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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 78A-10 — NC Code / Chapter 78A / Section 78A-10
§ 78A-10. Unlawful representations concerning registration or exemption
Status: in_force

(a) Neither (i) the fact that an application for registration under Article 5 or a registration statement under Article 4 has been filed nor (ii) the fact that a person or security is effectively registered constitutes a finding by the Administrator that any document filed under this Chapter is true, complete, and not misleading. Neither any such fact nor the fact that an exemption or exception is available for a security or a transaction means that the Administrator has passed in any way upon the merits or qualifications of, or recommended or given approval to, any person, security, or transaction.

(b) It is unlawful to make, or cause to be made, to any prospective purchaser, customer, or client any representation inconsistent with subsection (a).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131A-17 — NC Code / Chapter 131A / Section 131A-17
§ 131A-17. Bonds or notes eligible for investment
Status: in_force

Bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this Article are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the State and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds or notes are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any State or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes or obligations of the State is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-725 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-725
§ 15A-725. Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion
Status: in_force

When it is desired to have returned to this State a person charged in this State with a crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him in another state, the Governor of this State may agree with the executive authority of such other state for the extradition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or his term of sentence in such other state, upon condition that such person be returned to such other state at the expense of this State as soon as the prosecution in this State is terminated.

The Governor of this State may also surrender on demand of the executive authority of any other state any person in this State who is charged in the manner provided in G.S. 15A-743 with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is making the demand, even though such person left the demanding state involuntarily.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131D-7-1 — NC Code / Chapter 131D / Section 131D-7-1
§ 131D-7.1. Secretary to establish visitation protocols during declared disasters and emergencies
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section and in G.S. 131D-7.2 , the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) Disaster declaration.--As defined in G.S. 166A-19.3(3) .

(2) Emergency.--As defined in G.S. 166A-19.3(6) .

(3) Facility.--An adult care home, including a family care home, licensed under this Article.

(4) Normal visitation policy.--The visitation policy that was in effect at a facility on January 1, 2020.

(b) The Secretary shall, in consultation with licensed operators of adult care homes, including family care homes, and any other stakeholders the Secretary deems relevant, establish visitation protocols for residents of these facilities that will become effective during a disaster declaration or emergency that results in the suspension or curtailment of a facility's normal visitation policy for any reason. The visitation protocols shall provide for at least the following:

(1) Each resident shall have the right to designate one preapproved visitor and one preapproved alternate visitor. The preapproved visitor, or if the preapproved visitor is unavailable, the preapproved alternate visitor, shall be allowed to visit the resident at least twice per month during any period of time during which the facility's normal visitation policy is suspended or curtailed for any reason during the declared disaster or emergency.

(2) Prior to admission, each facility shall explain and provide to each resident written notification of the visitation protocols established by the Secretary under this section.

(3) Visitation under these protocols shall be subject to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services directives and to the guidelines, conditions, and limitations established by the facility as part of its normal visitation policy.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 39-45 — NC Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-45
§ 39-45. Authority to acquire and hold real estate
Status: in_force

Business trusts are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire real estate and interests therein and to hold the same in their trust names and may sue and be sued in their trust names.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-4-108 — NC Code / Chapter 47C / Section 47C-4-108
§ 47C-4-108. Purchaser's right to cancel
Status: in_force

(a) A person required to deliver a public offering statement pursuant to G.S. 47C-4-102(c) shall provide a purchaser of a unit or the spouse of such purchaser with a copy of the public offering statement and all amendments thereto before a contract to purchase the unit is executed. No conveyance pursuant to the contract to purchase may occur until seven calendar days following the execution of the contract and a purchaser has the absolute right to cancel the contract at any time during this seven calendar period. Cancellation is without penalty, and all payments made by the purchaser before cancellation shall be refunded promptly.

