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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-71-10 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-71-10
§ 58-71-10. Defects not to invalidate undertakings; liability not affected by agreement or lack of qualifications
Status: in_force

(a) No undertaking shall be invalid because of any defect of form, omission or recital or of condition, failure to note or record the default of any principal or surety, or because of any other irregularity, if it appears from the tenor of the undertaking before what magistrate or at what court the principal was bound to appear, and that the official before whom it was entered into was legally authorized to take it and the amount of bail is stated.

(b) The liability of a person on an undertaking shall not be affected by reason of the lack of any qualifications, sufficiency or competency provided in the criminal procedure law, or by reason of any other agreement whether or not the agreement is expressed in the undertaking, or because the defendant has not joined in the undertaking.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-67-180 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-67-180
§ 58-67-180. Confidentiality of medical information
Status: in_force

Any data or information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of any enrollee or applicant obtained from such person or from any provider by any health maintenance organization shall be held in confidence and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent that it may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article; or upon the express consent of the enrollee or applicant; or pursuant to statute; or pursuant to court order for the production of evidence or the discovery thereof; or in the event of claim or litigation between such person and the health maintenance organization wherein such data or information is pertinent. A health maintenance organization shall be entitled to claim any statutory privileges against such disclosure which the provider who furnished such information to the health maintenance organization is entitled to claim.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-2-01 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-2-01
§ 55A-2-01. Incorporators
Status: in_force

One or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by delivering articles of incorporation to the Secretary of State for filing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-3-152 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-3-152
§ 58-3-152. Excess liability policies; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages
Status: in_force

With respect to policy forms that provide excess liability coverage, an insurer may limit or exclude coverage for uninsured motorists as provided in G.S. 20-279.21(b)(3) and for underinsured motorists as provided in G.S. 20-279.21(b)(4) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-349 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-349
§ 1-349. Procedure where plaintiff is under disability
Status: in_force

If the party by or for whom the land is claimed in the suit is a minor or insane person, such value is deemed to be real estate, and shall be disposed of as the court considers proper for the benefit of the persons interested therein.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 81A-27 — NC Code / Chapter 81A / Section 81A-27
§ 81A-27. Information required on packages
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter or by regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, any package kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of:

(1) The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container,

(2) The quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count, and

(3) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, in the case of any package kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold in any place other than on the premises where packed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-11-3 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-11-3
§ 50-11.3. Certain judgments entered prior to January 1, 1981, validated
Status: in_force

Any judgment of divorce which has been entered prior to January 1, 1981, by a court of competent jurisdiction within the State of North Carolina without a conclusion of law that the plaintiff was entitled to an absolute divorce, but which is proper in all other respects, is hereby rendered valid and of full force and effect.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-293 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-293
§ 14-293. Allowing gambling in houses of public entertainment; penalty
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes, if any keeper of an ordinary or other house of entertainment, or of a house wherein alcoholic beverages are retailed, shall knowingly suffer any game, at which money or property, or anything of value, is bet, whether the same be in stake or not, to be played in any such house, or in any part of the premises occupied therewith; or shall furnish persons so playing or betting either on said premises or elsewhere with drink or other thing for their comfort or subsistence during the time of play, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person who shall be convicted under this section shall, upon such conviction, forfeit his license to do any of the businesses mentioned in this section, and shall be forever debarred from doing any of such businesses in this State. The court shall embody in its judgment that such person has forfeited his license, and no board of county commissioners, board of town commissioners or board of aldermen shall thereafter have power or authority to grant to such convicted person or his agent a license to do any of the businesses mentioned herein.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-4-404 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-4-404
§ 36C-4-404. Trust purposes
Status: in_force

A trust may be created only to the extent that its purposes are lawful, not contrary to public policy, and possible to achieve. A trust and its terms must be for the benefit of its beneficiaries.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55B-3 — NC Code / Chapter 55B / Section 55B-3
§ 55B-3. North Carolina Business Corporation Act applicable; other applicable law
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 55 of the General Statutes , the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, applies to professional corporations, including their organization, and professional corporations shall enjoy the powers and privileges and shall be subject to the duties, restrictions and liabilities of other corporations, except insofar as the same may be limited or enlarged by this Chapter. If any provision of this Chapter conflicts with the provisions of Chapter 55 of the General Statutes , the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, the provisions of this Chapter shall prevail.

