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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-960 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-960
§ 143B-960. Criminal record checks of applicants for certification by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as euthanasia technicians
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety may provide a criminal record check to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a person who has applied for a new or renewal certification as a euthanasia technician. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall provide the Department of Public Safety a request for the criminal record check, the fingerprints of the individual to be checked, any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety, and a form signed by the person seeking certification consenting to the check of the criminal record. The fingerprints shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall keep all information pursuant to this section privileged, in accordance with applicable State law and federal guidelines, and the information shall be confidential and shall not be a public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes . The Department of Public Safety may charge each applicant a fee for conducting the checks of criminal history records authorized by this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-440-37 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-440-37
§ 1-440.37. Modification of the order of attachment
Status: in_force

At any time before judgment in the principal action, the defendant may apply to the clerk or the judge for an order modifying the order of attachment. Such motion shall be heard upon affidavits. If the order is modified, the court making the order of modification shall make such provisions with respect to bonds and other incidental matters as may be necessary to protect the rights of the parties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-52-10 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-52-10
§ 58-52-10. Regional plans authorized
Status: in_force

If “over 65” accident and health insurance plans exist or hereafter come into existence in other states pursuant to legislative authority similar to that herein given, North Carolina insurers may jointly participate with insurers of such other states in forming a regional plan to carry out the purposes of this Article. Any association formed for the operation of a regional plan shall be exempt from the provisions of G.S. 58-3-85 and may engage in business in North Carolina through its insurer members only, without being separately licensed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 139-39 — NC Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139-39
§ 139-39. Alternative method of financing watershed improvement programs by special county tax
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners in any county is authorized to call a special election to determine whether it be the will of the qualified voters of the county that they levy and cause to be collected annually, at the same time and in the same manner as the general county taxes are levied and collected, a special tax at a rate not to exceed twenty-five cents (25¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property in said county, to be known as a “Watershed Improvement Tax,” the funds therefrom, if the levy be authorized by the voters of said county, to be used for the prevention of flood water and sediment damages, and for furthering the conservation, utilization and disposal of water and the development of water resources. Any special election shall be conducted in accordance with G.S. 163-287 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-262 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-262
§ 115C-262. Liability insurance and tort liability
Status: in_force

Liability insurance and tort liability of local boards of education for actions arising out of activities conducted pursuant to this Part, are subject to the provisions of G.S. 115C-42 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-258-6 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-258-6
§ 163-258.6. Methods of registering to vote
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other approved method for registering to vote, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application, as prescribed under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, section 101(b)(2), 42 U.S.C. § 1973ff(b)(2) , or the application's electronic equivalent, to apply to register to vote.

(b) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying the federal write-in absentee ballot, as prescribed under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, section 103, 42 U.S.C. § 1973ff-2 , to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot.

(c) The State Board of Elections shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in G.S. 163-258.4(c) is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate election official. The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to register to vote.

(d) A covered voter's registration to vote by any method authorized by this section may be received at any time prior to the primary or election, but no later than 5:00 P.M. on the day before the primary or election.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-243 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-243
§ 131E-243. Review and termination of temporary management
Status: in_force

(a) The operations and continuing need for a temporary manager shall be reviewed by the court every 30 days following the appointment of the temporary manager.

(b) The court may order the replacement of a temporary manager upon a showing that the temporary manager has mismanaged the long-term care facility.

(c) The court shall order the termination of the temporary management upon the recommendation of the Department or upon a showing that the conditions leading to imposition of the temporary management have been resolved.

