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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-333 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-333
§ 53-333. Application for State trust company charter and permission to incorporate State trust company
Status: in_force

(a) An application for a State trust company charter and permission to incorporate the State trust company shall be made to the Commissioner in the form required by the Commissioner and shall be supported by information, data, and records that the Commissioner requires. The application shall be accompanied by the fee set by the Commissioner by rule.

(b) Upon receipt of the application, the Commissioner shall at once conduct an examination of all relevant facts connected with the formation of the proposed State trust company. The Commissioner may consider the following factors:

(1) The proposed market or markets to be served;

(2) Whether the proposed organizational and capital structure and the amount of initial capital appear adequate in relation to the proposed business and market or markets;

(3) Whether the anticipated volume and nature of business indicate a reasonable probability of success and profitability based on the market or markets proposed to be served;

(4) Whether the proposed officers and directors, as a group, have sufficient experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the proposed State trust company will be free from improper or unlawful influence and otherwise will operate in compliance with law, and that success of the proposed State trust company is reasonably probable; and

(5) Whether the proposed name of the proposed State trust company is likely to mislead the public as to its character or purpose or is the same as a name already adopted by an existing bank, savings association, or trust institution in this State, or so similar thereto as to be likely to mislead the public.

(c) The failure of an applicant to furnish required information, data, other material, or the required fee within 30 days after a request may be considered an abandonment of the application.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-187 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-187
§ 62-187. Proceedings as under eminent domain
Status: in_force

The proceedings for the condemnation of lands, or any easement or interest therein, for the use of telegraph, telephone, electric power or lighting companies, the appraisal of the lands, or interest therein, the duty of the commissioners of appraisal, the right of either party to file exceptions, the report of commissioners, the mode and manner of appeal, the power and authority of the court or judge, the final judgment and the manner of its entry and enforcement, and the rights of the company pending the appeal, shall be as prescribed in Chapter 40A, the Chapter entitled Eminent Domain.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-14 — NC Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103-14
§ 103-14. Lineman Appreciation Day
Status: in_force

The second Monday in April of each year is designated as Lineman Appreciation Day in North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-637 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-637
§ 160A-637. Advisory committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees may provide for the selection of such advisory committees as it may find appropriate, which may or may not include members of the Board of Trustees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-223 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-223
§ 130A-223. Department to establish program
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall establish and administer a program for the prevention of diseases, disabilities and accidents that contribute significantly to mortality and morbidity among adults. The program may also provide for the care and treatment of persons with these diseases or disabilities.

(b) The Commission is authorized to adopt rules necessary to implement the program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 80-17 — NC Code / Chapter 80 / Section 80-17
§ 80-17. Property in and use of trademarks
Status: in_force

Every trademark so adopted shall, from the date thereof, be the exclusive property of the person adopting the same. The proprietor of such trademark shall, in using the same, cause it to be plainly stamped, branded or otherwise impressed upon each piece of timber upon which the same is placed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53A-39 — NC Code / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-39
§ 53A-39. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of a North Carolina Enterprise Corporation shall be to promote, stimulate, develop, and advance economic prosperity and stimulate job creation in North Carolina's rural areas primarily through mezzanine finance investments in Qualified North Carolina Businesses. To stimulate development broadly across the State, a North Carolina Enterprise Corporation, to the maximum extent feasible consistent with sound business practices, will make mezzanine financing and other types of financing available to small businesses and to businesses located throughout all the rural areas of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-33 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-33
§ 47-33. Certified copies of deeds made by alien property custodian may be registered
Status: in_force

Any copy of a deed made, or purporting to be made, by the United States alien property custodian duly certified pursuant to title twenty-eight, section six hundred sixty-one of United States Code by the department of justice of the United States, with its official seal impressed thereon, when the said certified copy reveals the fact that the execution of the original was acknowledged by the alien property custodian before a notary public of the District of Columbia, and that the official seal of the alien property custodian by recital was affixed or impressed on the original, and further reveals it to have been approved, as to form, by general counsel, and the copy also shows that the original was signed and approved by the acting chief, division of trusts, and was witnessed by two witnesses, shall, when presented to the register of deeds of any county wherein the land described therein purports to be situate, be recorded by the register of deeds of such county without other or further proof of the execution and/or delivery of the original thereof, and the same when so recorded shall be indexed and cross-indexed by the register of deeds as are deeds made by individuals upon the payment of the usual and lawful fees for the registration thereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-32 — NC Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146-32
§ 146-32. Exemptions as to leases, etc.
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor, acting with the approval of the Council of State, may adopt rules and regulations:

