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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-58-23 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-58-23
§ 160A-58.23. Annexation agreements authorized
Status: in_force

Two or more cities may enter into agreements in order to designate one or more areas which are not subject to annexation by one or more of the participating cities. The agreements shall be of reasonable duration, not to exceed 20 years, and shall be approved by ordinance of the governing board and executed by the mayor of each city and spread upon its minutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-344 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-344
§ 160A-344. Authority to assume control of abandoned cemeteries
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever property not under the control or in the possession of any church or religious organization in any city has been heretofore set aside or used for cemetery purposes, and the trustees or owners named in the deed or deeds for the property have died, or are unknown, or the deeds of conveyance have been lost or misplaced and no record of title thereto has been found, and the property has been occupied and used for burial purposes for a time sufficient to identify its use as cemetery property, the city in which the cemetery is located is authorized to take possession of the land and any adjoining land not held by known claimants of title, have the property surveyed and lines established, and to designate and appropriate the property as a city cemetery.

(b) The city may have the land subdivided and laid off into family burial plots, may sell any of the unused lots so laid off to any person for burial purposes, and may use the proceeds of the sale for the improvement and upkeep of the cemetery.

(c) The city may appropriate and use funds for the improvement and maintenance of the cemetery, and all laws and ordinances applicable to city cemeteries shall apply to the cemetery from and after the date that the city assumes control of it.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-276 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-276
§ 160A-276. Sale of stocks, bonds, and other securities
Status: in_force

A city may sell through a broker without complying with the preceding sections of this Article shares of common and preferred stock, bonds, options, and warrants or other rights with respect to stocks and bonds, and other securities, when the stock, bond, or other right or security has an established market and is traded in the usual course of business on a national stock exchange or over-the-counter by reputable brokers and securities dealers. The city may pay the usual fees and taxes incident to such transactions. Nothing in this section authorizes a city to deal in its own bonds in any manner inconsistent with Chapter 159 of the General Statutes , nor to invest in any securities not authorized by G.S. 159-30 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-291 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-291
§ 14-291. Selling lottery tickets and acting as agent for lotteries
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes or in connection with a lawful raffle as provided in Part 2 of this Article, if any person shall sell, barter or otherwise dispose of any lottery ticket or order for any number of shares in any lottery, or shall in anywise be concerned in such lottery, by acting as agent in the State for or on behalf of any such lottery, to be drawn or paid either out of or within the State, such person shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-131-2 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-131-2
§ 136-131.2. Modernization of outdoor advertising devices
Status: in_force

No municipality, county, local or regional zoning authority, or other political subdivision shall, without the payment of just compensation as provided for in G.S. 136-131.1 , regulate or prohibit the repair or reconstruction of any outdoor advertising for which there is in effect a valid permit issued by the Department of Transportation so long as the square footage of its advertising surface area is not increased. As used in this section, reconstruction includes the changing of an existing multipole outdoor advertising structure to a new monopole structure.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-62-6 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-62-6
§ 58-62-6. Purpose
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this Article is to protect, subject to certain limitations, the persons specified in G.S. 58-62-21(a) against failure in the performance of contractual obligations, under life, health, and annuity policies, plans, or contracts specified in G.S. 58-62-21(b) , because of the delinquency of the member insurer that issued the policies, plans, or contracts.

(b) To provide this protection, an association of member insurers is created to pay benefits and to continue coverages as limited herein, and members of the Association are subject to assessment to provide funds to carry out the purpose of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-54 — NC Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75-54
§ 75-54. Deceptive representation
Status: in_force

No debt collector shall collect or attempt to collect a debt or obtain information concerning a consumer by any fraudulent, deceptive or misleading representation. Such representations include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Communicating with the consumer other than in the name (or unique pseudonym) of the debt collector and the person or business on whose behalf the debt collector is acting or to whom the debt is owed.

(2) Failing to disclose in all communications attempting to collect a debt that the purpose of such communication is to collect a debt, unless the communication is made to a third-party pursuant to G.S. 75-53 for the purpose of obtaining location information about the debtor.

