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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-345 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-345
§ 7A-345. Duties of assistant director
Status: in_force

The assistant director is the administrative assistant to the Chief Justice, and his duties include the following:

(1) Assist the Chief Justice in performing his duties relating to the assignment of superior court judges;

(2) Assist the Supreme Court in preparing calendars of superior court trial sessions; and

(3) Performing such additional functions as may be assigned by the Chief Justice or the Director of the Administrative Office.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-65 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-65
§ 159-65. Resolution fixing the details of the bonds
Status: in_force

(a) After the bond order has been adopted, the board shall adopt a resolution fixing the details of the bonds. In fixing details of the bonds, the board is subject to these restrictions and directions:

(1) The dates for payment of installments of principal shall not exceed the maximum periods of usefulness prescribed by the Commission pursuant to G.S. 159-122 .

(2) Bonds authorized by two or more bond orders may be consolidated into a single issue.

(3) Bonds of each issue shall have principal paid in annual installments, the first of which shall be payable not more than three years after the date of the bonds, and the last within the maximum maturity period prescribed by regulation of the Commission under G.S. 159-122 .

(4) No installment of principal for any issue may be more than four times as great in amount as the smallest prior installment of principal for the same issue.

(5) Bonds of each issue may be issued from time to time in series with different provisions for each series. Each series shall be deemed a separate issue for the purposes of this section, except that two or more series may be considered to be a single issue under subdivisions (3) and (4) of this subsection if issued on the same day or two consecutive days.

(6) Any bond may be made payable on demand or tender for purchase as provided in G.S. 159-79 , and any bond may be made subject to redemption prior to maturity, with or without premium, on such notice and at such time or times and with such redemption provisions as may be stated therein. When any such bond has been validly called for redemption and provision has been made for the payment of the principal thereof, any redemption premium, and the interest thereon accrued to the date of redemption, interest thereon shall cease.

(7) The bonds may bear interest at such rate or rates, payable semiannually or otherwise, may be in such denominations, and may be made payable in such kind of money and in such place or places within or without the State of North Carolina, as the board may determine.

(b) Subdivisions (a)(3) and (4) of this section do not apply to refunding bonds or to bonds purchased by a State or federal agency. Subdivisions (a)(3) and (4) also do not apply to bonds the interest on which is or may be includable in gross income for purposes of federal income tax, as long as the dates for payment of principal on these bonds have been approved by the Commission. For the purposes of subdivisions (a)(3) and (4) of this section and for bonds the interest on which is or may be includable in gross income for purposes of federal income tax, payment of an installment of principal may be provided for by the maturity of a bond, mandatory redemption of principal prior to maturity, a sinking fund, a credit facility as defined in G.S. 159-79 , or any other means satisfactory to the Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-64-22 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-64-22
§ 143-64.22. Contracts with other State agencies; competitive proposals
Status: in_force

The rules of the Department of Administration shall include provisions to assure that all consultant contracts let by State agencies shall be made with other agencies of the State of North Carolina, if such contract can reasonably be performed by them; or otherwise, that wherever practicable a sufficient number of sources for the performance of such contract are solicited for competitive proposals and that such proposals are properly evaluated for award to the State's best advantage.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-82-12 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-82-12
§ 163-82.12. Promulgation of guidelines relating to computerized voter registration
Status: in_force

The State Board of Elections shall make all guidelines necessary to administer the statewide voter registration system established by this Article. All county boards of elections shall follow these guidelines and cooperate with the State Board of Elections in implementing guidelines. These guidelines shall include provisions for all of the following:

(1) Establishing, developing, and maintaining a computerized central voter registration file.

(2) Linking the central file through a network with computerized voter registration files in each of the counties.

(3) Interacting with the computerized drivers license records of the Division of Motor Vehicles and with the computerized records of other public agencies authorized to accept voter registration applications.

(4) Protecting and securing the data.

(5) Converting current voter registration records in the counties in computer files that can be used on the statewide computerized registration system.

(6) Enabling the statewide system to determine whether the voter identification information provided by an individual is valid.

(7) Enabling the statewide system to interact electronically with the Division of Motor Vehicles system to validate identification information.

(8) Enabling the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide real-time interface for the validation of the drivers license number and last four digits of the social security number.

