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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89-197 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-89-197
§ 136-89.197. Maintenance of nontoll routes
Status: in_force

The Department shall maintain an existing, alternate, comparable nontoll route corresponding to each Turnpike Project constructed pursuant to this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89F-19 — NC Code / Chapter 89F / Section 89F-19
§ 89F-19. Prohibitions; unlawful acts
Status: reserved

(a) It is unlawful for any person other than a licensed soil scientist or a subordinate under the soil scientist's direction to conduct or participate in any practice of soil science or prepare any soil science reports, maps, or documents related to the public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health, property, or the environment.

(b) It is unlawful for any person, including a soil scientist-in-training or a subordinate, to practice, or offer to practice, soil science in this State, or to use in connection with his or her name, otherwise assume, or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is a licensed soil scientist, unless that person has been duly licensed or is exempted under the provisions of this Chapter.

(c) It is unlawful for anyone other than a licensed soil scientist to stamp or seal any soils-related plans, maps, reports, or other soils-related documents with the seal or stamp of a licensed soil scientist, or use in any manner the title “soil scientist”, unless that person is licensed under this Chapter.

(d) It is unlawful for any person to affix his or her signature to, stamp, or seal any soils-related plans, maps, reports, or other soils-related documents after the license of the person has expired, been suspended, or revoked.

(e) It is unlawful for a licensed soil scientist to prepare plats and maps so as to engage in the practice of land surveying by a registered land surveyor, as defined in G.S. 89C-3 , unless the licensed soil scientist is also a registered land surveyor, as defined in G.S. 89C-3 .

(f) It is unlawful for a licensed soil scientist to engage in the design of engineering works and systems, as that phrase is used in G.S. 89C-3(6) , unless the licensed soil scientist is also a registered professional engineer, as defined in G.S. 89C-3 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-166-1 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-166-1
§ 163-166.1. Duties of county board of elections
Status: in_force

The county board of elections shall:

(1) Provide for the timely delivery to each voting place of the supplies, records, and equipment necessary for the conduct of the election.

(2) Ensure that adequate procedures are in place at each voting place for a safe, secure, fair, and honest election.

(3) Respond to precinct officials' questions and problems where necessary.

(4) Provide adequate technical support for the voting system, which shall be done in conjunction with the State Board of Elections.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44-69-1 — NC Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-69-1
§ 44-69.1. Effective period for liens on peanuts, cotton and grains
Status: in_force

No chattel mortgage, agricultural lien or other lien of any nature upon peanuts, cotton, soybeans, corn, wheat or other grains shall be effective for any purpose for a longer period than 18 months from the date of sale or the date of delivery to the purchaser, whichever date shall fall last. This section shall not absolve any person from prosecution and punishment for crime.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-30-2 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-30-2
§ 159-30.2. Trust for law enforcement special separation allowance benefits
Status: in_force

(a) Trust.--A unit of local government employing local law enforcement officers may establish and fund an irrevocable trust for the purpose of paying law enforcement special separation allowance benefits for which the unit of local government is liable. The irrevocable trust must be established by resolution or ordinance of the unit's governing board. The resolution or ordinance must state the purposes for which the trust is created and the method of determining and selecting the Fund's trustees. The resolution or ordinance establishing the trust may be amended from time to time, but an amendment may not authorize the use of monies in the trust for a purpose not stated in the resolution or ordinance establishing the trust.

(b) Restrictions.--Monies in an irrevocable trust established under subsection (a) of this section may be appropriated only for the purposes for which the trust was established. Monies in the trust are not subject to the claims of creditors of the entity that established the trust. A unit of local government that establishes a trust may not deposit money in the trust if the total amount held in trust would exceed the unit's actuarial liability, determined in accordance with the standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, for the purpose for which the trust was established.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-18-5C — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-18-5C
§ 136-18.5C. The U.S. Marine Corps Highway: Home of Carolina-Based Marines since 1941
Status: in_force

U.S. Highway 17 running between the Town of Holly Ridge and the Town of Edenton, and the portion of U.S. Highway 70 running between the intersection of U.S. Highway 70 and N.C. Highway 101 near Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and the intersection of U.S. Highway 70 and U.S. Highway 17 is designated as “The U.S. Marine Corps Highway: Home of Carolina-Based Marines since 1941” in light of the historical contributions of the United States Marine Corps.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-596 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-596
§ 115C-596. Identification of nonpublic schools and distribution of personal education student account information
Status: in_force

(a) List of Nonpublic Schools.--The Division shall provide annually by February 1 to the Authority a list of all nonpublic schools operating in the State that meet the requirements of Part 1, 2, or 3 of Article 39 of this Chapter.