(3) Falsely representing that the debt collector has in his possession information or something of value for the consumer.

(4) Falsely representing the character, extent, or amount of a debt against a consumer or of its status in any legal proceeding; falsely representing that the collector is in any way connected with any agency of the federal, State or local government; or falsely representing the creditor's rights or intentions.

(5) Using or distributing or selling any written communication which simulates or is falsely represented to be a document authorized, issued, or approved by a court, an official, or any other legally constituted or authorized authority, or which creates a false impression about its source.

(6) Falsely representing that an existing obligation of the consumer may be increased by the addition of attorney's fees, investigation fees, service fees, or any other fees or charges.

(7) Falsely representing the status or true nature of the services rendered by the debt collector or his business.

(8) Communicating with the consumer in violation of the provisions of G.S. 62-159.1(a) , 153A-277(b1) , or 160A-314(b1) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-198 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-198
§ 159-198. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this Article or its application is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this Article that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this Article are severable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-94 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-94
§ 143B-135.94. Definitions
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise required by context, the following terms when used in this Part shall be construed respectively to mean:

(1) “ Department ” means the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

(2) “ Political subdivision ” means any county, any incorporated city or town, or other political subdivision.

(3) “ Scenic easement ” means a perpetual easement in land which

a. Is held for the benefit of the people of North Carolina,

b. Is specifically enforceable by its holder or beneficiary, and

c. Limits or obligates the holder of the servient estate, his heirs, and assigns with respect to their use and management of land and activities conducted thereon, the object of such limitations and obligations being the maintenance or enhancement of the natural beauty of the land in question or of areas affected by it.

(4) “ Secretary ” means the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources, except as otherwise specified in this Part.

(5) “ State Trails System ” means the trails system established in this Part or pursuant to the State Parks Act, Part 32 of this Article, and including all trails and trail segments, together with their rights-of-way, added by any of the procedures described in this Part or Part 32 of this Article.

(6) “ Trail ” means a linear corridor on land or water, protected from motor vehicles, providing public access for recreation or transportation.

(7) “ Trails Committee ” means the North Carolina Trails Committee established by Part 35 of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 49-11 — NC Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49-11
§ 49-11. Effects of legitimation
Status: in_force

The effect of legitimation under G.S. 49-10 shall be to impose upon the father and mother all of the lawful parental privileges and rights, as well as all of the obligations which parents owe to their lawful issue, and to the same extent as if said child had been born in wedlock, and to entitle such child by succession, inheritance or distribution, to take real and personal property by, through, and from his or her father and mother as if such child had been born in lawful wedlock. In case of death and intestacy, the real and personal estate of such child shall descend and be distributed according to the Intestate Succession Act as if he had been born in lawful wedlock.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-263 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-263
§ 115C-263. School nutrition services
Status: in_force

(a) As a part of the function of the public school system, local boards of education shall provide to the extent practicable school nutrition services in the schools under their jurisdiction. All school nutrition services made available under this authority shall be provided in accordance with federal guidelines established by the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.

(b) The State Board of Education may adopt rules regulating the provision of school nutrition services that impose additional restrictions that are not inconsistent with the federal guidelines.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89-215 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-89-215
§ 136-89.215. Required action upon receiving bill for open road toll and processing fee for unpaid toll
Status: in_force

(a) Action Required.--A person who receives a bill from the Authority for an unpaid open road toll must take one of the following actions within 30 days of the date of the bill:

(1) Pay the bill.

(2) Send a written request to the Authority for a review of the toll.

(b) Fee.--If a person does not take one of the actions required under subsection (a) of this section within the required time, the Authority may add a processing fee to the amount the person owes. The processing fee may not exceed six dollars ($6.00). A person may not be charged more than forty-eight dollars ($48.00) in processing fees in a 12-month period.