(b) If a purchaser elects to cancel a contract pursuant to subsection (a), he may do so by hand-delivering notice thereof to the offeror or by mailing notice thereof by prepaid United States mail to the offeror or to his agent for service of process.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 164-4 — NC Code / Chapter 164 / Section 164-4
§ 164-4. Offenses, penalties and liabilities not affected
Status: reserved

No offense committed, no penalty or forfeiture incurred, no liability arising, and no remedy availed of, under any of the statutes hereby repealed, before the time when such repeal shall take effect shall be affected by the repeal.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-655 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-655
§ 90-655. Licensure by reciprocity
Status: in_force

The Board may grant, upon application and the payment of proper fees, a license to a person who, at the time of application holds a valid license, certificate, or registration as a respiratory care practitioner issued by another state or a political territory or jurisdiction acceptable to the Board if, in the Board's determination, the requirements for that license, certificate, or registration are substantially the same as the requirements for licensure under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-536 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-536
§ 90-536. Disciplinary authority of the Board; administrative proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) Grounds for disciplinary action against a licensee shall include the following:

(1) Giving false information or withholding material information from the Board in procuring a license to practice as an athletic trainer.

(2) Having been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to a crime that indicates that the person is unfit or incompetent to practice as an athletic trainer or that indicates that the person has deceived or defrauded the public.

(3) Having a mental or physical disability or using a drug to a degree that interferes with the person's fitness to practice as an athletic trainer.

(4) Engaging in conduct that endangers the public health.

(5) Being unfit or incompetent to practice as an athletic trainer by reason of deliberate or negligent acts or omissions regardless of whether actual injury to a patient is established.

(6) Willfully violating any provision of this Article or rules adopted by the Board.

(7) Having been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to an offense under State or federal narcotic or controlled substance laws.

(b) In accordance with Article 3A of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Board may require remedial education, issue a letter of reprimand, restrict, revoke, or suspend any license to practice as an athletic trainer in North Carolina or deny any application for licensure if the Board determines that the applicant or licensee has committed any of the above acts or is no longer qualified to practice as an athletic trainer. The Board may reinstate a revoked license or remove licensure restrictions when it finds that the reasons for revocation or restriction no longer exist and that the person can reasonably be expected to practice as an athletic trainer safely and properly.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-886 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-886
§ 106-886. Disposition of lands acquired
Status: in_force

The Department shall have full power and authority to sell, exchange, or lease lands under its jurisdiction when in its judgment it is advantageous to the State to do so in the highest orderly development and management of State forests: Provided, however, said sale, lease, or exchange shall not be contrary to the terms of any contract that it has entered into.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 139-56 — NC Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139-56
§ 139-56. Recommendation of priorities and disbursal of grant funds
Status: in_force

Whenever two or more applications for grants are approved in whole or in part, the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall establish priorities among the several applications for disbursal of grant funds. To the extent that funds are available, the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission may authorize the disbursal of grant funds to the applicants consistent with the established priorities. The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall promulgate regulations to provide for an audit of grant funds to assure that they are spent for the purposes delineated in the application. Established priorities may be reviewed from time to time and revised if circumstances warrant such revision.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 111-12-5 — NC Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111-12-5
§ 111-12.5. Reserve and operating capital fund
Status: in_force

Funds now held by the Bureau of Employment of the North Carolina State Commission for the Blind or its successor organization not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be retained by the Department of Health and Human Services as a reserve and operating capital fund to be expended by the Department of Health and Human Services for its lawful purposes and objectives in accordance with this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-127-1 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-127-1
§ 163-127.1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, the following terms mean:

(1) Board.--State Board of Elections.

(2) Candidate.--A person having filed a notice of candidacy under the appropriate statute for any elective office in this State.

(3) Challenger.--Any qualified voter registered in the same district as the office for which the candidate has filed or petitioned.

(4) Office.--The elected office for which the candidate has filed or petitioned.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-19-2 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-19-2
§ 58-19-2. Compliance with federal law
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, “depository institution” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1813 , and includes any foreign bank that maintains a branch, an agency, or a commercial lending company in the United States.

