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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-185 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-185
§ 153A-185. Authority to make special assessments
Status: in_force

A county may make special assessments against benefited property within the county for all or part of the costs of:

(1) Constructing, reconstructing, extending, or otherwise building or improving water systems;

(2) Constructing, reconstructing, extending, or otherwise building or improving sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems;

(3) Acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending, renovating, enlarging, maintaining, operating, or otherwise building or improving

a. Beach erosion control or flood and hurricane protection works; and

b. Watershed improvement projects, drainage projects and water resources development projects (as those projects are defined in G.S. 153A-301 ).

(4) Constructing, reconstructing, paving, widening, installing curbs and gutters, and otherwise building and improving streets, as provided in G.S. 153A-205 .

(5) Providing street lights and street lighting in a residential subdivision, as provided in G.S. 153A-206 .

A county may not assess property within a city pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of this section unless the governing board of the city has by resolution approved the project.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-118 — NC Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75-118
§ 75-118. Enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) A person or entity who receives an unsolicited advertisement in violation of this Article may bring any of the following actions in civil court:

(1) An action to enjoin further violations of this Article by the person or entity who sent the unsolicited advertisement.

(2) An action to recover five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first violation, one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the second violation, and five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the third and any other violation that occurs within two years of the first violation.

(b) In an action brought pursuant to this Article, the court may award a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorneys' fees if the court finds the defendant willfully engaged in the act or practice, and the court may award reasonable attorneys' fees to a prevailing defendant if the court finds that the plaintiff knew, or should have known, that the action was frivolous and malicious.

(c) Actions brought by a person or entity pursuant to this section shall be tried in the county where the plaintiff resides at the time of the commencement of the action.

(d) This section shall not be construed to alter or restrict any remedy a person may have under federal law, including the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005, against a person or entity who sends an unsolicited advertisement.

(e) A violation of G.S. 75-116 is a violation of G.S. 75-1.1 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-164 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-164
§ 62-164. Applications to receive immediate attention; continuances
Status: in_force

All applications for the issuance of securities or assumption of liability or obligation shall be placed at the head of the Commission's docket and disposed of promptly, and all such applications shall be disposed of in 30 days after the same are filed with the Commission, unless it is necessary for good cause to continue the same for a longer period for consideration. Whenever such application is continued beyond 30 days after the time it is filed, the order making such continuance must state fully the facts necessitating such continuance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-269-8 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-269-8
§ 14-269.8. Purchase or possession of firearms by person subject to domestic violence order prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with G.S. 50B-3.1 , it is unlawful for any person to possess, purchase, or receive or attempt to possess, purchase, or receive a firearm, as defined in G.S. 14-409.39(2) , machine gun, ammunition, or permits to purchase or carry concealed firearms if ordered by the court for so long as that protective order or any successive protective order entered against that person pursuant to Chapter 50B of the General Statutes is in effect.

(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class H felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-611 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-611
§ 160A-611. Authority of Utilities Commission not affected
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, nothing in this Article shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the power or authority of the North Carolina Utilities Commission or the right of appeal to the North Carolina Utilities Commission as provided by law.

(b) The North Carolina Utilities Commission shall not have jurisdiction over rates, fees, charges, routes, and schedules of an Authority for service within its territorial jurisdiction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-191-1 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-191-1
§ 7A-191.1. Recording of proceeding in which defendant pleads guilty or no contest to felony in district court
Status: in_force

The trial judge shall require that a true, complete, and accurate record be made of the proceeding in which a defendant pleads guilty or no contest to a Class H or I felony pursuant to G.S. 7A-272 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-317 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-317
§ 25-9-317. Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien
Status: in_force

(a) Conflicting security interests and rights of lien creditors.--A security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to the rights of:

(1) A person entitled to priority under G.S. 25-9-322 ; and

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, a person that becomes a lien creditor before the earlier of the time:

a. The security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; or

b. One of the conditions specified in G.S. 25-9-203(b)(3) is met and a financing statement covering the collateral is filed.

(b) Buyers that receive delivery.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, a buyer, other than a secured party, of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a certificated security takes free of a security interest or agricultural lien if the buyer gives value and receives delivery of the collateral without knowledge of the security interest or agricultural lien and before it is perfected.

(c) Lessees that receive delivery.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, a lessee of goods takes free of a security interest or agricultural lien if the lessee gives value and receives delivery of the collateral without knowledge of the security interest or agricultural lien and before it is perfected.

(d) Licensees and buyers of certain collateral.--A licensee of a general intangible or a buyer, other than a secured party, of collateral other than tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a certificated security takes free of a security interest if the licensee or buyer gives value without knowledge of the security interest and before it is perfected.