The Authority must set the processing fee at an amount that does not exceed the costs of collecting the unpaid toll.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-4-3 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-4-3
§ 20-4.3. Commissioner may make reciprocity agreements, arrangements or declarations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have the authority to execute or make agreements, arrangements or declarations to carry out the provisions of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-136 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-136
§ 54C-136. Federal government-sponsored enterprise obligations
Status: in_force

A savings bank may invest in stock or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations of Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any other federal government sponsored enterprise, or any successor thereto.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 157-32-2 — NC Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157-32-2
§ 157-32.2. Other validation of contracts, agreements, etc.
Status: in_force

All contracts, agreements and undertakings of such housing authorities heretofore entered into relating to financing, or aiding in the development or operation of any housing projects, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) loan and annual contributions contracts, agency contracts and leases, agreements with municipalities or other public bodies (including those which are pledged or authorized to be pledged for the protection of the holders of any notes or bonds issued by such housing authorities or which are otherwise made a part of the contract with such holders of notes or bonds) relating to cooperation in aid of housing projects, payments to public bodies in the State, furnishing of municipal services and facilities and the elimination of unsafe and insanitary dwellings, and contracts for the construction of housing projects, together with all proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated and declared legal in all respects.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27-32 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-27-32
§ 14-27.32. Sexual activity with a student
Status: in_force

(a) If a defendant, who is a teacher, school administrator, student teacher, school safety officer, or coach, at any age, or who is other school personnel, and who is at least four years older than the victim engages in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with a victim who is a student, at any time during or after the time the defendant and victim were present together in the same school, but before the victim ceases to be a student, the defendant is guilty of a Class G felony, except when the defendant is lawfully married to the student. The term “ same school ” means a school at which the student is enrolled and the defendant is employed, assigned, or volunteers.

(b) A defendant who is school personnel, other than a teacher, school administrator, student teacher, school safety officer, or coach, and is less than four years older than the victim and engages in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with a victim who is a student, is guilty of a Class I felony.

(c) This section shall apply unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing for greater punishment.

(d) Consent is not a defense to a charge under this section.

(e) For purposes of this section, the terms “school”, “school personnel”, and “student” shall have the same meaning as in G.S. 14-202.4(d) . For purposes of this section, the term “ school safety officer ” shall include a school resource officer or any other person who is regularly present in a school for the purpose of promoting and maintaining safe and orderly schools.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-57 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-57
§ 54C-57. Commissioner of Banks to have right of access to books and records of the savings bank; right to issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner of Banks and the Commissioner of Banks' agents:

(1) Shall have free access to all books and records of a savings bank, or a service corporation or holding company thereof, that relate to its business, and the books and records kept by an officer, agent, or employee relating to or upon which any record is kept;

(2) May subpoena witnesses and administer oaths or affirmations in the examination of any director, officer, agent, or employee of a savings bank, or a service corporation or holding company thereof or of any other person in relation to its affairs, transactions, and conditions;

(3) May require the production of records, books, papers, contracts, and other documents; and

(4) May order that improper entries be corrected on the books and records of a savings bank.

(b) The Commissioner of Banks may issue subpoenas duces tecum.

(c) If a person fails to comply with a subpoena so issued or a party or witness refuses to testify on any matters, a court of competent jurisdiction, on the application of the Commissioner of Banks, shall compel compliance by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or a refusal to testify in the court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-8-5 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-8-5
§ 28A-8-5. Rights of surety in danger of loss
Status: in_force

Any surety on the bond of a personal representative who is in danger of loss under the surety's suretyship may file a verified petition with the clerk of superior court setting forth the facts, and asking that such personal representative be removed from office, or that the personal representative be required to give security to indemnify the petitioner against apprehended loss, or that the petitioner be discharged as surety and be released from liability for any future breach of the bond. The clerk of superior court shall conduct a hearing in accordance with Article 2 of this Chapter. If, upon the hearing, the clerk of superior court determines that the surety is entitled to relief, the clerk may grant the same in such manner as to serve the best interest of the estate. In any event, however, the previous surety shall not be released from liability for any breach of duty by the personal representative occurring prior to the filing of bond with a new surety unless the new surety assumes liability for the earlier breaches.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63-50 — NC Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63-50
§ 63-50. Airports a public purpose
Status: in_force

