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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-244-120 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-244-120
§ 53-244.120. Confidentiality of information
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any State law to the contrary, the Commissioner shall report enforcement actions under this Article and may report other relevant information to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(b) The Commissioner is authorized to enter agreements or sharing arrangements with other governmental agencies, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators, or other associations representing governmental agencies and may share otherwise confidential information pursuant to these written agreements.

(c) The requirements of G.S. 53C-2-7 regarding the privacy or confidentiality of any information or material provided under subsections (a) and (b) of this section, and any privilege arising under any other federal or State law with respect to such information or material, shall continue to apply to the information or material after it has been disclosed to an entity described in subsection (a) or (b) of this section. Information or material held by such an entity shall not be subject to disclosure under any State law governing the disclosure to the public of information held by an officer or agency of the State. The entities described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section may share information and material with all State and federal regulatory officials with mortgage industry oversight authority without the loss of privilege or the loss of confidentiality protections provided by State or federal law.

(d) Any provision of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes relating to the disclosure of confidential supervisory information or of any information or material described in subsection (a) of this section that is inconsistent with this section shall be superseded by the requirements of this section.

(e) The confidentiality provisions contained in subsection (c) of this section shall not apply with respect to the information or material relating to the employment history of and publicly adjudicated disciplinary and enforcement actions against mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, mortgage servicers, mortgage loan originators, transitional mortgage loan originators, or registrants that are included in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry for access by the public.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-3 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-3
§ 50-3. Venue; removal of action
Status: in_force

In all proceedings for divorce, the summons shall be returnable to the court of the county in which either the plaintiff or defendant resides.

[In] any action brought under Chapter 50 for alimony or divorce filed in a county where the plaintiff resides but the defendant does not reside, where both parties are residents of the State of North Carolina, and where the plaintiff removes from the State and ceases to be a resident, the action may be removed upon motion of the defendant, for trial or for any motion in the cause, either before or after judgment, to the county in which the defendant resides. The judge, upon such motion, shall order the removal of the action, and the procedures of G.S. 1-87 shall be followed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-412 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-412
§ 106-412. Admission of animals to markets; quarantine of diseased animals; sale restricted; regulation of trucks, etc.
Status: in_force

No animal known to be affected with or having visible symptoms of a contagious or infectious disease shall be received or admitted into any public livestock market except upon special permit issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture or his authorized representative. All animals affected with, or exposed to, any contagious or infectious disease of animals or any animal that reacts to an official test indicating the presence of such a disease, shall be quarantined separate and apart from healthy animals and shall not be sold, traded, or otherwise disposed of except upon written permission of the Commissioner of Agriculture or his authorized representative. All animals sold for slaughter under this provision must be moved directly to a recognized slaughter establishment with State or federal meat inspection unless written permission to do otherwise is secured from the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative. The owner of the animals shall be responsible for the cost of maintaining the quarantine, the necessary treatment, and the feed and care of the animals while under quarantine and said costs shall constitute a lien against all of said animals. All trucks, trailers, and other conveyances used in transporting livestock shall be cleaned and disinfected in accordance with the regulations issued by authority of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-459 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-459
§ 130A-459. Immunity of persons who report
Status: in_force

A person who in good faith makes a report pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be immune from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of making the report.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-752 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-752
§ 7A-752. Chief Administrative Law Judge; appointments; vacancy
Status: in_force

The Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings shall be appointed by the Chief Justice for a term of office of four years. The first Chief Administrative Law Judge shall be appointed as soon as practicable for a term to begin on the day of his appointment and to end on June 30, 1989. Successors to the first Chief Administrative Law Judge shall be appointed for a term to begin on July 1 of the year the preceding term ends and to end on June 30 four years later. A Chief Administrative Law Judge may continue to serve beyond his term until his successor is duly appointed and sworn, but any holdover shall not affect the expiration date of the succeeding term.