(b) A document required or permitted by this Chapter to be filed by the Secretary of State shall be filed under Chapter 55D of the General Statutes, Filings, Names, and Registered Agents for Corporations, Nonprofit Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, and Limited Partnerships.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-234 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-234
§ 131E-234. Grounds for appointment of temporary manager
Status: in_force

Upon a showing by the Department that one or more of the following grounds exist, the court may appoint a temporary manager for an initial period of 30 days or the first review by a superior court judge pursuant to G.S. 131E-243 , whichever is longer:

(1) Conditions or a pattern of conditions exist in the long-term care facility that create a substantial risk of death or serious physical harm to residents or that death or serious physical harm has occurred, and it is probable that the facility will not or cannot immediately remedy those conditions or pattern of conditions, or the facility has shown a pattern of failure to comply with applicable laws and rules and continues to fail to comply;

(2) The long-term care facility is operating without a license;

(3) The license of the long-term care facility has been revoked or the long-term care facility is closing or intends to close and: (i) adequate arrangements for relocating residents have not been made, or (ii) quick relocation would not be in the best interest of the residents; or

(4) A previous court order has been issued requiring the respondent to act or refrain from acting in a manner directly affecting the care of the residents and the respondent has failed to comply with the court order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-6-601 — NC Code / Chapter 52C / Section 52C-6-601
§ 52C-6-601. Registration of order for enforcement
Status: in_force

A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State for enforcement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-220 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-220
§ 163-220. Limitation on petitions circulated prior to July 1, 1957
Status: in_force

Petitions calling for elections or referenda which were circulated prior to July 1, 1957, shall be and become void and of no further force and effect one year after the date of issuance of such petitions for circulation; and notwithstanding any public, special, local, or private act to the contrary, no election or referendum shall be called or held pursuant to or based upon any such void petition from and after July 1, 1957.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63A-23 — NC Code / Chapter 63A / Section 63A-23
§ 63A-23. Annual reports
Status: in_force

The Authority shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual written report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Local Government Commission. Each report shall be accompanied by an audit of its books and accounts, as well as quarterly and annual financial statements. The audit shall be conducted by the State Auditor. The costs of all audits shall be paid from funds of the Authority.

As part of the report, the Authority shall include the following performance measures of the private sector jobs within the Global TransPark:

(1) The number, type, and wage level of jobs created or retained.

(2) The actual full-time equivalent jobs employed, as well as the median and average salaries for those jobs.

The Authority shall submit its annual report to the General Assembly to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. The Authority shall also submit any information about the Authority's activities that is requested by the Commission.

The Authority shall also provide a copy of its annual report on its public Web site.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-233 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-233
§ 95-233. No duty to examine
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article shall be construed to place a duty on examiners to conduct controlled substance examinations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 119-43 — NC Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119-43
§ 119-43. Display required on containers used in making deliveries
Status: in_force

Every person delivering at wholesale or retail any gasoline in this State shall deliver the same to the purchaser only in tanks, barrels, casks, cans, or other containers having the word “Gasoline” or the name of such other like products of petroleum, as the case may be, in English, plainly stenciled or labeled in colors to meet the requirements of the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and/or the Gasoline and Oil Inspection Board. Such dealers shall not deliver kerosene oil in any barrel, cask, can, or other container which has not been stenciled or labeled as hereinbefore provided. Every person purchasing gasoline for use or sale shall procure and keep the same only in tanks, barrels, casks, cans, or other containers stenciled or labeled as hereinbefore provided: Provided, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the delivery of gasoline by hose or pipe from a tank directly into the tank of any automobile or any other motor vehicle: Provided further, that in case gasoline or other inflammable liquid is sold in bottles, cans, or packages of not more than one gallon for cleaning and other similar purposes, the label shall also bear the words “Unsafe when exposed to heat or fire.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 81A-73 — NC Code / Chapter 81A / Section 81A-73
§ 81A-73. Service certificate
Status: in_force

