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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-57 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-57
§ 54-57. Terms of payment
Status: in_force

A borrower may repay his loan by installments of such frequency and amounts as may be agreed upon: Provided, that not less than one percent (1%) of the original amount of the mortgage shall be paid upon the principal thereof annually, and commencing not later than the sixth year succeeding the year in which the loan was made the borrower may pay a larger installment upon the principal, or the whole of it, at any interest date, such payments to be in amounts equal to additions of one or more principal amortization payments. Such payment may be made in cash, or by tendering at par bonds of the association. For failure to pay the interest or any installment required by the terms of the loan, the borrower may be fined as the bylaws may prescribe. But the borrower shall never be required to pay more than the specified installment, nor to pay the principal before it is due except as prescribed herein for partial repayment on account of depreciation and for foreclosure by the association. The borrower may on 60 days' notice repay the association his total indebtedness, or, without such notice, upon payment of 60 days' interest upon the principal unpaid. The borrower shall be entitled to a receipt for all installments as paid, and where the repayment is complete to a satisfaction of his note and mortgage.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-130 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-130
§ 131E-130. First available bed priority for certain nursing home patients
Status: in_force

(a) If a patient is temporarily absent, for no more than 15 days, from a nursing home to obtain medical treatment at a hospital other than a State mental hospital, the nursing home; (i) shall provide the patient with the first bed available at or after the time the nursing home receives written notification of the specific date of discharge from the hospital; and (ii) shall grant the patient priority of admission over applicants for admission to the nursing home.

The duration of the temporary absence shall be calculated from the day of the patient's admission to a hospital until the date the nursing home receives written notice of the specific date of discharge.

This subsection shall not apply in instances in which the patient's treatment can no longer be provided by the nursing home upon re-admission.

(b) If the Department finds that a nursing home has violated the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Department may assess a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) a day, up to a maximum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), against the nursing home, for each violation.

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

(c) The provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes that govern contested cases apply to appeals from Department action pursuant to this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A-64-2 — NC Code / Chapter 113A / Section 113A-64-2
§ 113A-64.2. Remission of civil penalties
Status: in_force

(a) A request for remission of a civil penalty imposed under G.S. 113A-64 may be filed with the Commission within 30 days of receipt of the notice of assessment. A remission request must be accompanied by a waiver of the right to a contested case hearing pursuant to Chapter 150B of the General Statutes and a stipulation of the facts on which the assessment was based.

(b) The following factors shall be considered in determining whether a civil penalty remission request will be approved:

(1) Whether one or more of the civil penalty assessment factors in G.S. 113A-64(a)(3) were wrongly applied to the detriment of the petitioner.

(2) Whether the petitioner promptly abated continuing environmental damage resulting from the violation.

(3) Whether the violation was inadvertent or a result of an accident.

(4) Whether the petitioner had been assessed civil penalties for any previous violations.

(5) Whether payment of the civil penalty will prevent payment for necessary remedial actions or would otherwise create a significant financial hardship.

(6) The assessed property tax valuation of the petitioner's property upon which the violation occurred, excluding the value of any structures located on the property.

(c) The petitioner has the burden of providing information concerning the financial impact of a civil penalty on the petitioner and the burden of showing the petitioner's financial hardship.

(d) The Commission may remit the entire amount of the penalty only when the petitioner has not been assessed civil penalties for previous violations and payment of the civil penalty will prevent payment for necessary remedial actions.

(e) The Commission may not impose a penalty under this section that is in excess of the civil penalty imposed by the Department.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-3 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-3
§ 160A-3. General laws supplementary to charters
Status: in_force

(a) When a procedure that purports to prescribe all acts necessary for the performance or execution of any power, duty, function, privilege, or immunity is provided by both a general law and a city charter, the two procedures may be used as alternatives, and a city may elect to follow either one.

(b) When a procedure for the performance or execution of any power, duty, function, privilege, or immunity is provided by both a general law and a city charter, but the charter procedure does not purport to contain all acts necessary to carry the power, duty, function, privilege, or immunity into execution, the charter procedure shall be supplemented by the general law procedure; but in case of conflict or inconsistency between the two procedures, the charter procedure shall control.