The Chief Administrative Law Judge shall designate one administrative law judge as senior administrative law judge. The senior administrative law judge may perform the duties of Chief Administrative Law Judge if the Chief Administrative Law Judge is absent or unable to serve temporarily for any reason.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-630 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-630
§ 1-630. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, the following terms mean:

(1) Client .--A person who is the victim of domestic violence, as defined in Chapter 50B of the General Statutes, or of nonconsensual sexual conduct or stalking, as defined in Chapter 50C of the General Statutes, and is using services or facilities of a shelter.

(2) Conduct .--One or more actions or omissions.

(3) Harm .--Injury, death, or loss to person or property.

(4) Perpetrator .--A person who has committed domestic violence and who bears one of the personal relationships specified in G.S. 50B-1(b) to the victim of domestic violence, or a person who has committed nonconsensual sexual conduct or stalking as defined in Chapter 50C of the General Statutes.

(5) Person associated with the shelter .--A person who is a director, owner, trustee, officer, employee, victim advocate, or volunteer connected with the shelter.

(6) Shelter .--A facility that meets the criteria set forth in G.S. 50B-9 and is funded through the Domestic Violence Center Fund providing shelter to victims of domestic violence, nonconsensual sexual conduct, or stalking.

(7) Victim advocate .--A person from a crime victim service organization who provides support and assistance for a victim of a crime during court proceedings and recovery efforts related to the crime.

(8) Volunteer .--An individual who provides any service at a shelter without expectation of receiving and without receiving any compensation or other form of remuneration, directly or indirectly, for the provision of the service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-7-713 — NC Code / Chapter 52C / Section 52C-7-713
§ 52C-7-713. Record in original language; English translation
Status: in_force

A record filed with a tribunal of this State under this Article must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-164-16A — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-164-16A
§ 105-164.16A. Reporting option for prepaid meal plans
Status: in_force

This section provides a retailer that offers a prepaid meal plan subject to the tax imposed by G.S. 105-164.4 with an option concerning the method by which the sales tax will be remitted to the Secretary and a return filed under G.S. 105-164.16 . When the retailer enters into an agreement with a food service contractor by which the food service contractor agrees to provide food or prepared food under a prepaid meal plan, and the food service contractor with whom the retailer contracts is also a retailer under this Article, the retailer may include in the agreement that the food service contractor is liable for reporting and remitting the sales tax due on the gross receipts derived from the prepaid meal plan on behalf of the retailer. The agreement must provide that the tax applies to the allocated sales price of the prepaid meal plan paid by or on behalf of the person entitled to the food or prepaid food under the plan and not the amount charged by the food service contractor to the retailer under the agreement for the food and prepared food for the person.

A retailer who elects this option must report to the food service contractor with whom it has an agreement the gross receipts a person pays to the retailer for a prepaid meal plan. The retailer must report the gross receipts on an accrual basis of accounting, as required under G.S. 105-164.20 . The retailer must send the food service contractor the tax due on the gross receipts derived from a prepaid meal plan. Tax payments received by a food service contractor from a retailer are held in trust by the food service contractor for remittance to the Secretary. A food service contractor that receives a tax payment from a retailer must remit the amount received to the Secretary. A food service contractor is not liable for tax due but not received from a retailer. A retailer that does not send the food service contractor the tax due on the gross receipts derived from a prepaid meal plan is liable for the amount of tax the retailer fails to send to the food service contractor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-274 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-274
§ 106-274. Certification of crop seeds
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Article the certification of seed, tubers, plants, or plant parts hereunder shall be defined as being produced, conditioned, and distributed under the rules and regulations for certification.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A-121 — NC Code / Chapter 113A / Section 113A-121
§ 113A-121. Permits for minor developments under expedited procedures
Status: reserved

(a) Applications for permits for minor developments shall be expeditiously processed so as to enable their promptest feasible disposition.

(b) In cities and counties that have developed approved implementation and enforcement programs, applications for permits for minor developments shall be considered and determined by the designated local official of the city or county as the case may be. In cities and counties that have not developed approved implementation and enforcement programs, such applications shall be considered and determined by the Secretary. Minor development projects proposed to be undertaken by a local government within its own permit-letting jurisdiction shall be considered and determined by the Secretary.