Whenever any service is rendered on any scale or weighing device used or intended to be used in this State by a scale technician, a certificate shall be issued by such scale technician who rendered said service, which shall be known as a “service certificate.” The size and form of said service certificate shall be determined by the Commissioner or his authorized agent. Inclusive of other pertinent information or statements, the said certificate shall bear a statement expressed in ink or other indelible substance naming the kind of service rendered, whether adjustment, installation, repair, or maintenance, and stating that a service test as defined under the term “service” has been made, and that the service rendered is guaranteed to be as represented. The service certificate shall be made out in triplicate, with original going to the owner of such scale of weighing device or his agent, and a duplicate shall be sent to the Commissioner or his authorized agent and the triplicate copy shall be retained by the scale technician issuing such certificate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-139-5B — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-139-5B
§ 143B-139.5B. Department of Health and Human Services--provision for joint training
Status: in_force

The Department of Health and Human Services shall offer joint training of Division of Health Service Regulation consultants, county DSS adult home specialists, and adult care home providers. The training shall be offered no fewer than two times per year, and subject matter of the training should be based on one or more of the 10 deficiencies cited most frequently in the State during the immediately preceding calendar year. The joint training shall be designed to reduce inconsistencies experienced by providers in the survey process, to increase objectivity by DHSR consultants and DSS specialists in conducting surveys, and to promote a higher degree of understanding between facility staff and DHSR consultants and DSS specialists in what is expected during the survey process.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-146-1 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-146-1
§ 108A-146.1. Public hospital modernized assessment
Status: in_force

(a) The public hospital modernized assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all public acute care hospitals.

(b) The public hospital modernized assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each public acute care hospital's hospital costs. The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with this Part. The percentage for each quarter shall equal the aggregate modernized assessment collection amount under G.S. 108A-146.5 multiplied by the public hospital historical assessment share and divided by the total hospital costs for all public acute care hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21-120 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-21-120
§ 90-21.120. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Abortion.--As defined in G.S. 90-21.81(1) .

(2) Attempt to perform an abortion.--As defined in G.S. 90-21.81(2) .

(3) Woman.--As defined in G.S. 90-21.81(11) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-653 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-653
§ 1-653. Standards of professional responsibility not affected
Status: in_force

This Article does not affect the professional responsibility, obligations, and standards applicable to a lawyer or other licensed professional, including rules governing the confidentiality of information acquired by a lawyer during the professional relationship with a client.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-713 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-713
§ 143-713. Use of funds
Status: reserved

(a) The funds under the Master Settlement Agreement, which is incorporated into the Consent Decree, shall be credited to the Settlement Reserve Fund.

(b) Any monies paid into the North Carolina State Specific Account from the Disputed Payments Account on account of the Non-Participating Manufacturers that would have been transferred to the Golden LEAF Foundation shall be deposited in the Settlement Reserve Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-150 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-150
§ 153A-150. Reserve for reappraisal
Status: in_force

Before the beginning of the fiscal year immediately following the effective date of a reappraisal of real property conducted as required by G.S. 105-286 , the county budget officer shall present to the board of commissioners a budget for financing the cost of the next reappraisal. The budget shall estimate the cost of the reappraisal and shall propose a plan for raising the necessary funds in annual installments during the intervening years between reappraisals, with all installments as nearly uniform as practicable. The board shall consider this budget, making any amendments to the budget it deems advisable, and shall adopt a resolution establishing a special reserve fund for the next reappraisal. In the budget ordinance of the first fiscal year of the plan, the board of commissioners shall appropriate to the special reappraisal reserve fund the amount set out in the plan for the first year's installment. When the county budget for each succeeding fiscal year is in preparation, the board shall review the reappraisal budget with the budget officer and shall amend it, if necessary, so that it will reflect the probable cost at that time of the reappraisal and will produce the necessary funds at the end of the intervening period. In the budget ordinance for each succeeding fiscal year, the board shall appropriate to the special reappraisal reserve fund the amount set out in the plan as due in that year.

