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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-7-706 — NC Code / Chapter 52C / Section 52C-7-706
§ 52C-7-706. Registration of Convention support order
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this State as provided in Article 6 of this Chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding G.S. 52C-3-310 and G.S. 52C-6-602(a) , a request for registration of a Convention support order must be accompanied by:

(1) A complete text of the support order or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague Conference on Private International Law;

(2) A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country;

(3) If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;

(4) A record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and the date the amount was calculated;

(5) A record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and

(6) If necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.

(c) A request for registration of a Convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.

(d) A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of a Convention support order without the filing of a contest under G.S. 52C-7-707 only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.

(e) The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a Convention support order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-360-1 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-360-1
§ 1-360.1. Execution on the property of debtors of judgment debtor
Status: in_force

After the clerk of superior court determines to the clerk's satisfaction that the debtor of the judgment debtor acknowledged at a proceeding conducted pursuant to G.S. 1-360 that he is in possession of unencumbered property of such judgment debtor or is indebted to him in an amount exceeding ten dollars ($10.00), an execution shall issue against the property or debt of the judgment debtor that the debtor of the judgment debtor acknowledged he holds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-27 — NC Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96-27
§ 96-27. Method of handling employment service funds
Status: in_force

All federal funds received by this State under the Wagner-Peyser Act (48 Stat. 113; Title 29, U.S.C., section 49 ) as amended, and all State funds appropriated or made available to the Employment Security Section shall be paid into the Employment Security Administration Fund, and said moneys are hereby made available to the State employment service to be expended as provided in this Article and by said act of Congress. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the Section is authorized to enter into agreements with any political subdivision of this State or with any private, nonprofit organization, and as a part of any such agreement the Division may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the Employment Security Administration Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-76 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-76
§ 130A-76. Validation of dissolution of districts
Status: in_force

All actions prior to January 1, 1981, taken by a county board of commissioners, by the State Board of Health or Commission, by an officer or by any other agency, board or officer of the State in the dissolution of a sanitary district and the dissolution or attempted dissolution of a sanitary district are validated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-113-10 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-113-10
§ 90-113.10. Inhaling fumes for purpose of causing intoxication
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to knowingly breathe or inhale any compound, liquid, or chemical containing toluol, hexane, trichloroethane, isopropanol, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl cellosolve acetate, cyclohexanone, ethyl alcohol, or any other substance for the purpose of inducing a condition of intoxication. This section does not apply to any person using as an inhalant any chemical substance pursuant to the direction of a licensed medical provider authorized by law to prescribe the inhalant or chemical substance possessed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-234-15 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-234-15
§ 115C-234.15. Remote academy approval process
Status: in_force

(a) Each local board of education seeking to offer a remote academy shall submit to the State Board of Education for approval a plan that provides for the following:

(1) The range of grades for which the remote academy will offer courses.

(2) The method by which the remote academy will monitor calendar compliance, enrollment, daily attendance, course credit accrual, progress toward graduation, and course completion.

(3) Hardware, software, and learning management platforms that support online learning.

(4) The measures used to ensure that both synchronous and asynchronous remote instruction time, practice, and application components support learning growth that continues towards mastery of the standard course of study.

(5) The professional development that will be provided to those teaching in the remote academy related to the pedagogy of providing remote instruction.

(6) The identified characteristics for successful remote learning and criteria for admission to the remote academy. The governing body shall identify the means by which information will be communicated to the parents and legal guardians of prospective applicants and current enrollees about the remote academy and those characteristics and criteria to allow for informed decisions about enrollment.

(7) Any school nutrition services or transportation services that will be provided to students.

(b) The State Board of Education shall review and approve a plan submitted by a local board of education for the creation of a remote academy that meets the requirements established in this Part for a term of five years.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-390-5 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-390-5
§ 115C-390.5. Short-term suspension
Status: in_force

(a) The principal shall have authority to impose short-term suspension on a student who willfully engages in conduct that violates a provision of the Code of Student Conduct authorizing short-term suspension.

(b) If a student's short-term suspensions accumulate to more than 10 days in a semester, to the extent the principal has not already done so, he or she shall invoke the mechanisms provided for in the applicable safe schools plan adopted pursuant to G.S. 115C-105.47(b)(5) and (b)(6) .

(c) A student subject to short-term suspension shall be provided the following:

(1) The opportunity to take textbooks home for the duration of the suspension.

(2) Upon request, the right to receive all missed assignments and, to the extent practicable, the materials distributed to students in connection with the assignment.