(b) Information on PESAs to the Division.--The Authority shall provide information about personal education student accounts to the Division. The Division shall provide information about PESAs to all qualified nonpublic schools on an annual basis.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-135-9 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-135-9
§ 143-135.9. Best Value procurements
Status: reserved

(a) Definitions.--The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Best Value procurement.--The selection of a contractor based on a determination of which proposal offers the best trade-off between price and performance, where quality is considered an integral performance factor. The award decision is made based on multiple factors, including: total cost of ownership, meaning the cost of acquiring, operating, maintaining, and supporting a product or service over its projected lifetime; the evaluated technical merit of the vendor's proposal; the vendor's past performance; and the evaluated probability of performing the requirements stated in the solicitation on time, with high quality, and in a manner that accomplishes the stated business objectives and maintains industry standards compliance.

(2) Government-Vendor partnership.--A mutually beneficial contractual relationship between State government and a contractor, wherein the two share risk and reward, and value is added to the procurement of needed goods or services.

(3) Repealed by S.L. 2013-188, § 1, eff. June 26, 2013 .

(4) Solution-Based solicitation.--A solicitation in which the requirements are stated in terms of how the product or service being purchased should accomplish the business objectives, rather than in terms of the technical design of the product or service.

(b) Intent.--The intent of Best Value procurement is to enable contractors to offer and the agency to select the most appropriate solution to meet the business objectives defined in the solicitation and to keep all parties focused on the desired outcome of a procurement.

(c) Information Technology.--The acquisition of information technology by the State of North Carolina shall be conducted using the Best Value procurement method. For purposes of this section, business process reengineering, system design, and technology implementation may be combined into a single solicitation. For acquisitions which the procuring agency and the Division of Purchase and Contracts or the Department of Information Technology, as applicable, deem to be highly complex or determine that the optimal solution to the business problem at hand is not known, the use of Solution-Based Solicitation and Government-Vendor Partnership is authorized and encouraged. Any county, city, town, or subdivision of the State may acquire information technology pursuant to this section.

(d) Repealed by S.L. 2009-320, § 1, eff. July 24, 2009 .

(e) North Carolina Zoological Park.--The acquisition of goods and services under a contract entered pursuant to the exemption of G.S. 143-129.8A(a) by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources on behalf of the North Carolina Zoological Park may be conducted using the Best Value procurement method. For acquisitions which the procuring agency deems to be highly complex, the use of Government-Vendor partnership is authorized.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-81 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-81
§ 66-81. Advertising or conducting sale contrary to Article; penalty
Status: in_force

Any person who shall advertise, hold, conduct or carry on any sale of goods, wares or merchandise under the description of closing-out sale or a sale of goods, wares or merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water or otherwise or a distress sale, contrary to the provisions of this Article, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-5-507 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-5-507
§ 36C-5-507. Personal obligations of trustee
Status: in_force

Trust property is not subject to personal obligations of the trustee, even if the trustee becomes insolvent or bankrupt.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-45-10 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-45-10
§ 58-45-10. North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association created
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association, consisting of all insurers authorized to write and engage in writing within this State, on a direct basis, essential property insurance, except town and county mutual insurance associations and assessable mutual companies as authorized by G.S. 58-7-75(5) b, 58-7-75(5) d, and 58-7-75(7) b and except an insurer who only writes insurance in this State on property exempted from taxation by the provisions of G.S. 105-278.1 through G.S. 105-278.8 . Every such insurer shall be a member of the Association and shall remain a member of the Association so long as the Association is in existence as a condition of its authority to continue to transact the business of insurance in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-4-406 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-4-406
§ 36C-4-406. Creation of trust induced by fraud, duress, or undue influence
Status: in_force

