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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-62 — NC Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135-62
§ 135-62. Return of accumulated contributions
Status: reserved

(a) Should a member cease membership service otherwise than by death or retirement under the provisions of this Article, he shall, upon submission of an application, be paid, not earlier than 60 days from the date of termination of service, his contributions and the accumulated regular interest thereon, provided that he has not in the meantime returned to service as a judge. Upon payment of such accumulated contributions his membership in the Retirement System shall cease and, if he thereafter again becomes a member, no credit shall be allowed for any service previously rendered, except as otherwise provided in G.S. 135-56(b) . Any such payment of a member's accumulated contributions shall be in full and complete discharge of any rights in or to any benefits otherwise payable under this Article.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1993, c. 531, § 7, eff. July 24, 1993 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-49-20 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-49-20
§ 58-49-20. Subject to State laws
Status: in_force

Any person unable to show that it is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another agency or subdivision of this State or the federal government, shall be subject to all appropriate provisions of this Chapter regarding the conduct of its business.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-154-2 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-154-2
§ 131E-154.2. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Part:

(1) Commission.--The North Carolina Medical Care Commission.

(2) Department.--The Department of Health and Human Services.

(3) Health care facility.--A hospital; psychiatric facility; rehabilitation facility; long-term care facility; home health agency; intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities; chemical dependency treatment facility; and ambulatory surgical facility.

(4) Nursing pool.--Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association engaged for hire in the business of providing or procuring temporary employment in health care facilities for nursing personnel, including nurses, nursing assistants, nurses aides, and orderlies. “Nursing pool” does not include an individual who engages solely in providing the individual's own services on a temporary basis to health care facilities.

(5) Trauma.--Acute physical injury to the human body that is judged, by the use of standardized field triage criteria (anatomic, physiologic, or mechanism of injury), to create a significant risk of mortality or major morbidity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-28A — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-28A
§ 143-215.28A. Application fees
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with G.S. 143-215.3(a)(1a) , the Commission may establish a fee schedule for processing applications for approvals of construction or removal of dams issued under this Part. In establishing the fee schedule, the Commission shall consider the administrative and personnel costs incurred by the Department for processing the applications and for related compliance activities. The total amount of fees collected in any fiscal year may not exceed one-third of the total personnel and administrative costs incurred by the Department for processing the applications and for related compliance activities in the prior fiscal year. An approval fee may not exceed the larger of two hundred dollars ($200.00) or two percent (2%) of the actual cost of construction or removal of the applicable dam. The fee for notification of a professionally supervised dam removal under G.S. 143-215.27(c)(1) shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00) and shall be paid to the Department. The provisions of G.S. 143-215.3(a)(1b) do not apply to these fees.

(b) The Dam Safety Account is established as a nonreverting account within the Department. Fees collected under this section shall be credited to the Account and shall be applied to the costs of administering this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-449-69A — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-449-69A
§ 105-449.69A. Temporary license during disaster response period
Status: in_force

(a) Temporary License.--The Secretary may grant a temporary license to an applicant to import, export, distribute, or transport motor fuel in this State in response to a state of emergency or a disaster declaration. The terms “state of emergency” and “disaster declaration” have the same meaning as defined in G.S. 166A-19.3 . A temporary license is effective on the date the applicant engages in business in this State and expires 30 days after that date. Prior to the expiration of the temporary license, the licensee may request, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, that the license be extended for an additional 30 days, if the state of emergency or disaster declaration remains in effect. A temporary license issued under this section may not be renewed or a new temporary license granted if the licensee failed to comply with this Article.

(b) Requirements.--To obtain a temporary license, a person must file an application with the Secretary on a form prescribed by the Secretary within seven calendar days of engaging in business in this State. The application must be filed prior to the termination of the state of emergency or disaster declaration and must include all of the following information:

(1) The legal name of the business and the trade name, if applicable, under which the person will transact business within the State.

(2) The federal identification number of the business or, if such number is unavailable, the Social Security number of the owner.

(3) The location, with a street number address, of the principal office or place of business and the location where records will be made available for inspection.

(4) Any other information required by the Secretary.

