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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 138-7 — NC Code / Chapter 138 / Section 138-7
§ 138-5 and 138-6
Status: in_force

Expenditures in excess of the maximum amounts set forth in G.S. 138-5 and 138-6 for travel and subsistence may be reimbursed if the prior approval of the department head is obtained. The Director of the Budget shall establish and publish uniform standards and criteria under which actual expenses in excess of the travel and subsistence allowances and convention registration fees as prescribed in G.S. 138-5 and 138-6 may be authorized by department heads for extraordinary charges for hotel, meals, and registration, whenever such charges are the result of required official business.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-339-14 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-339-14
§ 1-339.14. Public sale; judge's approval of clerk's order of sale
Status: in_force

An order of public sale of personal property in which a minor or incompetent has an interest, which is made by a clerk of the superior court, shall not be effective, except in the case of perishable property as provided by G.S. 1-339.19 , unless and until such order is approved by the resident judge or the judge regularly holding the courts of the district.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-781 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-781
§ 106-781. Title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known as the “Strawberry Assessment Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-151 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-151
§ 160A-151. Mayor and councilmen ineligible to serve or act as manager
Status: in_force

Neither the mayor nor any member of the council shall be eligible for appointment as manager or acting or interim manager.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1110 — NC Code / Chapter 18B / Section 18B-1110
§ 18B-1110. Authorization of bottler permit
Status: in_force

(a) Authorization.--The holder of a bottler permit may:

(1) Receive, possess and transport shipments of malt beverages, unfortified wine and fortified wine;

(2) Bottle, sell, deliver and ship malt beverages, unfortified wine, and fortified wine in closed containers to wholesalers licensed under this Chapter as authorized by the ABC laws;

(3) Furnish or sell packages which do not conform to the manufacturer's marketing standards, if State taxes have been or will be paid, to its employees for the use of the employees or their families and guests in this State.

A sale or gift under subdivision (3) shall not be considered a retail or wholesale sale under the ABC law.

(b) Distribution Agreements.--Wine distribution agreements are governed by Article 12 of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-479-2 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-479-2
§ 160A-479.2. Jurisdiction of the authority
Status: in_force

(a) The territorial jurisdiction of any authority created pursuant to this Part shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the respective units of local government creating and participating in the authority.

(b) The jurisdiction of any authority created pursuant to this Part shall include any and all currently existing public sports facilities operating within its territorial jurisdiction to the extent that any person or governmental entity owning or controlling such facilities has reached mutual and written agreement with an authority for the operation and maintenance of such facilities by the authority.

(c) The jurisdiction of an authority shall also include any and all new public sports facilities within the regional authority's territorial jurisdiction developed specifically for operation and maintenance by an authority with the agreement of an authority.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-66 — NC Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-66
§ 42-66. Motion to enforce eviction and removal orders
Status: in_force

(a) A motion to enforce an eviction or removal order issued pursuant to G.S. 42-63(b) or (c) shall be heard on an expedited basis and within 15 days of the service of the motion.

(b) Mandatory Eviction.--The court shall order the immediate eviction of the tenant where it finds that:

(1) The tenant has given permission to or invited any person removed or barred from the leased residential premises pursuant to this Article to return to or reenter any portion of the premises; or

(2) The tenant has failed to notify appropriate law enforcement authorities or the landlord immediately upon learning that any person who had been removed and barred pursuant to this Article has returned to or reentered the tenant's individual rental unit; or

(3) The tenant has otherwise knowingly violated an express term or condition of any order issued by court pursuant to this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-245 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-245
§ 54B-245. Filing of semiannual financial reports; fees
Status: in_force

Each mutual deposit guaranty association shall on the 30th day of June and the 31st day of December of each year, or within 40 days thereafter, file with the Secretary of Commerce a report for the preceding half year, showing its financial condition at the end thereof. Such reports shall be in such form and contain such information as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce. Each guaranty association doing business in this State shall pay to the Secretary of Commerce, at the time of filing each semiannual report required by this section, the sum of five dollars ($5.00). All such fees shall be paid into the State treasury to the credit of the general fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-36-4 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-36-4
§ 116-36.4. Vending facilities
Status: in_force

Each institution shall provide to the director of the Budget and the State Auditor such information as they may from time to time require concerning the use of net proceeds from operations of vending facilities for the previous fiscal year under G.S. 116-36.1 . Net proceeds are appropriated and may be used only as authorized by the Board of Governors, but this section does not authorize expenditures for purposes not otherwise authorized by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-90 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-90
§ 14-90. Embezzlement of property received by virtue of office or employment
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply to any person:

(1) Exercising a public trust.

(2) Holding a public office.

(3) Who is a guardian, administrator, executor, trustee, or any receiver, or any other fiduciary, including, but not limited to, a settlement agent, as defined in G.S. 45A-3 .

(4) Who is an officer or agent of a corporation, or any agent, consignee, clerk, bailee or servant, except persons under the age of 16 years, of any person.