A trust is voidable to the extent that its creation was induced by fraud, duress, or undue influence.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 51-7 — NC Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51-7
§ 51-7. Penalty for solemnizing without license
Status: in_force

Every minister, officer, or any other person authorized to solemnize a marriage under the laws of this State, who marries any couple without a license being first delivered to that person, as required by law, or after the expiration of such license, or who fails to return such license to the register of deeds within 10 days after any marriage celebrated by virtue thereof, with the certificate appended thereto duly filled up and signed, shall forfeit and pay two hundred dollars ($200.00) to any person who sues therefore, and shall also be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-106 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-106
§ 143B-106. Historic Hillsborough Commission--members; selection; quorum; compensation
Status: reserved

The Historic Hillsborough Commission shall consist of not fewer than 25 members appointed by the Governor plus, ex officio, the mayor of the Town of Hillsborough, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, the Orange County Register of Deeds, the Orange County Clerk of Superior Court, and the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources or designee. The initial appointed members of the Commission shall be the members of the present Historic Hillsborough Commission who shall serve for a period equal to the remainder of their current terms on the Historic Hillsborough Commission. At the end of the respective terms of office of the present members, the appointments of members, excepting the ex officio members, shall be for terms of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Commission created by the resignation, dismissal, death or disability of a member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. The Commission shall elect its own officers. Members of the Commission shall serve without pay and without expense allowance from State funds. The Commission shall determine its requirements for a quorum.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-9 — NC Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87-9
§ 87-9. Compliance with Federal Highway Act, etc.; contracts financed by federal road funds; contracts concerning water or waste water systems
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article shall operate to prevent the Department of Transportation from complying with any act of Congress and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act, or shall apply to any person, firm or corporation proposing to submit a bid or enter into contract for any work to be financed in whole or in part with federal aid road funds in such manner as will conflict with any act of Congress or any such rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Neither shall anything in this Article prevent the State of North Carolina or any of its political subdivisions or their contractors from complying with any act of Congress and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto for carrying out the provisions of any federal program to assist in the planning, financing, or construction of drinking water or waste water processing, collection, and disposal systems and facilities.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 169-4 — NC Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169-4
§ 169-4. North Carolina Innovation Council established
Status: reserved

(a) The North Carolina Innovation Council is established. The purpose of the Innovation Council is to support innovation, investment, and job creation within North Carolina by encouraging participation in the regulatory sandbox. The Council is empowered to set standards, principles, guidelines, and policy priorities for the types of innovations that the regulatory sandbox program will support. The Council shall be responsible for admission into the regulatory sandbox program and for assigning selected participants to the applicable State agency.

(b) The Council shall consist of 11 members, as follows:

(1) The Commissioner of Banks or appointed designee.

(2) The Commissioner of Insurance and Fire Marshal or appointed designee.

(3) The Secretary of State or appointed designee.

(4) The Attorney General or appointed designee.

(5) Two public members appointed by the Governor.

(6) One public member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.

(7) Two public members from academia appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

(8) Two public members from the North Carolina entrepreneurial or blockchain community appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Public members shall have a background in one or more of the following areas or related areas: financial services; insurance; blockchain; FinTech; InsurTech; or entrepreneurship.

(c) Appointed members of the Council shall serve terms of four years, beginning on October 1, 2021, and every four years thereafter, except that one each of the two members appointed by the Governor, the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve an initial term of two years, and every four years thereafter. Appointed members may be reappointed but shall not serve more than two consecutive terms. Vacancies among appointed members shall be filled by the appointing authority and shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(d) Upon appointment of a majority of the appointed members, the Secretary of State shall call the first meeting of the Council. At its initial meeting the Council shall elect an ex officio member as chair and an appointed member as vice-chair, each of whom shall serve a term of two years.

(e) The Council shall meet at least quarterly but may meet more frequently upon the call of the chair. A majority of the Council membership shall constitute a quorum.