(c) Exceptions.--The Secretary may issue a temporary license under this section as an importer, exporter, distributor, or transporter without requiring the applicant to file with the Secretary a bond or an irrevocable letter of credit, as otherwise required by G.S. 105-449.72 , and without requiring the applicant to be authorized to transact business in this State with the Secretary of State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-8A-1 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-8A-1
§ 36C-8A-1. “Power holder” defined
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this Article:

(1) The term “ power holder ” means a person described in subdivision (2) of this subsection that under the terms of a trust has the power to take certain actions with respect to a trust and that is not any of the following:

a. A trustee.

b. A settlor with a power to direct or consent pursuant to G.S. 36C-8-808 .

c. A person in which a donor creates a power of appointment.

d. A person that has authority to consent to the exercise of a power of appointment.

e. A beneficiary with a power over a trust to the extent the exercise or nonexercise of the power affects the beneficial interest of the beneficiary or another beneficiary represented by a beneficiary under G.S. 36C-3-301 through G.S. 36C-3-305 with respect to the exercise or nonexercise of the power.

(2) A power holder may be any of the following:

a. One or more individuals.

b. One or more other persons each of which is qualified to exercise trust powers in this State.

c. Any combination of the persons described in sub-subdivisions a. and b. of this subdivision.

(b) A person is a power holder whether or not the terms of a trust refer to the person as a power holder and, except as otherwise provided in sub-subdivisions (a)(1)b. and e. of this section, whether or not the person is a beneficiary or settlor of the trust.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116C-5 — NC Code / Chapter 116C / Section 116C-5
§ 116C-5. STEM education priorities
Status: reserved

(a) The Education Cabinet shall set as a priority an increase in the number of students earning postsecondary credentials in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to reduce the gap between needed credentialed workers and available jobs in those fields by 2015.

(b) The Education Cabinet shall encourage cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher education to prepare students for postsecondary study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and shall identify and support efforts at institutions of higher education to increase the number of students seeking and successfully completing postsecondary certificates or degrees in those fields. The Education Cabinet shall monitor progress of those efforts.

(c) The Education Cabinet shall determine measurements for assessing the number of available jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the State, and the number of students earning postsecondary credentials in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at all institutions of higher education in the State, including community colleges and both public and private colleges and universities.

(d) The Education Cabinet shall identify federal, State, and local funds that may be used to support this priority. In addition, the Education Cabinet is strongly encouraged to pursue private funds that could be used to support this priority.

(e) Repealed by S.L. 2019-165, § 1.1, eff. July 26, 2019 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-292 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-292
§ 90-292. Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

It is declared to be a policy of the State of North Carolina that, in order to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare; to protect the public from being misled by incompetent, unscrupulous, and unauthorized persons and from unprofessional conduct on the part of qualified speech and language pathologists and audiologists and to help assure the availability of the highest possible quality speech and language pathology and audiology services to the communicatively handicapped people of this State, it is necessary to provide regulatory authority over persons offering speech and language pathology and audiology services to the public.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-748 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-748
§ 143-748. Confidentiality of internal audit work papers
Status: in_force

Internal audit work papers are confidential except as otherwise provided in this section or upon subpoena issued by a duly authorized court. A published internal audit report is a public record as defined in G.S. 132-1 to the extent it does not include information which is confidential under State or federal law or would compromise the security of a State agency. An internal auditor shall maintain for 10 years a complete file of all audit reports and reports of other examinations, investigations, surveys, and reviews conducted under the internal auditor's authority. Audit work papers and other evidence and related supportive material directly pertaining to the work of the internal auditor's office shall be retained in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Statutes . Unless otherwise prohibited by law and to promote intergovernmental cooperation and avoid unnecessary duplication of audit effort, audit work papers related to released audit reports shall be made available for inspection by duly authorized representatives of the State and federal government in connection with some matter officially before them.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-250 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-250
§ 66-250. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Itinerant merchant.--A person, other than a merchant with an established retail store in the county, who transports an inventory of goods to a building, vacant lot, or other location in a county and who, at that location, displays the goods for sale and sells the goods at retail or offers the goods for sale at retail.

(2) Peddler.--A person who travels from place to place with an inventory of goods, who sells the goods at retail or offers the goods for sale at retail, and who delivers the identical goods.

