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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31B-4 — NC Code / Chapter 31B / Section 31B-4
§ 31B-4. Waiver and bar
Status: reserved

(a) The right to renounce property or an interest therein is barred by:

(1) An assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, pledge, or transfer of the property or interest, or a contract therefor by the person authorized to renounce,

(2) A written waiver of the right to renounce, or

(3) Repealed by Session Laws 1998-148, s. 4.

(4) A sale of the property or interest under judicial sale made before the renunciation is effected.

(b) An instrument waiving or barring the right to renounce is binding upon the person waiving the right to renounce or the person barred from renouncing and all persons claiming through or under that person.

(c) A fiduciary's application for appointment or assumption of duties as fiduciary does not waive or bar the fiduciary's right to renounce a right, power, privilege, or immunity.

(d) No person shall be liable for distributing or disposing of property in reliance upon the terms of a renunciation that is invalid for the reason that the right of renunciation has been waived or barred, if the distribution or disposition is otherwise proper, and the person has no actual knowledge or record notice of the facts that constitute a waiver or bar to the right of renunciation.

(e) The right to renounce property or an interest in property pursuant to this Chapter is not barred by an acceptance of the property, interest, or benefit thereunder; provided, however, an acceptance of the property, interest, or benefit thereunder may preclude such renunciation from being a qualified renunciation for federal and State inheritance, estate, and gift tax purposes.

(f) An instrument waiving or barring the right to renounce an interest in real property is not effective as to persons protected under G.S. 47-18 or G.S. 47-20 until either (i) registered as provided in those sections or (ii) registered pursuant to a judicial sale proceeding as described in subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section in which the person renouncing is a party. The instrument of waiver or bar shall be indexed in the grantor's index under (i) the name of the transferor of the property or interest in the property or creator of the power or holder of the power and (ii) the name of the person whose renunciation is waived or barred.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-333 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-333
§ 160A-333. Temporary electric service
Status: in_force

No electric supplier shall furnish temporary electric service for the construction of premises which it would not have the right to serve under this Part if such premises were already constructed. The construction of lines for, and the furnishing of, temporary electric service for the construction of premises which any other electric supplier, if chosen by the consumer, would have the right to serve if such premises were already constructed, shall not impair the right of such other electric supplier to furnish service to such premises after the construction thereof, if then chosen by the consumer; nor, unless the consumer chooses to have such premises served by the supplier that furnished the temporary service, shall the furnishing of such temporary service or the construction of a line therefor impair the right of any other electric supplier to furnish service to any other premises which, without regard to the construction of such temporary service line, it has the right to serve.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-89A-170 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-89A-170
§ 58-89A-170. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

No person shall do any of the following:

(1) Engage in or offer professional employer services without holding a license under this Article as a professional employer organization.

(2) Use the name or title “staff leasing company”, “employee leasing company”, “licensed staff leasing company”, “staff leasing services company”, “professional employer organization”, or “administrative employer” or otherwise represent that the person is licensed under this Article unless the person holds a license issued under this Article.

(3) Represent as the person's own the license of another person or represent that a person is licensed if the person does not hold a license.

(4) Give materially false or forged evidence to the Commissioner in connection with obtaining or maintaining a license or in connection with disciplinary proceedings under this Article.

(5) Use or attempt to use a license that has been suspended or terminated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-19-15 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-19-15
§ 28A-19-15. Disputed claim may be referred
Status: in_force

If the personal representative doubts the justness of any claim so presented, the personal representative may enter into an agreement, in writing, with the claimant, to refer the matter in controversy, whether the same be of a legal or equitable nature, to one or more disinterested persons, not exceeding three, whose proceedings shall be the same in all respects as if such reference had been ordered in an action. Such agreement to refer, and the award thereupon, shall be filed in the clerk's office where the letters were granted, and shall be a lawful voucher for the personal representative. The same may be impeached in any proceeding against the personal representative for fraud therein: Provided, that the right to refer claims under this section shall extend to claims in favor of the estate as well as those against the estate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-92 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-92
§ 143B-135.92. Declaration of policy and purpose
Status: in_force

(a) In order to provide for the ever-increasing outdoor recreation needs of an expanded population and in order to promote public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the outdoor, natural and remote areas of the State, trails should be established in natural, scenic areas of the State, and in and near urban areas.