(1) Exempting from any or all of the requirements of this Subchapter such classes of lease, rental, easement, and right-of-way transactions as he deems advisable; and

(2) Authorizing any State agency to enter into and/or approve those classes of transactions exempted by such rules and regulations from the requirements of this Chapter.

(3) No rule or regulation adopted under this section may exempt from the provisions of G.S. 146-25.1 any class of lease or rental which has a duration of more than 21 days, unless the class of lease or rental:

a. Is a lease or rental necessitated by a fire, flood, or other disaster that forces the agency seeking the new lease or rental to cease use of real property;

b. Is a lease or rental necessitated because an agency had intended to move to new or renovated real property that was not completed when planned, but a lease or rental exempted under this subparagraph may not be for a period of more than six months; or

c. Is a lease or rental which requires a unique location or a location that adjoins or is in close proximity to an existing rental location.

(b) No rule or regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may exempt any lease from the provisions of G.S. 146-25(b) or G.S. 146-29(b) or (c) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-908 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-908
§ 106-908. Authority of Governor to close forests and woodlands to hunting, fishing and trapping
Status: in_force

During periods of protracted drought or when other hazardous fire conditions threaten forest and water resources and appear to require extraordinary precautions, the Governor of the State, upon the joint recommendation of the Commissioner and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, may by official proclamation:

(1) Close any or all of the woodlands and inland waters of the State to hunting, fishing and trapping for the period of the emergency.

(2) Forbid for the period of the emergency the building of campfires and the burning of brush, grass or other debris within 500 feet of any woodland in any county, counties, or parts thereof.

(3) Close for the period of the emergency any or all of the woodlands of the State to such other persons and activities as he deems proper under the circumstances, except to the owners or tenants of such property and their agents and employees, or persons holding written permission from any owner or his recognized agent to enter thereon for any lawful purpose other than hunting, fishing or trapping.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-151-47 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-151-47
§ 143-151.47. Compensation of Board members
Status: in_force

Members of the Board shall receive no salary for serving on the Board. Members may be reimbursed for their travel and other expenses in accordance with G.S. 93B-5 but may not receive the per diem authorized by that statute.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-428 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-428
§ 115C-428. Filing and publication of the budget; budget hearing
Status: in_force

(a) On the same day that he submits the budget to the board of education, the superintendent shall file a copy of it in his office where it shall remain available for public inspection until the budget resolution is adopted. He may also publish a statement in a newspaper qualified under G.S. 1-597 to publish legal advertisements in the county that the budget has been submitted to the board of education, and is available for public inspection in the office of the superintendent of schools. The statement should also give notice of the time and place of the budget hearing authorized by subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Before submitting the budget to the board of county commissioners, the board of education may hold a public hearing at which time any persons who wish to be heard on the school budget may appear.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-33 — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-33
§ 127A-33. Promotion of officers by seniority and in accordance with regulations
Status: in_force

The promotion of all officers shall be by seniority as far as practicable and in the best interest of the service within the organization, and in accordance with regulations promulgated by the secretary of the appropriate service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-335 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-335
§ 58-10-335. Purpose
Status: in_force

(a) This Part shall be known and may be cited as the “North Carolina Captive Insurance Act.”

(b) The purpose of this Part is to establish the procedures for the organization and regulation of the operations of captive insurance companies transacting insurance business within this State and thereby promote the general welfare of the people of this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-168-4 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-168-4
§ 14-168.4. Failing to return rented property on which there is purchase option
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person to fail to return rented property with intent to defeat the rights of the owner, which is rented pursuant to a written rental agreement in which there is an option to purchase the property, after the date of termination provided in the agreement has occurred or, if the termination date is the occurrence of a specified event, then that such event has in fact occurred.