(9) Notifying voter-registration applicants whose drivers license or last four digits of social security number does not result in a validation, attempting to resolve the discrepancy, initiating investigations under G.S. 163-33(3) or challenges under Article 8 of this Chapter where warranted, and notifying any voters of the requirement under G.S. 163-166.12(b2) to present identification when voting.

(10) Enabling the statewide system to assign a unique identifier to each legally registered voter in the State.

(11) Enabling the State Board of Elections to assist the Division of Motor Vehicles in providing to the jury commission of each county, as required by G.S. 20-43.4 , a list of all registered voters in the county and all persons in the county with drivers license records.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-18 — NC Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-18
§ 42-18. Tenant's undertaking on continuance or appeal
Status: in_force

In case there is a continuance or an appeal from the magistrate's decision to the district court, the lessee or cropper, or the assigns of either, shall be allowed to retain possession of said property upon his giving an undertaking to the lessor or his assigns, or the adverse party, in a sum double the amount of the claim, if such claim does not amount to more than the value of such property, otherwise to double the value of such property, with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the magistrate or the clerk of the superior court, conditioned for the faithful payment to the adverse party of such damages as he shall recover in said action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-316-3 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-316-3
§ 105-316.3. Issuance of permits
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 105-316.2 above, no permit required by G.S. 105-316.1 through 105-316.8 shall be issued by the tax collector unless and until all taxes due to be paid by the owner to the county or to any other taxing unit therein, including any penalties or interest thereon, have been paid. Any taxes which have not yet been computed but which will become due during the current calendar year shall be determined as in the case of prepayments.

(b) Upon compliance with the provisions of G.S. 105-316.1 through 105-316.8 , the tax collector shall issue, without charge, a permit authorizing the removal of the mobile home. He shall also maintain a record of all permits issued.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-321 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-321
§ 14-321. Failing to pay minors for doing certain work
Status: in_force

Whenever any person, having a contract with any corporation, company or person for the manufacture or change of any raw material by the piece or pound, shall employ any minor to assist in the work upon the faith of and by color of such contract, with intent to cheat and defraud such minor, and, having secured the contract price, shall willfully fail to pay the minor when he shall have performed his part of the contract work, whether done by the day or by the job, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-426 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-426
§ 53-426. Waiver of equity of redemption
Status: reserved

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except to the extent otherwise set forth in the transaction documents relating to a securitization, all of the following apply:

(1) Any property, assets, or rights purported to be transferred, in whole or in part, in a securitization or in connection with a securitization are considered no longer the property, assets, or rights of the transferor, to the extent purported to be transferred.

(2) A transferor in the securitization, its creditors, and, in any insolvency proceeding with respect to the transferor or the transferor's property, a bankruptcy trustee, receiver, debtor, debtor in possession, or similar person, to the extent the transfer is governed by State law, has no rights, legal or equitable, to reacquire, reclaim, recover, repudiate, disaffirm, redeem, or recharacterize as property of the transferor any property, assets, or rights purported to be transferred to the special purpose entity, in whole or in part, by the transferor.

(3) In the event of a bankruptcy, receivership, or other insolvency proceeding with respect to the transferor or the transferor's property, to the extent the transfer of property, assets, and rights are governed by State law, the property, assets, and rights are not considered part of the transferor's property, assets, rights, or estate.

(b) Nothing in this Article:

(1) Requires any securitization to be treated as a sale for federal or state tax purposes;

(2) Precludes the treatment of any securitization as debt for federal or state tax purposes; or

(3) Changes any applicable laws relating to the perfection and priority of security or ownership interests of persons other than the transferor, any hypothetical lien creditor of the transferor, or, in the event of a bankruptcy, receivership, or other insolvency proceeding with respect to the transferor or its property, a bankruptcy trustee, receiver, debtor, debtor in possession, or other similar person.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-65-45 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-65-45
§ 106-65.45. Authority of the Board to adopt regulations
Status: in_force

The Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt regulations to implement and carry out the purposes of this Article so as to protect the environment from detrimental importation, rearing, sale, and/or release of insects, parasites, predators and other biological organisms in North Carolina, and to protect organisms that are beneficial to man and/or his environment. No viable biological organism shall be brought into North Carolina, reared, collected, propagated or offered for sale or released except under such conditions as are prescribed by regulations adopted under the provisions of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-6-1 — NC Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-6-1
§ 15-6.1. Changing place of confinement of prisoner committing offense
Status: in_force