(b) The purpose of this Part is to provide the means for attaining these objectives by instituting a State Trails System, coordinated with and complemented by existing and future local trail segments or systems, and by prescribing the methods by which, and standards according to which, components may be added to the State Trails System.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-113-33A — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-113-33A
§ 90-113.33A. Officers may administer oaths, and subpoena witnesses, records, and other materials
Status: in_force

The President or other presiding officer of the Board may administer oaths to all persons appearing before it as the Board may deem necessary to perform its duties, and may summon and issue subpoenas for the appearance of any witnesses deemed necessary to testify concerning any matter to be heard before or inquired into by the Board. The Board may order that any client records, documents, or other materials concerning any matter to be heard before or inquired into by the Board shall be produced before the Board or made available for inspection, notwithstanding any other provisions of law providing for the application of any counselor-client or physician-patient privilege with respect to such records, documents, or other materials. All records, documents, or other materials compiled by the Board are subject to the provisions of G.S. 90-113.34 , except that in any proceeding before the Board, record of any hearing before the Board, and notice of charges against any person credentialed by the Board, the Board shall withhold from public disclosure the identity of a client, including information relating to dates and places of treatment, or any other information that tends to identify the client unless the client or the client's representative has expressly consented to the disclosure. Upon written request, the Board shall revoke a subpoena if, upon a hearing, it finds that the evidence sought does not relate to a matter in issue, the subpoena does not describe the evidence with sufficient particularity, or the subpoena is invalid.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-58 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-58
§ 143-58. Contracts contrary to provisions of Article made void
Status: in_force

If any department, institution or agency of the State government, required by this Article and the rules adopted pursuant thereto applying to the purchase or lease of supplies, materials, equipment, printing or services through the Secretary of Administration, or any nonstate institution, agency or instrumentality duly authorized or required to make purchases through the Department of Administration, shall contract for the purchase or lease of such supplies, materials, equipment, printing or services contrary to the provisions of this Article or the rules made hereunder, such contract shall be void and of no effect. If any such State or nonstate department, institution, agency or instrumentality purchases any supplies, materials, equipment, printing or services contrary to the provisions of this Article or the rules made hereunder, the executive officer of such department, institution, agency or instrumentality shall be personally liable for the costs thereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-187-2 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-187-2
§ 20-187.2. Badges and service side arms of deceased or retiring members of State, city, and county law enforcement agencies; weapons of active members
Status: in_force

(a) Surviving spouses, or in the event such members die unsurvived by a spouse, surviving children of members of North Carolina State, city, and county law enforcement agencies killed in the line of duty or who are members of such agencies at the time of their deaths, and retiring members of such agencies shall receive upon request and at no cost to them, the badge worn or carried by such deceased or retiring member. The governing body of a law enforcement agency may, in its discretion, also award to a retiring member or surviving relatives as provided herein, upon request, the service side arm of such deceased or retiring members, at a price determined by such governing body, upon determining that the person receiving the weapon is not ineligible to own, possess, or receive a firearm under the provisions of State or federal law, or if the weapon has been rendered incapable of being fired. Governing body shall mean for county and local alcohol beverage control officers, the county or local board of alcoholic control; for all other law enforcement officers with jurisdiction limited to a municipality or town, the city or town council; for all other law enforcement officers with countywide jurisdiction, the board of county commissioners; for all State law enforcement officers, the head of the department.

(b) Active members of North Carolina State, city, and county law enforcement agencies, upon change of type of weapons, may purchase the weapon worn or carried by such member at a price which shall be the average yield to the State, city, or county from the sale of similar weapons during the preceding year.