(d) When a long-term care facility is returned to its owner, the court may impose conditions to assure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-224-28 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-224-28
§ 53-224.28. Notice of subsequent merger or other change in control
Status: in_force

An out-of-state bank that maintains a branch in this State established pursuant to this Article shall give 30 days' prior written notice to the Commissioner of any merger, consolidation, or other transaction that would cause a change of control with respect to such out-of-state bank or any bank holding company that controls such bank, with the result that an application would be required to be filed pursuant to the federal Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended, 12 U.S.C. § 1817(j) or the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, 12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq., or any successor statutes thereto.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-206 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-206
§ 160A-206. General power to impose taxes
Status: in_force

(a) Authority.--A city shall have power to impose taxes only as specifically authorized by act of the General Assembly. Except when the statute authorizing a tax provides for penalties and interest, the power to impose a tax shall include the power to impose reasonable penalties for failure to declare tax liability, if required, or to impose penalties or interest for failure to pay taxes lawfully due within the time prescribed by law or ordinance. In determining the liability of any taxpayer for a tax, a city may not employ an agent who is compensated in whole or in part by the city for services rendered on a contingent basis or any other basis related to the amount of tax, interest, or penalty assessed against or collected from the taxpayer. The power to impose a tax shall also include the power to provide for its administration in a manner not inconsistent with the statute authorizing the tax.

(b) Prohibition.--A city may not impose a license, franchise, or privilege tax on a person engaged in any of the businesses listed in this subsection. These businesses are subject to sales tax at the combined general rate for which the city receives a share of the tax revenue or they are subject to the local sales tax:

(1) Supplying piped natural gas.

(2) Providing telecommunications service taxed under G.S. 105-164.4(a)(4c) .

(3) Providing video programming taxed under G.S. 105-164.4(a)(6) .

(4) Providing electricity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-258-19 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-258-19
§ 163-258.19. Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 102-16 — NC Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102-16
§ 102-16. Board of county commissioners to apply for assistance
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of each county may apply to the Secretary, upon forms provided by him and in accordance with directives and requirements outlined in G.S. 102-17 , for assistance in completing one or more projects. Such project or projects shall constitute one or more phases of a plan for the improvement of the county's land records. The work to be undertaken shall be described in relation to the county's revaluation schedule, and it shall be shown to be a part of a larger undertaking for achieving ultimate long-term improvements in the land records maintained by the county register of deeds, the county tax supervisor, or other county office.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-671 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-671
§ 90-671. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Associate Safety Professional (ASP).--A person who has met the education, experience, and examination requirements established by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals for an Associate Safety Professional.

(2) Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP).--A nonprofit corporation, incorporated in Illinois in 1969, established to improve the practice and educational standards of the profession of safety by certifying individuals who meet its education, experience, examination, and maintenance requirements.

(3) Certified Safety Professional (CSP).--A person who has met the education, experience, and examination requirements established by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals for a Certified Safety Professional.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 37A-4-401 — NC Code / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-4-401
§ 37A-4-401. Character of receipts
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, “ entity ” means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, or any other organization in which a trustee has an interest other than a trust or estate to which G.S. 37A-4-402 applies, a business or activity to which G.S. 37A-4-403 applies, or an asset-backed security to which G.S. 37A-4-415 applies.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a trustee shall allocate to income money received from an entity.

(c) A trustee shall allocate the following receipts from an entity to principal:

(1) Property other than money;

(2) Money received in one distribution or a series of related distributions in exchange for part or all of a trust's interest in the entity;

(3) Money received in total or partial liquidation of the entity; and

(4) Money received from an entity that is a regulated investment company or a real estate investment trust if the money distributed is a capital gain dividend for federal income tax purposes.

(d) Money is received in partial liquidation:

(1) To the extent that the entity, at or near the time of a distribution, indicates that it is a distribution in partial liquidation; or

(2) If the total amount of money and property received in a distribution or series of related distributions is greater than twenty percent (20%) of the entity's gross assets, as shown by the entity's year-end financial statements immediately preceding the initial receipt.

(e) Money is not received in partial liquidation, nor may it be taken into account under subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section, to the extent that it does not exceed the amount of income tax that a trustee or beneficiary shall pay on taxable income of the entity that distributes the money.