(3) The opportunity to take any quarterly, semester, or grading period examinations missed during the suspension period.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-18-5B — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-18-5B
§ 136-18.5B. Dale Earnhardt Highway
Status: in_force

The Board of Transportation shall designate State Highway 136 in Iredell and Cabarrus counties as State Highway 3, which shall be known as the “Dale Earnhardt Highway”.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-113-34 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-113-34
§ 90-113.34. Records to be kept; copies of records
Status: in_force

(a) The Board shall keep a regular record of its proceedings, together with the names of the members of the Board present, the names of the applicants for registration, certification, and licensure as well as other information relevant to its actions. The Board shall cause a record to be kept that shall show the name, last known place of business, last known place of residence, and date and number of the credential assigned to each substance use disorder professional meeting the standards set forth in this Article. Any interested person in the State is entitled to obtain a copy of Board records upon application to the Board and payment of a reasonable charge that is based on the costs involved in providing the copy.

(b) The Board may in a closed session receive evidence regarding the provision of substance use disorder counseling or other treatment and services provided to a client who has not expressly or through implication consented to the public disclosure of such treatment as may be necessary for the protection of the rights of the client or of the accused registrant or substance use disorder professional and the full presentation of relevant evidence. All records, papers, and other documents containing information collected and compiled by the Board, its members, or employees as a result of investigations, inquiries, or interviews conducted in connection with awarding a credential or a disciplinary matter shall not be considered public records within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes , except any notice or statement of charges, or notice of hearing shall be a public record notwithstanding that it may contain information collected and compiled as a result of an investigation, inquiry, or interview. If any record, paper, or other document containing information collected and compiled by the Board as provided in this subsection is received and admitted in evidence in any hearing before the Board, it shall thereupon be a public record.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Board may, in any proceeding, record of any hearing, and notice of charges, withhold from public disclosure the identity of a client who has not expressly or through implication consented to such disclosure of treatment by the accused substance use disorder professional.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-341 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-341
§ 1-341. Annual value of land and waste charged against defendant
Status: in_force

The jury, in assessing the damages, shall estimate against the defendant the clear annual value of the premises during the time he was in possession, exclusive of the use of the improvements thereon made by himself or those under whom he claims, and also the damages for waste or other injury to the premises committed by the defendant. The defendant is not liable for the annual value or for damages for waste or other injury for any longer time than three years before the suit, unless he claims for improvements.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-164 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-164
§ 1-164. Amendment changing nature of action or relief; effect
Status: in_force

When the complaint is so amended as to change the nature of the action and the character of the relief demanded, the judgment rendered does not operate as an estoppel upon any person acquiring an interest in the property in controversy prior to the allowance of the amendment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131A-1 — NC Code / Chapter 131A / Section 131A-1
§ 131A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Health Care Facilities Finance Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-82-27 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-82-27
§ 163-82.27. Help America Vote Act of 2002
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the term “ Help America Vote Act of 2002 ” means the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, 116 Stat. 1666 (2002) , codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 15481 - 15485 [ 52 U.S.C. §§ 21081 - 21085 ]. Citations to titles and sections of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 are as they appear in the Public Law. The State Board shall have the authority to adopt rules and guidelines to implement the minimum requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-131 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-131
§ 7A-131. Establishment of district courts
Status: in_force

District courts are established, within districts, in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) On the first Monday in December, 1966, the first, the twelfth, the fourteenth, the sixteenth, the twenty-fifth, and the thirtieth districts;

(2) On the first Monday in December, 1968, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, the ninth, the tenth, the eleventh, the thirteenth, the fifteenth, the eighteenth, the twentieth, the twenty-first, the twenty-fourth, the twenty-sixth, the twenty-seventh, and the twenty-ninth districts;

(3) On the first Monday in December, 1970, the seventeenth, the nineteenth, the twenty-second, the twenty-third, and the twenty-eighth districts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-4-1 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-4-1
§ 28A-4-1. Order of persons qualified to serve
Status: in_force

(a) Letters Testamentary.--Letters testamentary shall be granted to the executor or executors named or designated in the will, or if no such person qualifies, to any substitute or successor executor named or designated in the will. If no person so named or designated qualifies, letters testamentary shall be granted to some other person nominated by a person upon whom the will expressly confers the authority to make such nomination. If none of the foregoing persons qualifies, the clerk shall grant letters of administration in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Letters of Administration.--Letters of administration shall be granted to persons who are qualified to serve, in the following order, unless the clerk of superior court in the discretion of the clerk of superior court determines that the best interests of the estate otherwise require:

(1) The surviving spouse of the decedent;

(2) Any devisee of the testator;

(3) Any heir of the decedent;

(3a) Any next of kin, with a person who is of a closer kinship as computed pursuant to G.S. 104A-1 having priority;

(4) Any creditor to whom the decedent became obligated prior to the decedent's death;

(5) Any person of good character residing in the county who applies therefor; and

(6) Any other person of good character not disqualified under G.S. 28A-4-2 .

When applicants are equally entitled, letters shall be granted to the applicant who, in the judgment of the clerk of superior court, is most likely to administer the estate advantageously, or they may be granted to any two or more of such applicants.

