount the individual would receive under subsection (a) of this section if the individual were totally unemployed, reduced by the amount of any wages earned by the individual in the benefit week in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the benefit amount applicable to total unemployment. If the amount so calculated is not a whole dollar, the amount must be rounded to the next lower whole dollar. Payments received by an individual under a supplemental benefit plan do not affect the computation of the individual's partial weekly benefit.

(c) Retirement Reduction.--The amount of benefits payable to an individual must be reduced as provided in section 3304(a)(15) of the Code. This subsection does not apply to social security retirement benefits.

(d) Income Tax Withholding.--An individual may elect to have federal income tax deducted and withheld from the individual's unemployment benefits in the amount specified in section 3402 of the Code. An individual may elect to have State income tax deducted and withheld from the individual's unemployment benefits in an amount determined by the individual. The individual may change a previously elected withholding status. The amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment benefits remain in the Unemployment Insurance Fund until transferred to the appropriate taxing authority as a payment of income tax. The Division must advise an individual in writing at the time the individual files a claim for unemployment benefits that the benefits paid are subject to federal and State income tax, that requirements exist pertaining to estimated tax payments, and that the individual may elect to have the amounts withheld.

(e) COVID-19 Increased Benefit Amount.--The weekly benefit amount calculated under this section shall be increased by fifty dollars ($50.00). The increased benefit amount is payable for weeks beginning on or after September 5, 2020. The increased benefit amount expires and will not be paid for weeks (i) beginning on or after December 26, 2020, or (ii) immediately following the week that fully expends the amount allocated by the General Assembly for this purpose under Section 3.3(75) of S.L. 2020-4, as amended by House Bill 1105, 2019 Regular Session, whichever occurs first.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-246 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-246
§ 105-246. Actions, when tried
Status: in_force

All actions or processes brought in any of the superior courts of this State, under provisions of this Subchapter, shall have precedence over any other civil causes pending in such courts, and the courts shall always be deemed open for trial of any such action or proceeding brought therein.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1208 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1208
§ 35A-1208. Authority for health care decisions
Status: in_force

(a) A guardian of the person or general guardian of an incompetent adult may petition the Clerk, in accordance with G.S. 32A-22(a) , for an order suspending the authority of a health care agent, as that term is defined in G.S. 32A-16(2) .

(b) A guardian of the person or general guardian of an incompetent adult may not revoke a Declaration, as that term is defined in G.S. 90-321 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44-48 — NC Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-48
§ 44-48. Discharge of liens
Status: in_force

All liens created by this Chapter may be discharged as follows:

(1) By filing with the clerk a receipt or acknowledgment, signed by the claimant, that the lien has been paid or discharged.

(2) By depositing with the clerk money equal to the amount of the claim, which money shall be held by said officer for the benefit of the claimant.

(3) By an entry in the lien docket that the action on the part of the claimant to enforce the lien has been dismissed, or a judgment rendered against the claimant in such action.

(4) By a failure of the claimant to commence an action for the enforcement of the lien within six months from the notice of lien filed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 23-24 — NC Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-24
§ 23-24. Persons imprisoned for nonpayment of costs in criminal cases
Status: in_force

The following persons may be discharged from imprisonment upon complying with this article and G.S. 153-194 : 1

Every person committed for the fine and costs of any criminal prosecution.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-101 — NC Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65-101
§ 65-101. Entering public or private property to maintain or visit with consent
Status: in_force

Any of the following persons, with the consent of the public or private landowner, may enter the property of another to discover, restore, maintain, or visit a grave or abandoned public cemetery:

(1) A descendant of the person whose remains are reasonably believed to be interred in the grave or abandoned public cemetery.

(2) A descendant's designee.

(3) Any other person who has a special personal interest in the grave or abandoned public cemetery.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 111-21 — NC Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111-21
§ 111-21. Disqualifications for relief
Status: in_force

No aid to needy blind persons shall be given under the provisions of this Article to any individual for any period with respect to which he is receiving aid under the laws of North Carolina providing Work First Family Assistance and/or relief for the aged, and/or aid for the permanently and totally disabled.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-627 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-627
§ 15A-627. Submission of bill of indictment to grand jury by prosecutor
Status: in_force

(a) When a defendant has been bound over for trial in the superior court upon any charge in the original jurisdiction of such court, the prosecutor, unless he dismisses the charge under the terms of Article 50 of this Chapter, Voluntary Dismissal by the State, or proceeds upon a bill of information, must submit a bill of indictment charging the offense to the grand jury for its consideration.

(b) A prosecutor may submit a bill of indictment charging an offense within the original jurisdiction of the superior court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-241 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-241
§ 14-241. Disposing of public documents or refusing to deliver them over to successor
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court of each county, and every other person to whom the acts of the General Assembly, appellate division reports or other public documents are transmitted or deposited for the use of the county or the State, to keep the same safely in their respective offices; and if any such person having the custody of such books and documents, for the uses aforesaid, shall negligently and willfully dispose of the same, by sale or otherwise, or refuse to deliver over the same to his successor in office, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If the clerk of superior court or other custodian determines that the acts of the General Assembly or the appellate division reports no longer are necessary to the effective operation of his or her office, the clerk or other custodian may transfer these materials to the proper recipient for disposition as surplus State property or as otherwise directed by the State Surplus Property Agency of the Department of Administration.