(f) A trustee may rely upon a statement made by an entity about the source or character of a distribution if the statement is made at or near the time of distribution by the entity's board of directors or other person or group of persons authorized to exercise powers to pay money or transfer property comparable to those of a corporation's board of directors.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-986 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-986
§ 143B-986. Authority to provide protection to certain public officials
Status: in_force

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is authorized to provide protection to public officials who request it, and who, in the discretion of the Director of the Bureau demonstrate a need for such protection. The Director of the Bureau shall notify the Governor whenever the State Bureau of Investigation provides protection to public officials pursuant to this section. The bureau shall not provide protection for any individual other than the Governor for a period greater than 30 days without review and approval by the Governor. This review and reapproval shall be required at the end of each 30-day period.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-65-95 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-65-95
§ 106-65.95. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall apply throughout this Article:

(1) “Bedding” means any mattress, upholstered spring, sleeping bag, pad, comforter, cushion, pillow, decorative pillow, and any other padded or stuffed item designed to be or commonly used for reclining or sleeping. This definition includes dual purpose furniture such as studio couches and sofa beds. The term “mattress” does not include water bed liners, bladders or cylinders unless they contain padding or stuffing. The term “mattress” also does not include quilts and comforters made principally by hand sewing or stitching in a home or community workshop.

(2) “Itinerant vendor” means a person who sells bedding from a movable conveyance.

(3) “Manufacture” means the making of bedding out of new materials.

(4) “New material” means any material or article that has not been used for any other purpose and by-products of industry that have not been in human use.

(5) “Previously used material” means any material of which previous use has been made, but manufacturing processes shall not be considered previous use.

(6) “Renovate” means the reworking or remaking of used bedding or the making of bedding from previously used materials, except for the renovator's own personal use or the use of the renovator's immediate family.

(7) “Sanitize” means treatment of secondhand bedding or previously used materials to be used in renovating for the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms and arthropods and the removal of dirt and filth.

(8) “Secondhand bedding” means any bedding of which prior use has been made.

(9) “Sell” or “sold” means sell, have to sell, give away in connection with a sale, delivery or consignment; or possess with intent to sell, deliver or consign in sale.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-72 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-72
§ 54B-72. Indemnity
Status: in_force

No person who is fined or penalized for a violation of any criminal provision of this Article shall be reimbursed or indemnified in any fashion by the association for such fine or penalty.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-277-15 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-277-15
§ 106-277.15. Rules, regulations and standards
Status: in_force

The Board of Agriculture, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, may adopt such rules, regulations and standards which they may find to be advisable or necessary to carry out and enforce the purposes and provisions of this Article, which shall have the force and effect of law. The Board of Agriculture shall adopt rules, regulations and standards as follows:

(1) Prescribing the methods of sampling, inspecting, analyzing, testing and examining agricultural and vegetable seed, and determining the tolerance to be followed in the administration of this Article.

(2) Declaring a list of prohibited and restricted noxious weeds, conforming with the definitions stated in this Article, and to add to or subtract therefrom, from time to time, after a public hearing following due public notice.

(3) Declaring the maximum percentage of total weed seed content permitted in agricultural seed.

(4) Declaring the maximum number of “restricted” noxious-weed seeds per pound of agricultural seed permitted to be sold, offered or exposed for sale.

(5) Declaring the minimum percentage of germination permitted for sale as “Agricultural Seeds.”

(6) Declaring germination standards for vegetable seeds.

(7) Prescribing the form and use of tags or stamps to be used in labeling seed.

(8) Prescribing such other rules and regulations as may be necessary to secure the efficient enforcement of this Article.

(9) Establishing fees and charges for agricultural and vegetable seed testing and analysis.

(10) Prescribing minimum hybrid percentage for labeling for each species hybridized.

(11) Prescribing labeling and coloring requirements for treated seed.

(12) Establishing a Tobacco Seed Committee which shall approve flue-cured tobacco varieties prior to registration with the Department.

(13) Prescribing labeling requirements for agricultural and vegetable seed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-253 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-253
§ 130A-253. Permit required; information report; revocation of permit
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall organize, sponsor or hold any mass gathering unless a permit has been issued to the person by the Secretary under the provisions of this Part. A permit shall be required for each mass gathering and is not transferable.

(b) A permit may be revoked by the Secretary at any time if the Secretary finds that the mass gathering is being or has been maintained or operated in violation of this Part. A permit may be revoked upon the request of the permittee or upon abandonment of the operation. A permit will otherwise expire upon satisfactory completion of the post-gathering cleanup following the close of the mass gathering.