(b) Any person who shall:

(1) Embezzle or fraudulently or knowingly and willfully misapply or convert to his own use, or

(2) Take, make away with or secrete, with intent to embezzle or fraudulently or knowingly and willfully misapply or convert to his own use,

any money, goods or other chattels, bank note, check or order for the payment of money issued by or drawn on any bank or other corporation, or any treasury warrant, treasury note, bond or obligation for the payment of money issued by the United States or by any state, or any other valuable security whatsoever that (i) belongs to any other person or corporation, unincorporated association or organization or (ii) are closing funds as defined in G.S. 45A-3 , which shall have come into his possession or under his care, shall be guilty of a felony.

(c) If the value of the property described in subsection (b) of this section is one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, the person is guilty of a Class C felony. If the value of the property is less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the person is guilty of a Class H felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-3401 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-3401
§ 7B-3401. Definitions
Status: in_force

The definitions of G.S. 7B-101 and G.S. 7B-1501 apply to this Subchapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-296 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-296
§ 15A-296. Recovery of civil damages authorized
Status: in_force

(a) Any person whose wire, oral, or electronic communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this Article, has a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses, uses, or procures any other person to intercept, disclose, or use such communications, and is entitled to recover from any other person:

(1) Actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages, computed at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day for each day of violation or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is higher;

(2) Punitive damages; and

(3) A reasonable attorneys' fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.

(b) Good faith reliance on a court order or on a representation made by the Attorney General or a district attorney is a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63-94 — NC Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63-94
§ 63-94. Applicability of Article
Status: in_force

(a) Applicability.--This Article does not apply to model aircraft, as defined in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Model aircraft.--An aircraft, as defined in G.S. 63-1 , that is mechanically driven or launched into flight and that meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Is flown solely for hobby or recreational purposes.

(2) Is not used for payment, consideration, gratuity, or benefit, directly or indirectly charged, demanded, received, or collected, by any person for the use of the aircraft or any photographic or video image produced by the aircraft.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-104 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-104
§ 25-9-104. Control of deposit account
Status: in_force

(a) Requirements for control. -- A secured party has control of a deposit account if:

(1) The secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained;

(2) The debtor, secured party, and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor; or

(3) The secured party becomes the bank's customer with respect to the deposit account.

(b) Debtor's right to direct disposition. -- A secured party that has satisfied subsection (a) of this section has control, even if the debtor retains the right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99E-2 — NC Code / Chapter 99E / Section 99E-2
§ 99E-2. Liability
Status: reserved

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person engaged in an equine activity, including a corporation or partnership, shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities and, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no participant or participant's representative shall maintain an action against or recover from an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person engaged in an equine activity for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of equine activities. In any action for damages against an equine activity sponsor or an equine professional for an equine activity, the equine activity sponsor or equine professional must plead the affirmative defense of assumption of the risk of the equine activity by the participant.

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person engaged in an equine activity if the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or person engaged in an equine activity does any one or more of the following:

(1) Provides the equipment or tack, and knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and such faulty equipment or tack proximately caused the injury, damage, or death.

(2) Provides the equine and failed to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the ability of the participant to engage safely in the equine activity or to safely manage the particular equine.

(3) Commits an act or omission that constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, and that act or omission proximately caused the injury, damage, or death.

(4) Repealed by S.L. 2013-265, § 3.2, eff. Aug. 1, 2013 .

(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person engaged in an equine activity under liability provisions as set forth in the products liability laws.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to conflict with or render ineffectual a liability release, indemnification, assumption, or acknowledgment of risk agreement between a participant and an equine activity sponsor or an equine professional.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-129 — NC Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148-129
§ 148-129. Purposes of Correction Enterprises
Status: in_force

Correction Enterprises shall serve all of the following purposes to:

(1) Provide incarcerated offenders a work and training environment that emulates private industry.

(2) Provide incarcerated offenders with training opportunities that allow them to increase work skills and employability upon release from prison.

(3) Provide quality goods and services.

(4) Aid victims by contributing a portion of its proceeds to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund.

(5) Generate sufficient funds from the sale of goods and services to be a self-supporting operation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115D-40-1 — NC Code / Chapter 115D / Section 115D-40-1
§ 115D-40.1. Targeted Financial Assistance for Community College Students; participation in federal programs
Status: reserved

(a) Repealed by S.L. 2021-180, § 8A.2(g), eff. July 1, 2023 .

(b) Targeted Financial Assistance.--Within the funds available, the State Board may provide financial assistance to the following students:

(1) Students who enroll in low-enrollment programs that prepare students for high-demand occupations.

(2) Students with disabilities who have been referred by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and are enrolled in a community college.

(3) Students enrolled in fewer than six credit hours per semester who otherwise qualify for need-based financial aid programs.

(c) Administration of Targeted Financial Assistance.--The State Board shall adopt rules and policies for the disbursement of the targeted financial assistance provided in subsection (b) of this section. Degree, diploma, and certificate students must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be eligible for financial assistance. The State Board may contract with the State Education Assistance Authority for administration of these targeted financial assistance funds.

