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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-29-5 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-29-5
§ 120-29.5. State agency reports to the General Assembly
Status: in_force

(a) Submission.--Whenever a report is directed by law or resolution to be made to the General Assembly, the State agency preparing the report shall deliver one copy of the report to each of the following officers: the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the House Principal Clerk, and the Senate Principal Clerk; and two copies of the report to the Legislative Library. The State agency is encouraged to inform members of the General Assembly that an electronic copy is available. This section does not affect any responsibilities for depositing documents with the State Library or the State Publications Clearinghouse under Chapter 125 of the General Statutes .

(b) Publication.--A State agency submitting a report pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or a report directed by law or resolution to be made to a committee or subcommittee of the General Assembly shall publish the report on a public Internet Web site maintained by the State agency.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-10-7 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-10-7
§ 120-10.7. Petitions
Status: in_force

(a) Filing.--A written petition shall be filed by the contestant with the clerk within 40 days following the date of service of the notice of intent. The petition shall set forth the facts and arguments supporting the case of the contestant. A contestee may file a written reply to the petition within five days following its service on the contestee.

(b) Affidavits.--No affidavit may be made a part of, or filed in support of, a petition or reply thereto unless the affidavit has previously been filed with the clerk, pursuant to the written stipulation of the parties or their counsel, on or before the date established by G.S. 120-10.6 for the completion of the taking of depositions by the proponent of the affidavit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47F-2-103 — NC Code / Chapter 47F / Section 47F-2-103
§ 47F-2-103. Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter, the declaration, bylaws, and articles of incorporation form the basis for the legal authority for the planned community to act as provided in the declaration, bylaws, and articles of incorporation, and the declaration, bylaws, and articles of incorporation are enforceable by their terms. All provisions of the declaration and bylaws are severable.

(b) The rule against perpetuities may not be applied to defeat any provision of the declaration, bylaws, rules, or regulations adopted pursuant to G.S. 47F-3-102(1) .

(c) In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the declaration and the bylaws, the declaration prevails except to the extent the declaration is inconsistent with this Chapter.

(d) Title to a lot and common elements is not rendered unmarketable or otherwise affected by reason of an insubstantial failure of the declaration to comply with this Chapter. Whether a substantial failure to comply with this Chapter impairs marketability shall be determined by the law of this State relating to marketability.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115B-3 — NC Code / Chapter 115B / Section 115B-3
§ 115B-3. Rules
Status: in_force

The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Community Colleges shall each, with respect to the institutions governed by it, promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-239-4 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-239-4
§ 160A-239.4. Funding a project for which an assessment is imposed
Status: in_force

(a) Funding Sources.--In addition to funding from sources otherwise authorized for use by a city in connection with a project, a city council may provide for the payment of all or a portion of the cost of a project for which an assessment may be imposed under this Article from one or more funding sources listed in this subsection. The assessment resolution must include the estimated cost of the project to be funded from assessments and the amount of the cost estimated to be derived from each respective funding source.

(1) Revenue bonds issued under G.S. 160A-239.6 .

(2) Project development financing debt instruments issued under the North Carolina Project Development Financing Act, Article 6 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes .

(3) General obligation bonds issued under the Local Government Bond Act, Article 4 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes .

(4) General revenues.

(5) Funds from private parties.

(b) Assessments Pledged.--An assessment imposed under this Article may be pledged to secure revenue bonds under G.S. 160A-239.6 or as additional security for a project development financing debt instrument under G.S. 159-111 . If an assessment imposed under this Article is pledged to secure financing, the city council must covenant to enforce the payment of the assessments.

(c) Reimbursement From Assessments.--If a city contracts with a private party to construct a project on behalf of the city as provided in G.S. 160A-239.7 , the city council may agree to impose one or more assessments pursuant to this Article in order to reimburse the private party for actual costs incurred by the private party related to the project and documented to the city. The city council shall not be obligated to reimburse a private party any amount in excess of assessment revenues actually collected less the city's related administrative costs.