(e) Purchase-money security interest.--Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 25-9-320 and G.S. 25-9-321 , if a person files a financing statement with respect to a purchase-money security interest before or within 20 days after the debtor receives delivery of the collateral, the security interest takes priority over the rights of a buyer, lessee, or lien creditor which arise between the time the security interest attaches and the time of filing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-127 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-127
§ 14-127. Willful and wanton injury to real property
Status: in_force

If any person shall willfully and wantonly damage, injure or destroy any real property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-972 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-972
§ 15A-972. Motion to suppress evidence before trial in superior court in general
Status: in_force

When an indictment has been returned or an information has been filed in the superior court, or a defendant has been bound over for trial in superior court, a defendant who is aggrieved may move to suppress evidence in accordance with the terms of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-209-13 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-209-13
§ 116-209.13. Tax exemption
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this Article in all respects will be for the benefit of the people of the State, for their well-being and prosperity and for the improvement of their social and economic conditions, and the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes on any property owned by the Authority under the provisions of this Article or upon the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this Article shall at all times be free from taxation by the State or any local unit or political subdivision or other instrumentality of the State, excepting inheritance or gift taxes, income taxes on the gain from the transfer of the bonds, and franchise taxes. The interest on the bonds is not subject to taxation as income.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A-50 — NC Code / Chapter 113A / Section 113A-50
§ 113A-50. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known as and may be cited as the “Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-47-13 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-47-13
§ 95-47.13. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this Article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Article are severable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-102 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-102
§ 62-102. Application for certificate
Status: reserved

(a) An applicant for the certificate described in G.S. 62-101 shall file an application with the Commission containing the following information:

(1) The reasons the transmission line is needed;

(2) A description of the proposed location of the transmission line;

(3) A description of the proposed transmission line;

(4) An environmental report setting forth:

a. The environmental impact of the proposed action;

b. Any proposed mitigating measures that may minimize the environmental impact; and

c. Alternatives to the proposed action.

(5) A list of all necessary approvals that the applicant must obtain before it may begin to construct the transmission line; and

(6) Any other information the Commission requires.

(b) Within 10 days of filing the application, the applicant shall serve a copy of it on each of the following in the manner provided in G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4 :

(1) The Public Staff;

(2) The Attorney General;

(3) The Department of Environmental Quality;

(4) The Department of Commerce;

(5) The Department of Transportation;

(6) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;

(7) The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources;

(8) Each county through which the applicant proposes to construct the transmission line;

(9) Each municipality through whose jurisdiction the applicant proposes to construct the transmission line; and

(10) Any other party that the Commission orders the applicant to serve.

The copy of the application served on each shall be accompanied by a notice specifying the date on which the application was filed.

(c) Within 10 days of the filing of the application, the applicant shall give public notice to persons residing in each county and municipality in which the transmission line is to be located by publishing a summary of the application in newspapers of general circulation so as to substantially inform those persons of the filing of the application. This notice shall thereafter be published in those newspapers a minimum of three additional times before the time for parties to intervene has expired. The summary shall also be sent to the North Carolina State Clearinghouse. The summary shall be subject to prior approval of the Commission and shall contain at a minimum the following:

(1) A summary of the proposed action;

(2) A description of the location of the proposed transmission line written in a readable style;

(3) The date on which the application was filed; and

(4) The date by which an interested person must intervene.

(d) Inadvertent failure of service on or notice to any municipality, county, governmental agency, or other person described in this section may be cured by an order of the Commission designed to give that person adequate notice to enable effective participation in the proceeding.

(e) An application for an amendment of a certificate shall be in a form approved by and shall contain any information required by the Commission. Notice of such an application shall be in the same manner as for a certificate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-191 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-191
§ 130A-191. Possession and distribution of rabies vaccine
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for persons other than licensed veterinarians, certified rabies vaccinators and persons engaged in the distribution of rabies vaccine to possess rabies vaccine. Persons engaged in the distribution of vaccines may distribute, sell and offer to sell rabies vaccine only to licensed veterinarians and certified rabies vaccinators.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-618 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-618
§ 160A-618. Equipment trust certificates
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers here and before granted, the Authority shall have continuing power to purchase equipment, and in connection therewith execute agreements, leases with or without option to purchase, or equipment trust certificates. All money required to be paid by the Authority under the provisions of such agreements, leases with or without option to purchase, and equipment trust certificates shall be payable solely from the fares, fees, rentals, charges, revenues, and earnings of the Authority, monies derived from the sale of any surplus property of the Authority and gifts, grants, and contributions from any source whatever. Payment for such equipment or rentals therefore, may be made in installments; the deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust certificates payable solely from the aforesaid revenues or receipts and title to such equipment may or may not vest in the Authority until the equipment trust certificates are paid.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-23-3 — NC Code / Chapter 150B / Section 150B-23-3
§ 150B-23.3. Electronic filing
Status: in_force

In addition to any other method specified in G.S. 150B-23 , documents filed and served in a contested case may be filed and served electronically by means of an Electronic Filing Service Provider. For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “ Electronic filing ” means the electronic transmission of the petition, notice of hearing, pleadings, or any other documents filed in a contested case with the Office of Administrative Hearings, as further defined by rules adopted by the Office of Administrative Hearings.

(2) “ Electronic Filing Service Provider (EFSP) ” means the service provided by the Office of Administrative Hearings for e-filing and e-service of documents via the Internet.