(b) With respect to affiliations between a depository institution or any affiliate of a depository institution and any insurer, the provisions of section 104(c) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, P.L. 106-102 , 1 shall apply to this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-336 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-336
§ 25-9-336. Commingled goods
Status: in_force

(a) “Commingled goods.” -- In this section, “ commingled goods ” means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that their identity is lost in a product or mass.

(b) No security interest in commingled goods as such. -- A security interest does not exist in commingled goods as such. However, a security interest may attach to a product or mass that results when goods become commingled goods.

(c) Attachment of security interest to product or mass. -- If collateral becomes commingled goods, a security interest attaches to the product or mass.

(d) Perfection of security interest. -- If a security interest in collateral is perfected before the collateral becomes commingled goods, the security interest that attaches to the product or mass under subsection (c) of this section is perfected.

(e) Priority of security interest. -- Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of this section, the other provisions of this Part determine the priority of a security interest that attaches to the product or mass under subsection (c) of this section.

(f) Conflicting security interests in product or mass. -- If more than one security interest attaches to the product or mass under subsection (c) of this section, the following rules determine priority:

(1) A security interest that is perfected under subsection (d) of this section has priority over a security interest that is unperfected at the time the collateral becomes commingled goods.

(2) If more than one security interest is perfected under subsection (d) of this section, the security interests rank equally in proportion to the value of the collateral at the time it became commingled goods.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 78A-24 — NC Code / Chapter 78A / Section 78A-24
§ 78A-24. Registration requirement
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to offer or sell any security in this State unless (i) it is registered under this Chapter, (ii) the security or transaction is exempted under G.S. 78A-16 or 78A-17 and such exemption has not been denied or revoked under G.S. 78A-18 , or (iii) it is a security covered under federal law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-3-415 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3-415
§ 25-3-415. Obligation of indorser
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section and to G.S. 25-3-419(d) , if an instrument is dishonored, an indorser is obliged to pay the amount due on the instrument (i) according to the terms of the instrument at the time it was indorsed, or (ii) if the indorser indorsed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in G.S. 25-3-115 and G.S. 25-3-407 . The obligation of the indorser is owed to a person entitled to enforce the instrument or to a subsequent indorser who paid the instrument under this section.

(b) If an indorsement states that it is made “without recourse” or otherwise disclaims liability of the indorser, the indorser is not liable under subsection (a) of this section to pay the instrument.

(c) If notice of dishonor of an instrument is required by G.S. 25-3-503 and notice of dishonor complying with that section is not given to an indorser, the liability of the indorser under subsection (a) of this section is discharged.

(d) If a draft is accepted by a bank after an indorsement is made, the liability of the indorser under subsection (a) of this section is discharged.

(e) If an indorser of a check is liable under subsection (a) of this section and the check is not presented for payment, or given to a depositary bank for collection, within 30 days after the day the indorsement was made, the liability of the indorser under subsection (a) of this section is discharged.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-45-02 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-45-02
§ 130A-45.02. Creation of a public health authority
Status: in_force

(a) A public health authority may be created upon joint resolution of the county board of commissioners and the local board of health that it is in the interest of the public health and welfare to create a public health authority to provide public health services as required under G.S. 130A-34 .

(b) A public health authority including more than one county may be formed upon joint resolution of the county boards of commissioners and local boards of health having jurisdiction over each of the counties involved.

(c) After the adoption of a resolution creating a public health authority, a public health authority board shall be appointed in accordance with G.S. 130A-45.1 .

(d) A county may join a public health authority upon joint resolution of the boards of commissioners and local boards of health having jurisdiction over each of the counties involved.

(e) A public health authority board shall govern the public health authority. All powers, duties, functions, rights, privileges, or immunities conferred on the public health authority may be exercised by the authority board.

(f) The public health authority board shall absorb the functions, assets, and liabilities of the county or district boards of health, and that board is dissolved.

(g) For the purpose of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes , a public health authority is a public authority as defined in G.S. 159-7(b)(10) .

(h) Before adopting a resolution creating a public health authority, the county board of commissioners shall hold a public hearing with notice published at least 10 days before the hearing.