(b) Intent to commit the crime set forth in subsection (a) may be presumed from the following evidence:

(1) Evidence that the defendant has disposed of the property, or has encumbered the property by allowing a security interest to be placed on the property or by delivering the property to a pawnbroker; or

(2) Evidence that the defendant has refused to deliver the property to the sheriff or other officer charged with the execution of process directed to him for its seizure, after a judgment for possession of the property or a claim and delivery order for the property has been issued; or

(3) Evidence that the defendant has moved the rented property out of state and has failed to notify the owner of the new location of the property.

However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence from the defendant that he has no intent to defeat the rights of the owner of the property.

(c) Violations of this Article for failure to return rented property which is rented pursuant to a written rental agreement in which there is an option to purchase shall be prosecuted only under this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-275-1 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-275-1
§ 90-275.1. Title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the “Nursing Home Administrator Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-393 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-393
§ 130A-393. Rules
Status: in_force

The Commission shall adopt rules to carry out the intent and purpose of this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-111-6 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-111-6
§ 115C-111.6. Obligation to provide services for preschool children with disabilities
Status: in_force

State funds appropriated to the public schools to implement preschool services for children with disabilities under this Article and IDEA shall be used to provide special education and related services to preschool children with disabilities. These State funds shall be used to supplement and not supplant existing federal, State, and local funding for the public schools.

Preschool children with disabilities will continue to be served by all other State funds to which they are otherwise entitled.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-114 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-114
§ 143-114. Diversion of appropriations to State institutions
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for the board of trustees, board of directors, or other body controlling any State institution, to divert, use, or expend any moneys appropriated for the use of said institutions for its permanent improvement and enlargement to the payment of any of the current expenses of said institution or for the payment of the cost of the maintenance thereof; it shall likewise be unlawful for any board of trustees, board of directors, or other controlling body of any State institution to which money is appropriated for its maintenance by the State to divert, use or expend any money so appropriated for maintenance, for the permanent enlargement or permanent equipment, or the purchase of land for said institution.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-256 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-256
§ 53-256. Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the General Assembly that reverse mortgage loans be available so that elderly homeowners may use the equity in their homes to meet their financial needs. The General Assembly recognizes that there may be restrictions and requirements governing traditional mortgage transactions that should not apply to reverse mortgages. The purpose of this Article is to authorize reverse mortgage transactions and to clarify other provisions of North Carolina law that might otherwise apply to reverse mortgage loans, and to provide protection for elderly homeowners who enter into reverse mortgage transactions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-22-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-22-1
§ 58-22-1. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Article is to regulate the formation and operation of risk retention and purchasing groups in this State that are formed pursuant to the provisions of the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981, as amended by the Risk Retention Amendments of 1986 ( 15 U.S.C. § 3901 et seq. ).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-12 — NC Code / Chapter 104 / Section 104-12
§ 104-12. Acquisition of land for inland waterway from Cape Fear River; grant of State lands
Status: in_force

For the purpose of aiding in the construction of the proposed inland waterway by the United States from the Cape Fear River at Southport to the North Carolina-South Carolina State line, the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to issue to the United States of America a grant to the land located within said inland waterway, right-of-way, which is to be 1,000 feet to 1,750 feet wide insofar as such land is subject to grant by the State of North Carolina, the said grant to issue upon a certificate furnished to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of War, or by any authorized officer of the corps of engineers of the United States Army, or by any other authorized official, exercising control over the construction of the said waterway. Whenever in the construction of such inland waterway within this State, lands theretofore submerged shall be raised above the water by the deposit of excavated material, the land so formed shall become the property of the United States if within the limits of said inland waterway, right-of-way, herein set out 1,000 feet to 1,750 feet and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to issue to the United States a grant to the land so formed within the limits above specified, the grant to issue upon a certificate furnished to the Secretary of State by some authorized official of the United States, as above provided. If said lands so required for the inland waterway right-of-way shall be marshlands, or sound lands, the title to which has heretofore been vested in the State Board of Education, the Governor of the State, as President thereof, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction as Secretary, are hereby authorized and required to execute proper conveyance to the United States of America for said marshlands or sound lands, free of cost, both to the State and to the United States government, upon a certificate furnished to said Board of Education by the Secretary of War, or by any authorized officer of the corps of engineers of the United States Army, or by any other authorized official exercising control over the construction of the said inland waterway.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 19-8-2 — NC Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19-8-2
§ 19-8.2. Right of entry
Status: in_force