In all cases where a defendant has been convicted in a court inferior to the superior court and sentenced to a term in the county jail or to serve in some county institution other than under the supervision of the Department of Adult Correction, and such defendant is subsequently brought before such court for an offense committed prior to the expiration of the term to be served in such county institution, upon conviction, plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the judge shall have the power and authority to change the place of confinement of the prisoner and commit such defendant to work under the supervision of the Department of Adult Correction. This provision shall apply whether or not the terms of the new sentence are to run concurrently with or consecutive to the remaining portion of the old sentence.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-4
§ 7A-4. Composition and organization
Status: in_force

The General Court of Justice constitutes a unified judicial system for purposes of jurisdiction, operation and administration, and consists of an appellate division, a superior court division, and a district court division.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-31A-40 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-31A-40
§ 58-31A-40. Determination and adjustment of premium rates; certificate as to insurance carried; no lapse; notice as to premiums required, and payments of premiums
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner shall determine the annual premium rate to be charged for insurance of public education properties pursuant to this Article, and rates shall be adjusted from time to time so as to provide insurance against damage or loss resulting from insurable hazards to public education buildings and properties of the public education boards at the lowest cost possible in keeping with the payment of cost of administration under this Article, and the creation of adequate reserves to pay losses which may be incurred. The Commissioner shall furnish to each public education board annually and, at such times as changes may require, a certificate showing the amount of insurance carried on each item of insurable property. This insurance shall not lapse but shall remain in force until the public education board requests that the insurance be canceled or until such property becomes uninsurable in the manner set out in G.S. 58-31A-45 . From time to time, the public education board shall be notified as to the amount of the premiums required to be paid for insurance and the amounts to be provided for in the annual budget of the public education board. The tax-levying authorities shall provide by taxation or otherwise a sum sufficient to pay the required premiums.

(b) The public education board shall, within 30 days from notice of the rate of the premium, pay to the Commissioner the amount of the premiums on the insurance, and in the event that there are no funds available to make a payment on the premiums as required by this subsection, the premium shall be paid out of the first funds available to the public education board. Delayed payments shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-73-5 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-73-5
§ 58-73-5. When surety company sufficient surety on bonds and undertakings
Status: in_force

A bond or undertaking by the laws of North Carolina required or permitted to be given by a public official, fiduciary, or a party to an action or proceeding, conditioned for the doing or not doing of an act specified therein, shall be sufficient when it is executed or guaranteed by a corporation authorized in this State to act as guardian or trustee, or to guarantee the fidelity of persons holding places of public or private trust, or to guarantee the performance of contracts, other than insurance policies, or to give or guarantee bonds and undertakings in actions or proceedings.

The bond or undertaking of a corporation having such power shall be sufficient, although the law or regulation in accordance with which it is given requires two or more sureties, or requires the sureties to be residents or freeholders. But the clerk of the superior court may exercise his discretion as to accepting such a corporation's surety on the bonds of fiduciaries or parties to actions or proceedings.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-554 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-554
§ 106-554. Application to Board of Agriculture for authorization of referendum
Status: in_force

Any existing commission, council, board or other agency fairly representative of the growers and producers of any agricultural commodity herein referred to, and any such commission, council, board or other agency hereafter created for and fairly representative of the growers or producers of any such agricultural commodity herein referred to, may at any time after the passage and ratification of this Article make application to the Board of Agriculture of the State of North Carolina for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among the growers or producers of such particular agricultural commodity, for commercial purposes, upon the question of levying an assessment under the provisions of this Article, collecting and utilizing the same for the purposes stated in such referendum.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-318-16 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-318-16
§ 143-318.16. Injunctive relief against violations of Article
Status: reserved

(a) The General Court of Justice has jurisdiction to enter mandatory or prohibitory injunctions to enjoin (i) threatened violations of this Article, (ii) the recurrence of past violations of this Article, or (iii) continuing violations of this Article. Any person may bring an action in the appropriate division of the General Court of Justice seeking such an injunction; and the plaintiff need not allege or prove special damage different from that suffered by the public at large. It is not a defense to such an action that there is an adequate remedy at law.

(b) Any injunction entered pursuant to this section shall describe the acts enjoined with reference to the violations of this Article that have been proved in the action.