(i) For the purposes of Article 9 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes, a public health authority is a person as defined in G.S. 131E-176(19) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-742 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-742
§ 15A-742. Fugitives from this State; duty of governors
Status: in_force

Whenever the Governor of this State shall demand a person charged with a crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his bail, probation or parole in this State from the executive authority of any other state, or from the chief justice or an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand under the laws of the United States, he shall issue a warrant under the seal of this State, to some agent, commanding him to receive the person so charged if delivered to him and convey him to the proper officer of the county in this State in which the offense was committed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-73 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-73
§ 14-73. Jurisdiction of the superior courts in cases of larceny and receiving stolen goods
Status: in_force

The superior courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the trial of all cases of the larceny of property, or the receiving of stolen goods knowing them to be stolen, of the value of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-1070 — NC Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-1070
§ 59-1070. Merger
Status: in_force

A domestic limited partnership may merge with one or more other domestic limited partnerships or other business entities if:

(1) The merger is permitted by the laws of the state or country governing the organization and internal affairs of each other merging business entity; and

(2) Each merging domestic limited partnership and each other merging business entity comply with the requirements of this Part, and, to the extent applicable, the laws referred to in subdivision (1) of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-61 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-61
§ 122C-61. Treatment rights in 24-hour facilities
Status: in_force

In addition to the rights set forth in G.S. 122C-57 , each client who is receiving services at a 24-hour facility has the following rights:

(1) The right to receive necessary treatment for and prevention of physical ailments based upon the client's condition and projected length of stay. The facility may seek to collect appropriate reimbursement for its costs in providing the treatment and prevention; and

(2) The right to have, as soon as practical during treatment or habilitation but not later than the time of discharge, an individualized written discharge plan containing recommendations for further services designed to enable the client to live as normally as possible. A discharge plan may not be required when it is not feasible because of an unanticipated discontinuation of a client's treatment. With the consent of the client or his legally responsible person, the professionals responsible for the plans shall contact appropriate agencies at the client's destination or in his home community before formulating the recommendations. A copy of the plan shall be furnished to the client or to his legally responsible person and, with the consent of the client, to the client's next of kin.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-190 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-190
§ 106-190. Inspectors or graders authorized; revocation of license
Status: in_force

The Board is authorized to employ, license, or designate persons to inspect and classify farm products and to certify as to the grade or other classification thereof, in accordance with the standards made effective under this Article, and shall fix, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees for such services. Whenever, after opportunity for a hearing is afforded to any person employed, licensed, or designated under this section, it is determined that such person has failed to classify farm products correctly in accordance with the standards established therefor under this Article, or has violated any provision of this Article, or of the rules and regulations made hereunder, the Board may suspend or revoke the employment, license, or designation of such person. Pending investigation the person in charge of this work may suspend or revoke any such appointment, license, or designation temporarily without hearing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-65 — NC Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65-65
§ 65-65. Trust fund; financial reports
Status: in_force

Within 60 days after the end of the calendar or fiscal year of the cemetery company, the trustee shall furnish adequate financial reports with respect to the care fund on forms provided by the Commission. However, the Commission may require the trustee to make such additional financial reports as it may deem advisable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-50-33 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-50-33
§ 106-50.33. When additive considered misbranded
Status: in_force

A soil additive shall be considered misbranded if:

(1) Its label or labeling is false or misleading in any particular;

(2) It is distributed under the name of another soil additive;

(3) It is represented as a soil additive or is represented to contain a soil additive unless such soil additive conforms to the soil additive definition in this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-113-78 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-113-78
§ 105-113.78. County malt beverage and wine retail licenses
Status: in_force

A person holding any of the following retail ABC permits for an establishment located in a county shall obtain from the county a county license for that activity. The annual tax for each license is as stated.

ABC Permit

Tax for Corresponding License

On-premises malt beverage․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$25.00

Off-premises malt beverage․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

5.00

On-premises unfortified wine, on-premises fortified wine, or both․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

25.00

Off-premises unfortified wine, off-premises fortified wine, or both․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

25.00