(d) Participation in Federal Loan Programs.--All community colleges shall participate in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, unless the board of trustees of an institution adopts a resolution declining to participate in the Program. The State Board shall ensure that at least one counselor is available at each college to inform students about federal programs and funds available to assist community college students, including, but not limited to, Pell Grants, HOPE and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits, and, for participating colleges, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and to actively encourage students to utilize these federal programs and funds. The board of trustees of any institution that has declined to participate in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program through the adoption of a resolution may rescind the resolution and participate in the Program but shall not have the authority to again decline participation in the Program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143A / Section 143A-1
§ 143A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Executive Organization Act of 1971.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309-139 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-309-139
§ 130A-309.139. Enforcement
Status: in_force

This Part may be enforced as provided by Part 2 of Article 1 of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1
§ 143B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Executive Organization Act of 1973.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-490 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-490
§ 115C-490. Creation of endowment funds; administration
Status: in_force

Any local board of education is hereby authorized and empowered upon the passage of a resolution to create and establish a permanent endowment fund which shall be financed by gifts, donations, devises, or other forms of voluntary contributions. Any endowment fund established under the provisions of this Article shall be administered by the members of such board of education who, ex officio, shall constitute and be known as “The Board of Trustees of the Endowment Fund of the Public Schools of __________ County or ____________ City or Town” (in which shall be inserted the name of the county, city or town). The board of trustees so established shall determine its own organization and methods of procedure.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 161-50 — NC Code / Chapter 161 / Section 161-50
§ 161-50. Short title and purpose
Status: in_force

(a) This Article shall be known and may be cited as the “Registers of Deeds' Supplemental Pension Fund Act of 1987.”

(b) The purpose of this Article is to create a pension fund to supplement local government retirement benefits which will attract the most highly qualified talent available within the State to the position of register of deeds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-84 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-84
§ 131E-84. Waiver of rules and increase in bed capacity during an emergency
Status: in_force

(a) The Division of Health Service Regulation may temporarily waive, during disasters or emergencies declared in accordance with Article 1A of Chapter 166A of the General Statutes, any rules of the Commission pertaining to a hospital to the extent necessary to allow the hospital to provide temporary shelter and temporary services requested by the emergency management agency. The Division may identify, in advance of a declared disaster or emergency, rules that may be waived, and the extent to which the rules may be waived, upon a declaration of disaster or emergency in accordance with Article 1A of Chapter 166A of the General Statutes. The Division may also waive rules under this subsection during a declared disaster or emergency upon the request of an emergency management agency and may rescind the waiver if, after investigation, the Division determines the waiver poses an unreasonable risk to the health, safety, or welfare of any of the persons occupying the hospital. The emergency management agency requesting temporary shelter or temporary services shall notify the Division within 72 hours of the time the preapproved waivers are deemed by the emergency management agency to apply.

(a1) In the event of a declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor in accordance with Article 1A of Chapter 166A of the General Statutes, a declaration of a national emergency by the President of the United States, a declaration of a public health emergency by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; or to the extent necessary to allow for consistency with any temporary waiver or modification issued by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under section 1135 or 1812(f) of the Social Security Act; or when the Division of Health Service Regulation determines the existence of an emergency that poses a risk to the health or safety of patients, the Division of Health Service Regulation may do either or both of the following:

(1) Temporarily waive any rules of the Commission pertaining to hospitals.

(2) Notwithstanding G.S. 131E-183 , allow a hospital to temporarily increase its bed capacity.

(b) As used in this section, “emergency management agency” is as defined in G.S. 166A-19.3 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-345 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-345
§ 105-345. Right of appeal; filing of exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) No party to a proceeding before the Property Tax Commission may appeal from any final order or decision of the Commission unless within 30 days after the entry of such final order or decision the party aggrieved by such decision or order shall file with the Commission notice of appeal and exceptions which shall set forth specifically the ground or grounds on which the aggrieved party considers said decision or order to be unlawful, unjust, unreasonable or unwarranted, and including errors alleged to have been committed by the Commission.

(b) Any party may appeal from all or any portion of any final order or decision of the Commission in the manner herein provided. Copy of the notice of appeal shall be mailed by the appealing party at the time of filing with the Commission, to each party to the proceeding to the addresses as they appear in the files of the Commission in the proceeding. The failure of any party, other than the Commission, to be served with or to receive a copy of the notice of appeal shall not affect the validity or regularity of the appeal.

(c) The Commission may on motion of any party to the proceeding or on its own motion set the exceptions to the final order upon which such appeal is based for further hearing before the Commission.

(d) The appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeals as provided in G.S. 7A-29 . The procedure for the appeal shall be as provided by the rules of appellate procedure.

(e) The Court of Appeals shall hear and determine all matters arising on such appeal, as in this Article provided, and may in the exercise of its discretion assign the hearing of said appeal to any panel of the Court of Appeals.