(3) “ Electronic service ” means the electronic transmission of the petition, notice of hearing, pleadings, or any other documents in a contested case, as further defined by rules adopted by the Office of Administrative Hearings.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-276-1 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-276-1
§ 122C-276.1. Inpatient commitment; rehearings for respondents who are insanity acquittees
Status: in_force

(a) At least 15 days before the end of any inpatient commitment period ordered pursuant to G.S. 122C-268.1 , the clerk shall calendar the hearing and notify the parties as specified in G.S. 122C-264(d1) , unless the hearing is waived by the respondent.

(b) The proceedings of the rehearing shall be governed by the same procedures provided by G.S. 122C-268.1 .

(c) The respondent shall bear the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he (i) no longer has a mental illness as defined in G.S. 122C-3(21), or (ii) is no longer dangerous to others as defined in G.S. 122C-3(11) b. If the court is so satisfied, then the court shall order the respondent discharged and released. If the court finds that the respondent has not met his burden of proof, then the court shall order inpatient commitment be continued for a period not to exceed 180 days. The court shall make a written record of the facts that support its findings.

(d) At least 15 days before the end of any commitment period ordered pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and annually thereafter, the clerk shall calendar the hearing and notify the parties as specified in G.S. 122C-264(d1) . The procedures and standards for the rehearing are the same as under this section. No third or subsequent inpatient recommitment order shall be for a period longer than one year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-58-3 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-58-3
§ 160A-58.3. Annexed area subject to city taxes and debts
Status: in_force

From and after the effective date of the annexation ordinance, the annexed area and its citizens and property are subject to all debts, laws, ordinances and regulations of the annexing city, and are entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of the city. Real and personal property in the newly annexed territory on the January 1 immediately preceding the beginning of the fiscal year in which the annexation becomes effective is subject to municipal taxes as provided in G.S. 160A-58.10 . If the effective date of annexation falls between June 1 and June 30, and the privilege licenses of the annexing city are due on June 1, then businesses in the annexed area are liable for privilege license taxes at the full-year rate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-136-9 — NC Code / Chapter 110 / Section 110-136-9
§ 110-136.9. Payment of withheld funds
Status: in_force

In all cases, the State Child Support Collection and Disbursement Unit shall distribute payments received from payors to the appropriate recipient.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-106 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-106
§ 25-9-106. Control of investment property
Status: in_force

(a) Control under G.S. 25-8-106 . -- A person has control of a certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement as provided in G.S. 25-8-106 .

(b) Control of commodity contract. -- A secured party has control of a commodity contract if:

(1) The secured party is the commodity intermediary with which the commodity contract is carried; or

(2) The commodity customer, secured party, and commodity intermediary have agreed that the commodity intermediary will apply any value distributed on account of the commodity contract as directed by the secured party without further consent by the commodity customer.

(c) Effect of control of securities account or commodity account. -- A secured party having control of all security entitlements or commodity contracts carried in a securities account or commodity account has control over the securities account or commodity account.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-567-79 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-567-79
§ 1-567.79. Representation
Status: in_force

The parties may appear in person or be represented or assisted by any person of their choice.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-167 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-167
§ 131E-167. Certificate requirement
Status: in_force

(a) Applications for certification shall be available from the Department, and each application filed with the Department shall contain all necessary and reasonable information that the Department may by rule require. A certificate shall be granted to the applicant for a period not to exceed one year upon a determination by the Department that the applicant has substantially complied with the provisions of this Article and the rules promulgated by the Department under this Article. The Department shall charge the applicant a nonrefundable annual certification fee in the amount of three hundred eighty-five dollars ($385.00).

(b) A provisional certificate may be issued for a period not to exceed six months to a program:

(1) That does not substantially comply with the rules, when failure to comply does not endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the clients being served by the program;

(2) During the initial stages of operation if determined appropriate by the Department.

(c) Prior to offering a cardiac rehabilitation program as defined in this Article, such a program must be inspected, evaluated, and certified as having substantially met the rules adopted by the Department under this Article.

(d) A certificate to operate a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program shall be renewed upon the successful re-evaluation of the program as stated in the rules adopted pursuant to this Article.

(e) Each certificate shall be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the Department.

(f) A certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the certified premises.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-8-43 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-8-43
§ 55A-8-43. Resignation and removal of officers
Status: in_force

(a) An officer may resign at any time by communicating his resignation to the corporation. A resignation is effective when it is communicated unless it specifies in writing a later effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the corporation accepts the future effective date, its board of directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board of directors provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date.

(b) A board of directors may remove any officer at any time with or without cause.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28C-7 — NC Code / Chapter 28C / Section 28C-7
§ 28C-7. Property transferred to permanent receiver by order of judge; filing of inventory; recordation of order of transfer
Status: reserved

Upon the permanent receiver giving bond as required by G.S. 28C-16 and its approval by the judge, the judge shall order the temporary receiver to transfer and deliver to the permanent receiver custody and control of the absentee's property, and the permanent receiver shall file with the court an inventory of the property received by him. A copy of this order as it affects any real property shall be issued by the judge and delivered to the permanent receiver who shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county wherein such real property is situated.