(c) When a power, duty, function, privilege, or immunity is conferred on cities by a general law, and a charter enacted earlier than the general law omits or expressly denies or limits the same power, duty, function, privilege or immunity, the general laws shall supersede the charter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-12 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-12
§ 143-215.12. Declaration of purpose
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that the general welfare and public interest require that the water resources of the State be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent to which they are capable, subject to reasonable regulation in order to conserve these resources and to provide and maintain conditions which are conducive to the development and use of water resources.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-221 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-221
§ 143B-135.221. Reports to General Assembly
Status: in_force

The Commission shall prepare and submit a report outlining the needs of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences and recommendations for improvement of the effectiveness of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division on or before October 1 of each year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 46A-27 — NC Code / Chapter 46A / Section 46A-27
§ 46A-27. Carrying costs, including property taxes; improvements; right to contribution
Status: in_force

(a) Right to Contribution.--A cotenant has a right to contribution from the other cotenants for the cotenant's payment of the real property's carrying costs and for the lesser of the following:

(1) The value added to the real property by the cotenant's improvements as of the date of the commencement of the proceeding.

(2) The actual costs of the cotenant's improvements.

(b) Procedure.--In the case of an actual partition, a cotenant may on application assert the cotenant's right to contribution at any time before the commissioners file their report. In the case of a partition sale, a cotenant may on application assert the right at any time during the partition proceeding.

(c) Property Taxes.--A cotenant's right to contribution for property taxes under this section is limited to the amount of property taxes paid by the cotenant during the 10 years preceding the filing of the partition petition, plus interest at the legal rate under G.S. 24-1 .

(d) Scope.--Nothing in this section affects the rights of cotenants outside a real property partition proceeding initiated under this Chapter.

(e) Carrying Costs Defined.--For purposes of this section, “ carrying costs ” means the actual costs of preserving the value of and the cotenants' interests in the real property, including property taxes, homeowner's insurance, repairs, and payments for a loan to acquire the real property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-171-30 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-171-30
§ 90-171.30. Licensure by examination
Status: in_force

At least twice each year the Board shall give an examination, at the time and place it determines, to applicants for licensure to practice as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse. The Board shall adopt rules, not inconsistent with this Article, governing qualifications of applicants, the conduct of applicants during the examination, and the conduct of the examination. The applicants shall be required to pass the examination required by the Board. The Board shall adopt rules which identify the criteria which must be met by an applicant in order to be issued a license. When the Board determines that an applicant has met those criteria, passed the required examination, submitted the required fee, and has demonstrated to the Board's satisfaction that he or she is mentally and physically competent to practice nursing, the Board shall issue a license to the applicant.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-315-18 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-315-18
§ 113-315.18. Fishermen's Economic Development Program
Status: in_force

The Secretary is hereby authorized to provide through his Department and the extension services of the University of North Carolina those services intended to promote the economic development of the fishermen, including but not limited to:

(1) Instituting business management services to promote better business management practices throughout the fishing and seafood industry, and to promote the better use of credit and other business management techniques.

(2) Providing counseling services to the fishermen at all levels and assisting them in meeting the federal and State environmental, safety and health requirements.

(3) Improving waterways, harbors, inlets, and generally the water transportation system of North Carolina so as to more efficiently and safely accommodate commercial and sport fishing craft, and to provide access to and from fishing grounds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-289-7 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-289-7
§ 62-289.7. Municipal licenses and taxes
Status: in_force

No county, city, town, municipal corporation or other unit of local government may impose a special tax on or require a special license for human service transportation or volunteer transportation other than that customarily used or imposed on private passenger automobiles unless the tax or license is provided for by a statute, ordinance, or regulation specifically addressing human service transportation or volunteer transportation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-146 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-146
§ 95-146. Continuation and effectiveness of this Article
Status: in_force

The Commissioner shall from time to time furnish to the Secretary information and assurances that this Article is being administered by adequate methods and by standards and enforcement procedures which are and will continue to be as effective as federal standards.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-568-21 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-568-21
§ 106-568.21. Effect of more than one-third vote against assessment in referendum
Status: in_force