The acquisition of any lands for the purpose of establishing airports or other air navigation facilities; the acquisition of airport protection privileges; the acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment and operation of airports and other air navigation facilities, and the exercise of any other powers herein granted to municipalities, are hereby declared to be public, governmental and municipal functions exercised for a public purpose and matters of public necessity, and such lands and other property, easements and privileges acquired and used by such municipalities in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in this Article, shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for public, governmental and municipal purposes and as a matter of public necessity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-85-26A — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-85-26A
§ 90-85.26A. Clinical pharmacist practitioners subcommittee
Status: in_force

The North Carolina Board of Pharmacy shall appoint and maintain a subcommittee of the Board consisting of four licensed pharmacists to work jointly with the subcommittee of the North Carolina Medical Board to develop rules to govern the provision of drug therapy management by clinical pharmacist practitioners and to determine reasonable fees to accompany an application for approval or renewal of such approval as provided in G.S. 90-6 . The rules developed by this subcommittee shall govern the performance of acts by clinical pharmacist practitioners and shall become effective when they have been adopted by both Boards.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-6 — NC Code / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-6
§ 44A-6. Title of purchaser
Status: in_force

A purchaser for value at a properly conducted sale, and a purchaser for value without constructive notice of a defect in the sale, whether or not the purchaser is the lienor or an agent of the lienor, acquires title to the property free of any interests over which the lienor was entitled to priority.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-317 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-317
§ 14-317. Permitting minors to enter barrooms or billiard rooms
Status: in_force

If the manager or owner of any barroom, wherein beer, wine, or any alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, or billiard room shall knowingly allow any minor under 18 years of age to enter or remain in such barroom or billiard room, where before such minor under 18 years of age enters or remains in such barroom or billiard room, the manager or owner thereof has been notified in writing by the parents or guardian of such minor under 18 years of age not to allow him to enter or remain in such barroom or billiard room, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-93 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-93
§ 143-215.93. Liability for damage caused
Status: in_force

Any person having control over oil or other hazardous substances which enters the waters of the State in violation of this Part shall be strictly liable, without regard to fault, for damages to persons or property, public or private, caused by such entry, subject to the exceptions enumerated in G.S. 143-215.83(b) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 70-19 — NC Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-19
§ 70-19. Cooperation with private individuals
Status: in_force

The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall take any action necessary, consistent with the purposes of this Article, to foster and improve the communication, cooperation, and exchange of information between:

(1) Private individuals having collections of archaeological resources and data which were obtained through legal means, and

(2) Professional archaeologists and associations of professional archaeologists concerned with the archaeological resources of North Carolina and of the United States.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-225-1 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-225-1
§ 153A-225.1. Duty of custodial personnel when prisoners are unconscious or semiconscious
Status: reserved

(a) Whenever a custodial officer of a local confinement facility takes custody of a prisoner who is unconscious, semiconscious, or otherwise apparently suffering from some disabling condition and unable to provide information on the causes of the condition, the officer should make a reasonable effort to determine if the prisoner is wearing a bracelet or necklace containing the Medic Alert Foundation's emergency alert symbol to indicate that the prisoner suffers from diabetes, epilepsy, a cardiac condition or any other form of illness which would cause a loss of consciousness. If such a symbol is found indicating that the prisoner suffers from one of those conditions, the officer must make a reasonable effort to have appropriate medical care provided.

(b) Failure of a custodial officer of a local confinement facility to make a reasonable effort to discover an emergency alert symbol as required by this section does not by itself establish negligence of the officer but may be considered along with other evidence to determine if the officer took reasonable precautions to ascertain the emergency medical needs of the prisoner in his custody.

(c) A prisoner who is provided medical care under the provisions of this section is liable for the reasonable costs of that care unless he is indigent.

(d) Repealed by Laws 1975, c. 818, § 2.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-7-50 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-7-50
§ 55-7-50. Exclusive forum or venue provisions valid
Status: in_force

A provision in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a corporation that specifies a forum or venue in North Carolina as the exclusive forum or venue for litigation relating to the internal affairs of the corporation shall be valid and enforceable.