(c) Repealed by Laws 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 932, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1986.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-146-5 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-146-5
§ 108A-146.5. Aggregate modernized assessment collection amount
Status: in_force

(a) The aggregate modernized assessment collection amount is an amount of money that is calculated by subtracting the modernized intergovernmental transfer adjustment component under G.S. 108A-146.13 from the total modernized nonfederal receipts under subsection (b) of this section and then adding the positive or negative amount of the modernized IGT actual receipts adjustment component under G.S. 108A-146.14 .

(b) The total modernized nonfederal receipts is the sum of all of the following:

(1) One-fourth of the State's annual Medicaid payment.

(2) The managed care component under G.S. 108A-146.7 .

(3) The fee-for-service component under G.S. 108A-146.9 .

(3a) The modernized HASP component under G.S. 108A-146.10 .

(4) The GME component under G.S. 108A-146.11 .

(5) Beginning April 1, 2022, and ending March 31, 2027, the postpartum coverage component under G.S. 108A-146.12 .

(6) Beginning April 1, 2024, the home and community-based services component under G.S. 108A-146.12A .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-16-04 — NC Code / Chapter 55A / Section 55A-16-04
§ 55A-16-04. Court-ordered inspection
Status: in_force

(a) If a corporation does not allow a member who complies with G.S. 55A-16-02(a) to inspect and copy any records required by that subsection to be available for inspection, the superior court in the county where the corporation's principal office (or, if there is none in this State, its registered office) is located may, upon application of the member, summarily order inspection and copying of the records demanded at the corporation's expense.

(b) If a corporation does not within a reasonable time allow a member to inspect and copy any other record, the member who complies with G.S. 55A-16-02(b) and (c) may apply to the superior court in the county where the corporation's principal office (or, if there is none in this State, its registered office) is located for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.

(c) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it shall also order the corporation to pay the member's cost (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred to obtain the order unless the corporation proves that it refused inspection in good faith because it had a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the member to inspect the records demanded.

(d) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of the records by the demanding member.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-4-301 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-4-301
§ 25-4-301. Deferred posting; recovery of payment by return of items; time of dishonor; return of items by payor bank
Status: in_force

(a) If a payor bank settles for a demand item other than a documentary draft presented otherwise than for immediate payment over the counter before midnight of the banking day of receipt, the payor bank may revoke the settlement and recover the settlement if, before it has made final payment and before its midnight deadline, it:

(1) Returns the item; or

(2) Sends written notice of dishonor or nonpayment if the item is unavailable for return.

(b) If a demand item is received by a payor bank for credit on its books, it may return the item or send notice of dishonor and may revoke any credit given or recover the amount thereof withdrawn by its customer, if it acts within the time limit and in the manner specified in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Unless previous notice of dishonor has been sent, an item is dishonored at the time when for purposes of dishonor it is returned or notice sent in accordance with this section.

(d) An item is returned:

(1) As to an item presented through a clearing house, when it is delivered to the presenting or last collecting bank or to the clearing house or is sent or delivered in accordance with clearing-house rules; or

(2) In all other cases, when it is sent or delivered to the bank's customer or transferor or pursuant to instructions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-396 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-396
§ 153A-396. Fiscal affairs
Status: in_force

Each county and city having membership in a regional planning commission may appropriate to the commission revenues not otherwise limited as to use by law. Services of personnel, use of equipment and office space, and other services may be made available to a commission by its member governments as a part of their financial support.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-119-1 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-119-1
§ 47-119.1. Memorandum for contract to purchase real estate
Status: in_force

A contract to convey real estate may be registered by registering a memorandum that sets forth all of the following:

(1) The names and signatures, executed and notarized, of all of the following:

a. Each record title holder contracting to convey an interest in the real estate.

b. Each person contracting to purchase the real estate.

(2) A description of the real estate that is subject to the contract.

(3) The expiration date of the contract.

(4) The title of the agreement and the parties to it, as contained in the original written contract, or other reference sufficient to identify the complete agreement between the parties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-15 — NC Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87-15
§ 87-15. Copy of Article included in specifications; bid not considered unless contractor licensed
Status: in_force

All architects and engineers preparing plans and specifications for work to be contracted in the State of North Carolina shall include in their invitations to bidders and in their specifications a copy of this Article or such portions thereof as are deemed necessary to convey to the invited bidder, whether he be a resident or nonresident of this State and whether a license has been issued to him or not, the information that it will be necessary for him to show evidence of a license before his bid is considered.