(c) Failure of the Secretary or the designated local official (as the case may be) to approve or deny an application for a minor permit within 25 days from receipt of application shall be treated as approval of the application, except that the Secretary or the designated local official (as the case may be) may extend the deadline by not more than an additional 25 days in exceptional cases. No waiver of the foregoing time limitation (or of the time limitation established in G.S. 113A-122(c) ) shall be required of any applicant.

(d) Repealed by Laws 1981, c. 913, § 2.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-71 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-71
§ 143-215.71. Purposes for which grants may be requested
Status: in_force

(a) Applications for grants may be made for the nonfederal share of water resources development projects for the following purposes in amounts not to exceed the percentage of the nonfederal costs indicated:

(1) General navigation projects that are sponsored by local governments--eighty percent (80%);

(2) Recreational navigation projects--twenty-five percent (25%);

(3) Construction costs for water management (flood control and drainage) purposes, including utility and road relocations not funded by the State Department of Transportation--sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2 / 3 %), but only of that portion of the project specifically allocated for such flood control or drainage purposes;

(4) Stream restoration--sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2 / 3 %);

(5) Protection of privately owned beaches where public access is allowed and provided for--seventy-five percent (75%);

(6) Land acquisition and facility development for water-based recreation sites operated by local governments--fifty percent (50%);

(7) Aquatic weed control projects sponsored by local governments--fifty percent (50%).

(8) Projects that are part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program--one hundred percent (100%).

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of this section, projects that are part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program are ineligible for funding under this Part if they receive funding from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund established in G.S. 143B-135.234 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-4-26 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-4-26
§ 20-4.26. Effect on other laws or agreements
Status: in_force

Except as expressly required by the provisions of this Article, this Article does not affect the right of a member state to the Drivers License Compact to apply any of its other laws relating to licenses to drive to any person or circumstance, nor does it invalidate or prevent any driver license agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a member state and a state that is not a member.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-132-5F — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-132-5F
§ 163-132.5F. U.S. Census data by voting tabulation district
Status: in_force

The State shall request the U.S. Bureau of the Census for each decennial census to provide summaries of census data by voting tabulation district and shall participate in any U.S. Bureau of the Census' program to effectuate this provision.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25-5 — NC Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-25-5
§ 69-25.5. Methods of providing fire protection
Status: in_force

Upon the levy of such tax, the board of county commissioners shall, to the extent of the taxes collected hereunder, provide fire protection for the district--

(1) By contracting with any incorporated city or town, with any incorporated nonprofit volunteer or community fire department, or with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to furnish fire protection, or

(2) By furnishing fire protection itself if the county maintains an organized fire department, or

(3) By establishing a fire department within the district, or

(4) By utilizing any two or more of the above listed methods of furnishing fire protection.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-37-15 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-37-15
§ 20-37.15. Application for commercial drivers license
Status: in_force

(a) An application for a commercial drivers license must include the information required by G.S. 20-7 for a regular drivers license and a consent to release driving record information.

(a1) The application must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of forty-three dollars and twenty-five cents ($43.25). 1 This fee does not apply in any of the following circumstances:

(1) When an individual surrenders a commercial driver learner's permit issued by the Division when submitting the application.

(2) When the application is to renew a commercial drivers license issued by the Division.

This fee shall entitle the applicant to three attempts to pass the written knowledge test without payment of a new fee. No application fee shall be charged to an applicant eligible for a waiver under G.S. 20-37.13(c) .

(b) When the holder of a commercial drivers license changes his name or residence address, an application for a duplicate shall be made as provided in G.S. 20-7.1 and a fee paid as provided in G.S. 20-14 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-251 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-251
§ 53-251. Cease and desist; revocation of registration; penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Cease and Desist Order. Upon the finding that any action of a registrant may be in violation of this Article or that the registrant has engaged in an unfair or deceptive act or practice, the Commissioner shall give reasonable notice to the registrant of the suspected violation or unfair or deceptive act or practice, and an opportunity for the registrant to be heard. If, following the hearing, the Commissioner finds that an action of the registrant is in violation of this Article or that the registrant has engaged in an unfair or deceptive act or practice, the Commissioner shall order the registrant to cease and desist from the action.