Authorized representatives of the Commission for Public Health, any local health department or the Department of Health and Human Services, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge of a place described in G.S. 19-1.2 , are authorized to enter without delay and at any reasonable time any such place in order to inspect and investigate during the regular hours of operation of such place.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-443 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-443
§ 153A-443. Redesignation of site of “courthouse door,” etc.
Status: in_force

If a county determines that the traditional location of the “courthouse,” the “courthouse door,” the “courthouse bulletin board” or the “courthouse steps” has become inappropriate or inconvenient for the doing of any act or the posting of any notice required by law to be done or posted at such a site, the county may by ordinance designate some appropriate or more convenient location for the site. The board of commissioners shall cause such an ordinance to be published at least once within 30 days after the day it is adopted and shall cause a copy of it to be posted for 60 days at the traditional location.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-56 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-56
§ 108A-56. Acceptance of federal grants
Status: in_force

All of the provisions of the federal Social Security Act providing grants to the states for medical assistance are accepted and adopted, and the provisions of this Part shall be liberally construed to effectuate compliance with the act, except to the extent the applicability of federal law or rules have been waived by agreement between the State and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Nothing in this Part or the regulations made under its authority shall be construed to deprive a recipient of assistance of the right to choose the licensed provider of the care or service made available under this Part within the provisions of the federal Social Security Act, or valid waiver agreement. This section shall not be construed to prohibit a PHP from (i) requiring its enrollees to obtain services from providers that are under contract with the PHP or (ii) imposing utilization management criteria to a request for services, to the extent these actions are not otherwise prohibited by State or federal law or regulation, or by the Department.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-255 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-255
§ 136-255. Expenditure
Status: in_force

No monies shall be expended from the Fund until appropriated by the General Assembly.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-40-75 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-40-75
§ 58-40-75. Agreements to adhere
Status: in_force

No insurer shall assume any obligation to any person, other than a policyholder or other insurers with which it is under common control or management or is a member of a market assistance program or of a joint underwriting or joint reinsurance organization, to use or adhere to certain rates or rules; and no other person shall impose any penalty or other adverse consequence for failure of an insurer to adhere to certain rates or rules. This section does not apply to mandatory or voluntary risk sharing plans established under Article 42 of this Chapter or apportionment agreements among insurers approved by the Commissioner pursuant to G.S. 58-40-95 . Provided, however, that members and subscribers of statistical organizations may use the rates, rating systems, underwriting rules, or policy or bond forms of such organizations either consistently or intermittently. The fact that two or more admitted insurers, whether or not members or subscribers of a statistical organization, consistently or intermittently use the rates or rating systems made or adopted by a statistical organization, or the underwriting rules or policy or bond forms prepared by a statistical organization, shall not be sufficient in itself to support a finding that an agreement to so adhere exists, and it may be used only for the purpose of supplementing or explaining direct evidence of the existence of any such agreement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-85-32 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-85-32
§ 90-85.32. Rules pertaining to filling, refilling, transfer, and mail or common-carrier delivery of prescription orders
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Board may adopt rules governing the filling, refilling and transfer of prescription orders not inconsistent with other provisions of law regarding the distribution of drugs and devices. The rules shall assure the safe and secure distribution of drugs and devices. Prescriptions marked PRN shall not be refilled more than one year after the date issued by the prescriber unless otherwise specified.

(b) Notwithstanding G.S. 90-85.6 , the Board shall not adopt rules pertaining to the shipment, mailing, or other manner of delivery of dispensed legend drugs that are more restrictive than federal statutes or regulations governing the delivery of prescription medications by mail or common carrier.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 78C-101 — NC Code / Chapter 78C / Section 78C-101
§ 78C-101. Administrative penalty
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may assess a civil penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a violation of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-449-54 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-449-54
§ 105-449.54. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles made process agent of nonresident motor carriers
Status: in_force

By operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this State, a nonresident motor carrier consents to the appointment of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as its attorney in fact and process agent for all summonses or other lawful process or notice in any action, assessment, or other proceeding under this Chapter.