(c) For purposes of this section, certified probation and parole officers shall be considered members of a North Carolina State law enforcement agency.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-708 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-708
§ 25-9-708. Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement
Status: in_force

A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this Part if:

(1) The secured party of record authorizes the filing; and

(2) The filing is necessary under this Part:

a. To continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001; or

b. To perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-88 — NC Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97-88
§ 97-88. Expenses of appeals brought by insurers
Status: in_force

If the Industrial Commission at a hearing on review or any court before which any proceedings are brought on appeal under this Article, shall find that such hearing or proceedings were brought by the insurer and the Commission or court by its decision orders the insurer to make, or to continue payments of benefits, including compensation for medical expenses, to the injured employee, the Commission or court may further order that the cost to the injured employee of such hearing or proceedings including therein reasonable attorney's fee to be determined by the Commission shall be paid by the insurer as a part of the bill of costs.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-549-49 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-549-49
§ 106-549.49. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be designated as the North Carolina Poultry Products Inspection Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-54-10 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-54-10
§ 58-54-10. Standards for policy provisions
Status: reserved

(a) No policy in force in this State shall contain benefits that duplicate benefits provided by Medicare.

(b) The Commissioner shall adopt rules to establish specific standards for provisions of policies. Such standards shall be in addition to and in accordance with applicable State law. No requirement of State law relating to minimum required policy benefits, other than the minimum standards contained in this Article, applies to policies. The standards may include without limitation to: terms of renewability; initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility; nonduplication of coverage; probationary periods; benefit limitations, exceptions, and reductions; elimination periods; requirements for replacement; recurrent conditions; and definitions of terms.

(c) The Commissioner may adopt rules that specify prohibited policy provisions not otherwise specifically authorized by State law that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, are unjust, unfair, or unfairly discriminatory to any person insured or proposed for coverage under a policy.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law, a policy may not deny a claim for losses incurred more than six months from the effective date of coverage for a preexisting condition. A policy may not define a preexisting condition more restrictively than a condition for which medical advice was given or treatment was recommended by or received from a physician within six months before the effective date of coverage.

(e) Repealed by Laws 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 815, § 3 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-148 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-148
§ 1-148. Verification before what officer
Status: in_force

Any officer competent to take the acknowledgment of deeds, and any judge or clerk of the General Court of Justice, notary public, in or out of the State, or magistrate, is competent to take affidavits for the verification of pleadings, in any court or county in the State, and for general purposes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-381 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-381
§ 66-381. Free insurance
Status: in_force

No person shall advertise, offer, or provide free insurance for damage, loss, or theft as an inducement to the purchase, sale, or rental of consumer goods or services directly or indirectly connected with the purchase of consumer goods.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-444 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-444
§ 14-444. Intoxicated and disruptive in public
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person in a public place to be intoxicated and disruptive in any of the following ways:

(1) Blocking or otherwise interfering with traffic on a highway or public vehicular area, or

(2) Blocking or lying across or otherwise preventing or interfering with access to or passage across a sidewalk or entrance to a building, or

(3) Grabbing, shoving, pushing or fighting others or challenging others to fight, or

(4) Cursing or shouting at or otherwise rudely insulting others, or

(5) Begging for money or other property.

(b) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-8B-10 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-8B-10
§ 36C-8B-10. Formalities
Status: in_force

An exercise of the decanting power shall be made in a written instrument signed by an authorized fiduciary. The signed written instrument shall identify, directly or by reference to the notice required by G.S. 36C-8B-7 , the first trust and the second trust or trusts and state the property of the first trust being distributed to each second trust and the property, if any, that remains in the first trust.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-157 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-157
§ 95-157. Carolina Star Program
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner may adopt rules for the operation of the Carolina Star Program in a manner that will promote safe and healthy workplaces throughout the State. The rules for the Carolina Star Program adopted by the Commissioner shall pertain to the following matters:

(1) Upper management leadership and active and meaningful employee involvement.

(2) Systematic assessment of occupational hazards.

(3) Comprehensive hazard prevention, control, and mitigation programs.

(4) Employee safety and health training.

(5) Annual safety and health program evaluation.