If the registrant fails to appeal a cease and desist order of the Commissioner in accordance with G.S. 53-252 and continues to engage in an action in violation of the Commissioner's order to cease and desist from the action, the registrant shall be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each action it takes in violation of the Commissioner's order.

The clear proceeds of penalties provided for in this subsection shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2 .

(b) Revocation of Registration. After notice and hearing, and upon the finding that a registrant has (i) engaged in a course of conduct that is in violation of this Article or (ii) continued to engage in an action in violation of a cease and desist order of the Commissioner that has not been stayed upon application of the registrant, the Commissioner may revoke the registration of the registrant temporarily or permanently in the discretion of the Commissioner.

(c) Civil Penalties. Except in the case of a refund anticipation loan that is not approved by the creditor, a facilitator who fails to deliver to the debtor the proceeds of a refund anticipation loan within 48 hours after the time period promised by the facilitator when the debtor applied for the loan shall pay to the debtor an amount equal to the refund anticipation loan fee. A facilitator who engages in an activity prohibited under G.S. 53-250 in connection with a refund anticipation loan is liable to the debtor for damages of three times the amount of the refund anticipation loan fee or other unauthorized charge plus a reasonable attorney's fee.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-46-25 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-46-25
§ 58-46-25. Temporary directors of association
Status: in_force

Within 10 days after July 2, 1969, the Commissioner shall appoint a temporary board of directors of the association, which temporary board of directors may prepare and submit a Plan of operation and articles of association in accordance with G.S. 58-46-20 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-67-30 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-67-30
§ 58-67-30. Management and exclusive agreements; custodial agreements
Status: in_force

(a) No health maintenance organization shall enter into an exclusive agency, management, or custodial agreement unless the agreement is first filed with the Commissioner and approved under this section within 45 days after filing or such reasonable extended period as the Commissioner shall specify by notice that is given within the 45 day period.

(b) The Commissioner shall disapprove an agreement submitted under subsection (a) of this section if the Commissioner determines that the agreement:

(1) Subjects the health maintenance organization to excessive charges;

(2) Extends for an unreasonable period of time;

(3) Does not contain fair and adequate standards of performance;

(4) Enables persons under the contract to manage the health maintenance organization who are not sufficiently trustworthy, competent, experienced, and free from conflict of interest to manage the health maintenance organization with due regard for the interests of its enrollees, creditors, or the public; or

(5) Contains provisions that impair the interests of the organization's enrollees, creditors, or the public.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-52-5 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-52-5
§ 58-52-5. Joint action to insure persons 65 years of age or over and their spouses permitted; associations of insurers; individual and group policies
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter or any other law which may be inconsistent herewith, any insurer may join with one or more other insurers to plan, develop, underwrite, offer, sell and provide to or for any resident person of this State, or of another state if permitted by the laws of such other state, who is 65 years of age or over and to the spouse of such person, insurance against financial loss from accident or sickness, or both. Such insurance may also cover an employer's nonresident employees and nonresident retired employees 65 years of age or older and their spouses, provided such employees are regularly employed within this State or were so employed at the time of their retirement. Such insurance may be offered, issued and administered through an association of two or more insurers which association is formed for the purpose of offering, selling, issuing and administering such insurance, and may be in the form of a policy insuring a resident who is 65 years of age or older, and the spouse of such resident, if any, or in the form of a group policy insuring residents 65 years of age or older and the spouses of such residents, or in both forms. On such insurance each insurer shall be severally liable for a percentage of the risks determined under the articles of association of the association. The insurer members of such association may agree with respect to premium rates, policy provisions, commission rates and other matters within the scope of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-995 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-995
§ 106-995. Application of corporate income
Status: in_force

The gross annual income of any such corporation, whether received from sales of timber, timber operations, stumpage permits or other sources, shall be applied as follows: first, to the payment of all fixed charges, and all operating and maintenance charges and expenses including taxes, assessments, insurance, amortization charges in amounts approved by the Commissioner to amortize mortgage or other indebtedness and reserves essential to operation; second, to surplus, and/or to the payment of dividends not exceeding the maximum fixed by this Article; third, the balance, if any, in reduction of debts.