If in such referendum more than one-third of the tobacco farmers eligible to participate therein and voting therein shall vote in the negative and against the levying or collection of such assessment, then no assessment shall be levied or collected pursuant to that referendum.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-202-2 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-202-2
§ 143-202.2. Friends of Elizabeth II support for Roanoke Island Festival Park
Status: in_force

The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources as successor in interest to the Roanoke Island Commission shall request financial support from the Friends of Elizabeth II, Inc., in the amount of three hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($325,000) or a sum equal to the average of the last three consecutive years of the Friends' investment earnings, whichever is greater, for each fiscal year. These funds shall be deposited by the Department to a separate fund within the Historic Roanoke Island Fund and used only for the following purposes:

(1) To operate Roanoke Island Festival Park, including the Elizabeth II State Historic Site and Visitor Center and the Elizabeth II as permanent memorials commemorating the Roanoke Voyages, 1584-1587.

(2) By cooperative arrangement with other agencies, groups, individuals, and other entities, including the Association, to coordinate and schedule historical and cultural events on Roanoke Island.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-28 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-28
§ 122C-28. Penalties
Status: in_force

Operating a licensable facility without a license is a Class H felony, including a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day that the facility is in operation in violation of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-205-2 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-205-2
§ 160A-205.2. Adoption of sanctuary ordinances prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) No city may have in effect any policy, ordinance, or procedure that limits or restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.

(b) No city shall do any of the following related to information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual:

(1) Prohibit law enforcement officials or agencies from gathering such information.

(2) Direct law enforcement officials or agencies not to gather such information.

(3) Prohibit the communication of such information to federal law enforcement agencies.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-542 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-542
§ 106-542. Hatcheries, chick dealers and others to obtain license to operate
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate a hatchery within this State without first obtaining a hatchery license from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate as a hatching egg dealer, chick dealer or jobber within this State without first obtaining a license from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per year.

(b1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate as a live poultry or ratite dealer without first registering with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(b2) It shall be unlawful for a specialty market operator, as defined in G.S. 66-250 , to knowingly and willfully permit an unregistered poultry or ratite dealer to operate on the premises of the specialty market, as defined in G.S. 66-250 , more than 10 days after being notified in writing by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that the dealer is not registered.

(c) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of any person, firm or corporation for violation of this Article or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1372 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1372
§ 143B-1372. Statewide electronic web presence; annual report
Status: reserved

(a) The Department shall plan, develop, implement, and operate a statewide electronic web presence, to include mobile, in order to (i) increase the convenience of members of the public in conducting online transactions with, and obtaining information from, State government and (ii) facilitate the public's interactions and communications with government agencies. The State CIO shall have approval authority over all agency Web site funding, to include any agency contract decisions. Participating agency Web site and content development staff shall be transferred to the Department in accordance with the schedule for their agency.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2016, and then annually thereafter, the State CIO shall report to the General Assembly and to the Fiscal Research Division on the following information:

(1) Services currently provided and associated transaction volumes or other relevant indicators of utilization by user type.

(2) New services added during the previous year.

(3) Services added that are currently available in other states.

(4) The total amount collected for each service.

(5) The total amount remitted to the State for each service.

(6) The total amount remitted to the vendor for each service.

(7) Any other use of State data by the vendor and the total amount of revenue collected per each use and in total.

(8) Customer satisfaction with each service.

(9) Any other issues associated with the provision of each service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21-7 — NC Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-21-7
§ 45-21.7. Sale of separate tracts in different counties
Status: in_force

(a) When the property to be sold consists of separate tracts of real property situated in different counties, there shall be a separate advertisement, sale and report of sale of the property in each county. The report of sale for the property in any one county shall be filed with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which such property is situated. The sale of each such tract shall be subject to separate upset bids. The clerk of the superior court of the county where the property is situated has jurisdiction with respect to upset bids of property situated within his county. To the extent the clerk deems necessary, the sale of each separate tract within his county, with respect to which an upset bid is received, shall be treated as a separate sale for the purpose of determining the procedure applicable thereto.