(3) Person.--An individual, a firm, an association, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, a unit of government, or another group acting as a unit.

(4) Specialty market.--A location, other than a permanent retail store, where space is rented to others for the purpose of selling goods at retail or offering goods for sale at retail.

(5) Specialty market operator.--A person, other than the State or a unit of local government, who rents space, at a location other than a permanent retail store, to others for the purpose of selling goods at retail or offering goods for sale at retail.

(6) Specialty market vendor.--A person, other than a merchant with an established retail store in the county, who transports an inventory of goods to a specialty market and, at that location, displays the goods for sale and sells the goods at retail or offers the goods for sale at retail.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-20-3 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-20-3
§ 47-20.3. Place of registration; instruments covering both personal property and real property
Status: in_force

To be validly registered pursuant to G.S. 47-20 , a mortgage, deed of trust or conditional sales contract, or any combination of these, of both personal property and real property must be registered pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 47-20.1 for the real property covered by the instrument and pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 47-20.2 for the personal property covered by the instrument, and in each case the registration must be indexed in the records designated for the particular type of property involved.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-34 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-34
§ 147-34. Office and office hours
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall attend at his office, in the City of Raleigh, between the hours of 10 o'clock A.M. and three o'clock P.M., on every day of the year, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-343-5 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-343-5
§ 7A-343.5. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) “ Accounting system ” means the total structure of records and procedures which discover, record, classify, and report information on the financial position and operating results of the Judicial Department, or a segment of the Judicial Department, or any of its funds, balanced account groups, and organizational components.

(2) “ Internal auditing ” means an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value to and improve an organization's operations. Internal auditing helps an organization accomplish its objectives by using a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, controls, and governance processes. The types of audits the internal auditors may provide include, but are not limited to:

a. Efficiency or economy audits to evaluate areas at risk and require improvements to promote operating effectiveness and efficiency, mitigate the risk of liability, and realize economies.

b. Financial audits to determine whether financial operations are properly functioning.

c. Compliance audits or reviews to assess compliance with laws and regulations.

d. Internal control audits to assess the controls related to financial transactions and reporting.

e. Case file and procedural audits to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance.

f. Performance and management audits entail an objective and systematic examination of evidence to provide an independent assessment of the performance and management of a program against objective criteria as well as assessments that provide a prospective focus or that synthesize information on best practices.

g. Investigative or fraud audits to make an independent assessment of allegations of fraud, misuse, or process manipulation or alleged violations of federal, State, or local laws.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-288-6 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-288-6
§ 14-288.6. Looting; trespass during emergency
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who enters upon the premises of another without legal justification when the usual security of property is not effective due to the occurrence or aftermath of riot, insurrection, invasion, storm, fire, explosion, flood, collapse, or other disaster or calamity is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor of trespass during an emergency.

(b) Any person who commits the crime of trespass during emergency and, without legal justification, obtains or exerts control over, damages, ransacks, or destroys the property of another is guilty of the felony of looting and shall be punished as a Class H felon.

(c) Any person whose person or property is injured by reason of a violation of this section may sue for and recover from the violator three times the actual damages sustained, as well as court costs and attorneys' fees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-58 — NC Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-58
§ 59-58. Partner's interest subject to charging order
Status: in_force

(a) On due application to a competent court by any judgment creditor of a partner, the court which entered the judgment, order or decree, or any other court, may charge the interest of the debtor partner with payment of the unsatisfied amount of such judgment debt with interest thereon; and may then or later appoint a receiver of his share of the profits, and of any other money due or to fall due to him in respect of the partnership, and make all other orders, directions, accounts and inquiries which the debtor partner might have made, or which the circumstances of the case may require.

(b) The interest charged may be redeemed at any time before foreclosure, or in case of a sale being directed by the court may be purchased without thereby causing a dissolution:

(1) With separate property, by any one or more of the partners, or

(2) With partnership property, by any one or more of the partners with the consent of all the partners whose interests are not so charged or sold.

(c) Nothing in this Act shall be held to deprive a partner of his right, if any, under the exemption laws, as regards his interest in the partnership.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-284 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-284
§ 153A-284. Power to require connections
Status: in_force

(a) A county may require the owner of developed property on which there are situated one or more residential dwelling units or commercial establishments located so as to be served by a water line or sewer collection line owned, leased as lessee, or operated by the county or on behalf of the county to connect the owner's premises with the water or sewer line and may fix charges for these connections.