(c) Any interested person may file a petition pursuant to Article 2 of this Chapter alleging that all or any of the persons described in subsection (b) of this section is disqualified in accordance with G.S. 28A-4-2 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-64-33 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-64-33
§ 143-64.33. Advice in selecting consultants or negotiating consultant contracts
Status: in_force

On architectural, engineering, or surveying contracts, the Department of Transportation or the Department of Administration may provide, upon request by a county, city, town or other subdivision of the State, advice in the process of selecting consultants or in negotiating consultant contracts with architects, engineers, or surveyors or any or all.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-260-6 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-260-6
§ 143-260.6. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the State Nature and Historic Preserve Dedication Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-81-70 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-81-70
§ 115C-81.70. Disability history and awareness
Status: in_force

(a) Each local board of education shall provide instruction on disability, people with disabilities, and the disability rights movement in conjunction with Disability History and Awareness Month, established pursuant to G.S. 103-11 .

(b) This instruction shall be incorporated through measures that include any of the following:

(1) Supplementing existing lesson plans.

(2) Holding school assemblies.

(3) Hosting disability-focused film festivals.

(4) Organizing other school activities.

Local boards of education are encouraged to incorporate individuals with disabilities or knowledgeable guest speakers from the disability community into the delivery of this instruction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-78-5 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-78-5
§ 131E-78.5. Designation as primary stroke center
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall designate as a primary stroke center any hospital licensed under this Article that demonstrates to the Department that the hospital is certified by the Joint Commission or other nationally recognized accrediting body that requires conformance to best practices for stroke care in order to be identified as a primary stroke center. A hospital that is certified by the Joint Commission or other nationally recognized accrediting body that requires conformance to best practices for stroke care in order to be identified as a primary stroke center shall report the certification to the Department within 90 days of receiving that certification. A hospital shall inform the Department of any changes to its certification status within 30 days of any change.

(b) Each hospital designated as a primary stroke center pursuant to this section shall make efforts to coordinate the provision of appropriate acute stroke care with other hospitals licensed in this State through a formal written agreement. The agreement shall, at a minimum, address (i) transportation of acute stroke patients to hospitals designated as primary stroke centers and (ii) acceptance by hospitals designated as primary stroke centers of acute stroke patients initially treated at hospitals that are not capable of providing appropriate stroke care.

(c) The Department shall maintain within the Division of Health Service Regulation, Office of Emergency Services, a list of the hospitals designated as primary stroke centers in accordance with this section and post the list on the Department's Internet Web site. Annually on June 1, the Department shall transmit this list to the medical director of each licensed emergency medical services provider in this State.

(d) A hospital licensed under this Article shall not advertise or hold itself out to the public as a primary stroke center unless certified as a primary stroke center by the Joint Commission or other nationally recognized accrediting body that requires conformance to best practices for stroke care in order to be identified as a primary stroke center.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to do any of the following:

(1) Establish a standard of medical practice for stroke patients.

(2) Restrict in any way the authority of any hospital to provide services authorized under its hospital license.

(f) The Department may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 81A-30 — NC Code / Chapter 81A / Section 81A-30
§ 81A-30. Injunction
Status: in_force

The Commissioner or his authorized agent is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-407-12 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-407-12
§ 115C-407.12. Educational opportunities for children of National Guard and Reserve members not in active duty status
Status: in_force

(a) The following definitions apply in this Part:

(1) Children of inactive members .--School-aged children, enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grade, in the household of an inactive member.

(2) Inactive member .--A member of the National Guard and Reserve of any branch of the uniformed services of the United States who is inactive and not on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 12301, et seq., and 10 U.S.C. § 12401, et seq.

(3) Local education agency .--A public authority legally constituted by the State as an administrative agency to provide control of and direction for kindergarten through twelfth grade public educational institutions.

(b) For intrastate transfers between local education agencies in this State, children of inactive members shall be provided the same services as provided for children of military families under Part 1 of this Article if the inactive member is required to move to perform military service-related responsibilities and presents a copy of the official military transfer order to the school from which the services for the child are requested.

(c) For interstate transfers, if the inactive member is required to move to perform military service-related responsibilities and presents a copy of the official military transfer order to the school from which the services for the child are requested, the following shall apply:

(1) Local education agencies in this State shall provide the same services as provided for children of military families under Part 1 of this Article to children of inactive members transferring to the State within the limitations established by subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(2) Local education agencies in this State shall not require local education agencies outside of the State to provide services to children of inactive members transferring to or from the State. Local education agencies in the State shall make an attempt to coordinate on behalf of children of inactive members with local education agencies outside of the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-982 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-982
§ 106-982. Directors
Status: in_force

There shall not be less than three directors, one of whom shall always be a person designated by the Commissioner, which one need not be a stockholder.