(6) Star Annual Report.

(7) Attendance and active participation on Carolina Star Safety Conference Regional Teams and conference related activities.

(b) Applications for participation in the Carolina Star Program shall be submitted by the workplace's management. Applications shall include documentation establishing to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the employer meets all standards for Carolina Star Program participation.

(c) The Department shall provide for on-site evaluations, as resources allow, by Carolina Star Program evaluation teams of each workplace that has applied to participate in the Carolina Star Program to determine if the applicant's workplace complies with the standards for Carolina Star Program participation.

(d) A workplace's continued participation in the Carolina Star Program shall be conditioned on meeting the requirements and expectations established by the Carolina Star Program Policies and Procedures Manual, Star Annual Report, and successful completion of periodic on-site evaluations conducted by the Carolina Star Program evaluation team.

(e) During periods in which a workplace is a participant in the Carolina Star Program, the workplace shall be exempt from inspections under G.S. 95-136 ; however, this exception shall not apply to inspections or investigations of the workplace arising from complaints, referrals, fatalities, catastrophes, nonfatal accidents, or significant toxic chemical releases.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-149 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-149
§ 160A-149. Acting city manager
Status: in_force

By letter filed with the city clerk, the manager may designate, subject to the approval of the council, a qualified person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of manager during his temporary absence or disability. During this absence or disability, the council may revoke that designation at any time and appoint another to serve until the manager returns or his disability ceases.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-29 — NC Code / Chapter 150B / Section 150B-29
§ 150B-29. Rules of evidence
Status: in_force

(a) In all contested cases, irrelevant, immaterial and unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. Except as otherwise provided, the rules of evidence as applied in the trial division of the General Court of Justice shall be followed; but, when evidence is not reasonably available under the rules to show relevant facts, then the most reliable and substantial evidence available shall be admitted. On the judge's own motion, an administrative law judge may exclude evidence that is inadmissible under this section. The party with the burden of proof in a contested case must establish the facts required by G.S. 150B-23(a) by a preponderance of the evidence. It shall not be necessary for a party or his attorney to object at the hearing to evidence in order to preserve the right to object to its consideration by the administrative law judge in making a decision or by the court on judicial review.

(b) Evidence in a contested case, including records and documents, shall be offered and made a part of the record. Factual information or evidence not made a part of the record shall not be considered in the determination of the case, except as permitted under G.S. 150B-30 . Documentary evidence may be received in the form of a copy or excerpt or may be incorporated by reference, if the materials so incorporated are available for examination by the parties. Upon timely request, a party shall be given an opportunity to compare the copy with the original if available.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122E-5 — NC Code / Chapter 122E / Section 122E-5
§ 122E-5. Administration
Status: in_force

(a) The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency shall administer the Fund in accordance with the policies, rules and regulations promulgated by the Partnership.

(b) The Agency's responsibilities shall include:

(1) The Management of the overall program for the use of the fund;

(2) Development of program design in accordance with policies established by the Partnership;

(3) Development and management of a selection system in accordance with policies established by the Partnership;

(4) Provision of technical assistance to prospective applicants; and

(5) Monitoring of projects to ensure compliance with applicable State and federal laws and regulations and relevant court decisions.

(6) The Agency shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the administration of the Fund and its overall program for use of the Fund in accordance with the policies, rules and regulations promulgated by the Partnership.

(c) In administering the Fund, the Agency shall maintain a separate account for and shall keep separate records regarding the principal and expenditures made from the Stripper Well Litigation funds and the Diamond Shamrock Litigation funds in order to assure the proper expenditure and reporting of these funds to the respective courts and to the United States Department of Energy.

(d) The Agency shall file all required reports with the appropriate courts in the Stripper Well Litigation and in the Diamond Shamrock Litigation, and otherwise shall fully comply with all relevant court orders. The Agency also shall file the report of planned expenditures which is required under Paragraph II.B.3.f.iv of the Final Settlement Agreement in the Stripper Well Litigation prior to its first expenditure of Stripper Well Litigation Funds.