(c) The Secretary, upon information that a congregation or assembly of people which may constitute a mass gathering is being organized or promoted, may direct the organizer or promoter to submit within five calendar days an information report to the Department. The report shall contain the information required for an application for permit under G.S. 130A-254(b) and other information concerning the promotion, advertisement and preparation for the congregation or assembly and prior congregations or assemblies, as the Secretary deems necessary. The Secretary shall consider all available information including any report received and shall determine if the proposed congregation or assembly is a mass gathering. If the Secretary determines that a proposed congregation or assembly is a mass gathering, the Secretary shall notify the organizer or promoter to submit an application for permit at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the mass gathering.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-42-3 — NC Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-42-3
§ 45-42.3. Automatic release of real property from ancillary security instruments
Status: in_force

(a) The following definitions shall apply in this section:

(1) Ancillary security instrument.--An assignment of leases with respect to the real property, an assignment of rents from or arising out of the real property, a financing statement covering fixtures on the real property that is filed in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the real property is located, and any other document or instrument that assigns, or creates a lien on, an interest in the real property.

(2) Real property.--The real property described in and encumbered by the lien of a security instrument.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, (i) the expiration of the lien of a security instrument pursuant to G.S. 45-36.24 or the satisfaction of a security instrument of record pursuant to G.S. 45-37 shall be deemed automatically to release the real property from the operation of all ancillary security instruments that secure the same obligation or obligations secured by the security instrument and (ii) the recording of a partial release pursuant to G.S. 45-36.22 or the recording of a deed of release shall be deemed automatically to release the real property described in the partial release or deed of release from the operation of all ancillary security instruments that secure the same obligation or obligations secured by the security instrument.

(c) Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to an ancillary security instrument if (i) the ancillary security instrument secures obligations other than, or in addition to, the obligation or obligations secured by the security instrument; (ii) the security instrument, the ancillary security instrument, or the document recorded in the office of the register of deeds to satisfy the security instrument of record expressly states that the satisfaction of the security instrument of record shall not release the real property from the operation of that particular ancillary security instrument or from ancillary security instruments in general; or (iii) the security instrument, the ancillary security instrument, the partial release, or the deed of release expressly states that the partial release or deed of release shall not release real property from the operation of that particular ancillary security instrument or ancillary security instruments in general.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-84-55 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-84-55
§ 58-84-55. No discrimination on account of race
Status: in_force

The local boards of trustees of the local Firefighters' Relief Funds shall make no discrimination based upon race in the payment of benefits.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-142-1 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-142-1
§ 90-142.1. Supervised training programs authorized
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, “ preceptorship program ” means a clinical program of an approved chiropractic college in which a student of chiropractic, under the supervision of a licensed chiropractor, observes the licensed chiropractor and may perform the duties of a certified chiropractic clinical assistant as specified in G.S. 90-143.4 .

(b) Each student enrolled in a chiropractic college that meets the accreditation requirements of G.S. 90-143 may participate in a preceptorship program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-32-1 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-32-1
§ 47-32.1. Photostatic copies of plats, etc.; alternative provisions
Status: in_force

In a county to which the provisions of G.S. 47-32 do not apply, the following alternative provisions shall govern photostatic copies of plats filed in special proceedings:

In all special proceedings in which a plat, map or blueprint shall be filed as a part of the papers, the clerk of the superior court may have a photostatic copy of said plat, map or blueprint made on a sheet of the same size as the leaves in the book in which the special proceeding is recorded, and when made, shall place said photostatic copy in said book at the end of the report of the commissioners or other document referring to said plat, map or blueprint.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-16-55 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-16-55
§ 58-16-55. Amendments to documents
Status: in_force

Any change in or amendment to any document required to be filed under G.S. 58-16-5 shall be promptly filed with the Commissioner.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 37A-1-101 — NC Code / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-1-101
§ 37A-1-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter may be cited as the Uniform Principal and Income Act.