(f) Members of the Council shall receive no compensation for their services other than such per diem compensation and necessary travel and subsistence expenses while engaged in the official discharge of their official duties as is provided by law for members of State boards and commissions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-30-127 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-30-127
§ 58-30-127. Duties of agents
Status: reserved

(a) Every person who receives notice in the form prescribed in G.S. 58-30-125 that an insurer that person represents as an agent is the subject of a liquidation order shall, upon request of the liquidator and within 60 days after receipt of the request, provide to the liquidator the information in the agent's records related to any policy issued by the insurer through the agent; and if the agent is a general agent, the information in the general agent's records related to any policy issued by the insurer through a subagent under contract with the general agent, including the name and address of the subagent.

(b) For the purpose of this section, a policy is issued through an agent if the agent has a property interest in the expiration of the policy or if the agent has had in the agent's possession a copy of the declarations of the policy at any time during the life of the policy, except where the ownership of the expiration of the policy has been transferred to another person.

(c) Any agent failing to provide information to the liquidator as required by this section is to be subject to G.S. 58-2-70 .

(d) The provisions of this section are in addition to any other duties in this Chapter that are placed on agents.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-45-46 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-45-46
§ 58-45-46. Unearned premium, loss, and loss expense reserves
Status: in_force

The Association shall make provisions for reserving unearned premiums and reserving for losses, including incurred but not reported losses, and loss expenses, in accordance with G.S. 58-3-71 , 58-3-75 , and 58-3-81 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-204 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-204
§ 131E-204. Inspections
Status: in_force

The Department shall inspect all hospices that are subject to rules adopted pursuant to this Article in order to determine compliance with the provisions of this Article and with rules adopted thereunder. Inspections shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-74-5 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-74-5
§ 58-74-5. Mortgage in lieu of security for appearance, costs, or fine
Status: in_force

Any person required to give a bond or undertaking, or required to enter into a recognizance for his appearance at any court, in any criminal proceeding, or for the security of any costs or fine in any criminal action, may also execute a mortgage on real or personal property of the value of such bond or recognizance, payable to the State of North Carolina, conditioned as such bond or recognizance would be required, with power of sale, which power shall be executed by the clerk in whose court said mortgage is executed, upon a breach of any of the conditions of said mortgage.

No such mortgage on real property executed for the security for costs or fine shall allow a longer time for payment of said costs or fine than six months from the execution thereof, and no mortgage on personal property a longer time than three months, except in cases of appeal, when the time allowed shall be counted from the date of the final decision in the cause.

All legitimate expenses of sale, which shall only be made after due advertisement according to law, shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sale.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-45-6 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-45-6
§ 58-45-6. Persons who can be insured by the Association
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, “ person ” includes the State of North Carolina and any county, city, or other political subdivision of the State of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-567-1 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-567-1
§ 115C-567.1. Outreach and assistance for parents and students
Status: in_force

(a) The State Education Assistance Authority, in its administration of scholarship programs for eligible students pursuant to Part 2A of this Article and Article 41 of this Chapter may contract with a nonprofit corporation representing parents and families, for outreach and scholarship education, program promotion, and application assistance for parents and students. The Authority shall issue a request for proposals in order to enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation that meets the following requirements during the term of the contract:

(1) Be a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 55A of the General Statutes and comply at all times with the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code .

(2) Employ sufficient staff who have demonstrated a capacity of direct parent and family outreach, program promotion, and procedural knowledge to assist parents through scholarship application processes and provide guidance on the scholarship grant program, including by doing the following:

a. One-on-one parent and family engagement.

b. Scholarship education and public awareness.

(3) Comply with the limitations on lobbying set forth in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code .

(4) Have no State officer or employee serving on the board of the nonprofit.

(5) Conduct at least quarterly meetings of the board of directors of the nonprofit at the call of its chair.

(b) The terms of the contract between the Authority and a nonprofit corporation shall require that the nonprofit (i) maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the Authority for parents and students as directed by the Authority and (ii) not disseminate information to third parties without written parental consent. During the term of the contract provided for in this section, the Authority shall include on scholarship applications a statement for parents to indicate nonconsent for sharing information with a nonprofit corporation.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the term of the contract provided for in this section, the Authority may share the name, address, email, and telephone number of the parent of any student applicant, unless the parent indicates that the information should not be shared.