(b) The exercise of the power of sale with respect to a separate tract of property in one county does not extinguish or otherwise affect the right to exercise the power of sale with respect to tracts of property in another county to satisfy the obligation secured by the mortgage or deed of trust.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-31A-20 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-31A-20
§ 58-31A-20. State Public Education Property Insurance Fund; decrease of premiums when fund reaches five percent of total insurance in force
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a State Public Education Property Insurance Fund (Fund) as a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose of providing a reserve against property loss of public education boards. The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the Fund and shall invest its assets in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 147-69.2 and G.S. 147-69.3 . All funds paid over to the State Treasurer by the Commissioner for premiums on insurance by public education boards and all money received from interest or from loans and deposits and from any other source connected with the insurance of the property shall be held by the State Treasurer in the Fund for the purpose of paying all insurable hazards for which the Fund shall be liable and the expenses necessary for the proper conduct of the insurance of such property, together with such premiums for reinsurance that the Commissioner may deem necessary to reinsure as provided by this Article.

(b) When the balance of the Fund reaches the sum of five percent (5%) of the total insurance in force, then annually thereafter the Commissioner shall proportionately decrease the premiums on insurance to an amount which will be sufficient to maintain the Fund at five percent (5%) of the total insurance in force, and in the event in the judgment of the Commissioner the income from the investments of the Fund are sufficient to maintain the same at five percent (5%) of the total insurance in force, no premium shall be charged for the ensuing year. However, no public education board shall cease to pay premiums until five annual payments of premiums have been made on a building or property insured whether or not through such payments the Fund shall be increased beyond five percent (5%) of the total insurance in force, unless such building or property shall cease to be insurable under this Article within such five-year period.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-352 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-352
§ 53-352. Board of directors
Status: in_force

(a) All corporate powers of a State trust company shall be exercised under the authority of, and the business and affairs of a State trust company shall be managed under the direction of, a board of directors. Without the approval of the Commissioner, the board shall consist of not less than five directors. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this section, the number, election, term, and classification of the directors of a State trust company shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 55 of the General Statutes .

(b) Before each term to which a person is elected to serve as a director of a State trust company, the person shall submit an affidavit for filing in the minutes of the State trust company stating that the person:

(1) Accepts the position;

(2) Will not knowingly violate, or knowingly permit an officer, director, or employee of the State trust company to violate, any law applicable to the conduct of business of the State trust company; and

(3) Will diligently perform the duties of a director.

(c) A person designated with a title such as advisory director is not considered a director if that person:

(1) Is not elected by the shareholders of the State trust company; and

(2) Does not vote on matters before the board of directors or any committee of the board and is not counted for purposes of determining a quorum of the board or any committee of the board.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-27-3 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-27-3
§ 66-27.3. Violation of Article made misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Violation of any provision of this Article is hereby made a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-165 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-165
§ 120-165. Initial inquiry
Status: in_force

(a) The Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee shall, upon receipt of the petition, determine if the requirements of G.S. 120-163 and G.S. 120-164 have been met. If it determines that those requirements have not been met, it shall return the petition to the petitioners. The Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee shall also publish in the North Carolina Register notice that it has received the petition.

(b) If it determines that those requirements have been met, it shall conduct further inquiry as provided by this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-171-26 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-171-26
§ 20-171.26. Motorized all-terrain vehicle use by disabled sportsmen
Status: in_force

(a) Persons qualified under the Disabled Sportsmen Program, pursuant to G.S. 113-296 , are authorized to transverse public roadways using an all-terrain vehicle while engaging in licensed hunting or fishing activities. Use of the all-terrain vehicle shall be limited to driving across the roadway, in a perpendicular fashion, without travel in either direction along the roadway.

(b) This Part and all other State laws governing the operation of all-terrain vehicles apply to the operation of all-terrain vehicles authorized by this section.

(c) An all-terrain vehicle operated pursuant to this section shall be equipped with operable front and rear lights and a horn.

(d) A person operating an all-terrain vehicle pursuant to this section shall observe posted speed limits and shall not exceed the manufacturer's recommended speed for the vehicle.

(e) A person operating an all-terrain vehicle pursuant to this section shall carry evidence of membership in the Disabled Sportsmen Program and the appropriate license to engage in the hunting or fishing activity.