Moneys appropriated to the special reappraisal reserve fund shall not be available or expended for any purpose other than the reappraisal of real property required by G.S. 105-286 , except that the funds may be deposited at interest or invested as permitted by G.S. 159-30 . If there is a fund balance in the reserve fund following payment for the required reappraisal, it shall be retained in the fund for use in financing the next required reappraisal.

Within 10 days after the adoption of each annual budget ordinance, the county finance officer shall report to the Department of Revenue, on forms to be supplied by the Department, the terms of the county's reappraisal budget, the current condition of the special reappraisal reserve fund, and the amount appropriated to the reserve fund in the current fiscal year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-270-2B — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-270-2B
§ 113-270.2B. Voluntary migratory waterfowl conservation print
Status: in_force

(a) The Wildlife Resources Commission has exclusive production rights for the voluntary migratory waterfowl conservation print, and is authorized to adopt policy for the annual selection of an appropriate design for the print and to have the print produced for sale. This policy may include ownership rights of the original art selected; arrangements for the reproduction, distribution and marketing of prints; and provisions for sharing the resulting revenues.

(b) The proceeds accruing to the Commission from its share of the voluntary migratory waterfowl conservation prints shall be used by the Commission for the benefit of migratory waterfowl management in North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-330 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-330
§ 115C-330. Employment of handicapped
Status: in_force

The Board and each local educational agency shall make positive efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified handicapped individuals.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-6-100 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-6-100
§ 48-6-100. Application of Article
Status: in_force

This Article shall apply to the adoption of adoptees by a former parent.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-37 — NC Code / Chapter 150B / Section 150B-37
§ 150B-37. Official record
Status: reserved

(a) In a contested case, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall prepare an official record of the case that includes:

(1) Notices, pleadings, motions, and intermediate rulings;

(2) Questions and offers of proof, objections, and rulings thereon;

(3) Evidence presented;

(4) Matters officially noticed, except matters so obvious that a statement of them would serve no useful purpose; and

(5) Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 878, s. 25.

(6) The administrative law judge's final decision or order.

(b) Proceedings at which oral evidence is presented shall be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless requested by a party. Each party shall bear the cost of the transcript or part thereof or copy of said transcript or part thereof which said party requests, and said transcript or part thereof shall be added to the official record as an exhibit.

(c) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall forward a copy of the administrative law judge's final decision to each party.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-266-8 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-266-8
§ 15A-266.8. DNA database exchange
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the Crime Laboratory to receive DNA samples, to store, to analyze or to contract out the DNA typing analysis to a qualified DNA laboratory that meets the guidelines as established by the Crime Laboratory, classify, and file the DNA record of identification characteristic profiles of DNA samples submitted pursuant to this Article and to make such information available as provided in this section. The Crime Laboratory may contract out DNA typing analysis to a qualified DNA laboratory that meets guidelines as established by the Crime Laboratory. The results of the DNA profile of individuals in the State Database shall be made available to local, State, or federal law enforcement agencies, approved crime laboratories which serve these agencies, or the district attorney's office upon written or electronic request and in furtherance of an official investigation of a criminal offense. These records shall also be available upon receipt of a valid court order directing the Crime Laboratory to release these results to appropriate parties not listed above, when the court order is signed by a superior court judge after a hearing. The Crime Laboratory shall maintain a file of such court orders.

(b) The Crime Laboratory shall adopt rules governing the methods of obtaining information from the State Database and CODIS and procedures for verification of the identity and authority of the requester.

(c) The Crime Laboratory shall create a separate population database comprised of DNA samples obtained under this Article, after all personal identification is removed. Nothing shall prohibit the Crime Laboratory from sharing or disseminating population databases with other law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories that serve them, or other third parties the Crime Laboratory deems necessary to assist the Crime Laboratory with statistical analysis of the Crime Laboratory's population databases. The population database may be made available to and searched by other agencies participating in the CODIS system.

(d) A law enforcement agency that receives an actionable CODIS hit on a submitted DNA sample shall provide electronic notice to the State Crime Laboratory as follows:

(1) Detailing any arrest of a person made in connection with the CODIS hit, no later than 15 days after the arrest.

(2) Detailing any conviction of a person resulting from the CODIS hit, no later than 15 days from the date of conviction.