(b) In the case of improved property that would qualify for the issuance of a building permit for the construction of one or more residential dwelling units or commercial establishments and where the county has installed water or sewer lines or a combination thereof directly available to the property, the county may require payment of a periodic availability charge, not to exceed the minimum periodic service charge for properties that are connected.

(c) In accordance with G.S. 87-97.1 , when developed property is located so as to be served by a county water line and the property owner has connected to that water line, the property owner may continue to use any private water well located on the property for nonpotable purposes as long as the water well is not interconnected to the county water line and the county shall not require the owner of any such water well to abandon, cap, or otherwise compromise the integrity of the water well.

(d) The owner of real property subject to an agreement under Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes that is denied connection to water or sewer by a county may, notwithstanding the agreement, seek to obtain water or sewer from any other unit of local government. If a court order impacts the provision of water or sewer to real property, the owner of real property denied the provision of water or sewer shall have standing to petition the court for an order for appropriate relief and the court shall, as promptly as possible, set any such petition for hearing. For purposes of this subsection, “ impacts ” shall include any effect or ramification that prevents the owner of real property from seeking voluntary annexation by a city capable of providing water or sewer to that real property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-11 — NC Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77-11
§ 77-11. Public landings
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners may establish public landings on any navigable stream or watercourse in the county upon petition in writing. Unless it shall appear to the board that the person owning the lands sought to be used for a public landing shall have had 20 days' notice of the intention to file such petition, the same shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the board until the succeeding meeting of the board, and notice thereof shall be posted during the same period at the courthouse door. At said meeting of the board, the allegations of the petition shall be heard, and if sufficient reason be shown, the board shall order the establishment of the public landing. The board shall at that time initiate proceedings under the Chapter entitled Eminent Domain.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-598 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-598
§ 1-598. Sworn statement prima facie evidence of qualifications; affidavit of publication
Status: in_force

Whenever any owner, partner, publisher, or other authorized officer or employee of any newspaper which has published a notice or any other paper, document or legal advertisement within the meaning of G.S. 1-597 has made a written statement under oath taken before any notary public or other officer or person authorized by law to administer oaths, stating that the newspaper in which such notice, paper, document, or legal advertisement was published, was, at the time of such publication, a newspaper meeting all of the requirements and qualifications prescribed by G.S. 1-597 , such sworn written statement shall be received in all courts in this State as prima facie evidence that such newspaper was at the time stated therein a newspaper meeting the requirements and qualifications of G.S. 1-597 . When filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court of any county in which the publication of such notice, paper, document or legal advertisement was required or authorized, any such sworn statement shall be deemed to be a record of the court, and such record or a copy thereof duly certified by the clerk shall be prima facie evidence that the newspaper named was at the time stated therein a qualified newspaper within the meaning of G.S. 1-597 . Nothing in this section shall preclude proof that a newspaper was or is a qualified newspaper within the meaning of G.S. 1-597 by any other competent evidence. Any such sworn written statement shall be prima facie evidence of the qualifications on any newspaper at the time of any publication of any notice, paper, document, or legal advertisement published in such newspaper at any time from and after the first day of May, 1940.

The owner, a partner, publisher or other authorized officer or employee of any newspaper in which such notice, paper, document or legal advertisement is published, when such newspaper is a qualified newspaper within the meaning of G.S. 1-597 , shall include in the affidavit of publication of such notice, paper, document or legal advertisement a statement that at the time of such publication such newspaper was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of G.S. 1-597 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-135 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-135
§ 159-135. Application of proceeds
Status: in_force

After payment of any notes issued in anticipation of the sale of the bonds and after payment of the cost of preparing, marketing, and issuing the bonds, the proceeds of the sale of a bond issue shall be applied only to the purposes for which the issue was authorized. Any excess amount which for any reason is not needed for any such purpose shall be applied either (i) toward the purchase and retirement of bonds of that issue at not more than their face value and accrued interest, or (ii) toward payment of the earliest maturing installments of that issue, or (iii) in accordance with any trust agreement or resolution securing the bonds.