A reimbursement shall not include reimbursement to the private party for any interest costs, whether actual or imputed, of the funds invested by the private party in the project except in the event that an abeyance in the collection of assessments is permitted pursuant to G.S. 160A-239.5 . If an abeyance in the collection of assessments is permitted, the amount to be reimbursed may include an inflationary factor applicable for the period of the abeyance.

(d) Performance Bond.--A subdivision control ordinance adopted by a city under G.S. 160D-804 providing for a performance bond or guarantee to assure successful completion of required improvements under G.S. 160D-804.1 will apply to a project funded in whole or in part by an assessment under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-115 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-115
§ 14-115. Secreting property to hinder enforcement of lien or security interest
Status: in_force

Any person who, with intent to prevent or hinder the enforcement of a lien or security interest after a judgment or order has been issued for possession for that personal property subject to said lien or security interest, either refuses to surrender such personal property in his possession to a law enforcement officer, or removes, or exchanges, or secretes such personal property, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309-21 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-309-21
§ 130A-309.21. Incentives program
Status: in_force

(a) The Department is authorized to establish an incentives program for individuals who change their own oil to encourage them to return their used oil to a used oil collection center.

(b) The incentives used by the Department may involve the use of discount or prize coupons, prize drawings, promotional giveaways, or other activities the Department determines will promote collection, reuse, or proper disposal of used oil.

(c) The Department may contract with a promotion company to administer the incentives program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-158 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-158
§ 14-158. Interfering with telephone lines
Status: in_force

If any person shall unnecessarily disconnect the wire or in any other way render any telephone line, or any part of such line, unfit for use in transmitting messages, or shall unnecessarily cut, tear down, destroy or in any way render unfit for the transmission of messages any part of the wire of a telephone line, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-46-40 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-46-40
§ 58-46-40. Assessment; inability to pay
Status: in_force

In the event any insurer fails by reason of insolvency to pay any assessment as provided herein, the amount assessed each insurer shall be immediately recalculated excluding therefrom the insolvent insurer so that its assessment is, in effect, assumed and redistributed among the remaining insurers. Such an assessment against an insolvent insurer shall not be a charge against any special deposit fund held under the provisions of Article 5 of this Chapter for the benefit of policyholders.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118-7 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-118-7
§ 14-118.7. Possession, transfer, or use of automated sales suppression device
Status: reserved

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

(1) Automated sales suppression device or zapper.--A software program that falsifies the electronic records of electronic cash registers and other point-of-sale systems, including transaction data and transaction reports. The term includes the software program, any device that carries the software program, or an Internet link to the software program.

(2) Electronic cash register.--A device that keeps a register or supporting documents through the use of an electronic device or computer system designed to record transaction data for the purpose of computing, compiling, or processing retail sales transaction data in whatever manner.

(3) Phantom-ware.--A hidden programming option embedded in the operating system of an electronic cash register or hardwired into the electronic cash register that can be used to create a second set of records or may eliminate or manipulate transaction records, which may or may not be preserved in digital formats, to represent the true or manipulated record of transactions in the electronic cash register.

(4) Transaction data.--The term includes items purchased by a customer, the price for each item, a taxability determination for each item, a segregated tax amount for each of the taxed items, the amount of cash or credit tendered, the net amount returned to the customer in change, the date and time of the purchase, the name, address, and identification number of the vendor, and the receipt or invoice number of the transaction.

(5) Transaction report.--A report that documents, but is not limited to documenting, the sales, taxes, or fees collected, media totals, and discount voids at an electronic cash register and that is printed on cash register tape at the end of a day or shift, or a report that documents every action at an electronic cash register and that is stored electronically.

(b) Offense.--No person shall knowingly sell, purchase, install, transfer, possess, use, or access any automated sales suppression device, zapper, or phantom-ware.

(c) Penalty.--Any person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a Class H felony with a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(d) Liability.--Any person who violates this section is liable for all taxes, fees, penalties, and interest due the State as the result of the use of an automated sales suppression device, zapper, or phantom-ware and shall forfeit to the State as an additional penalty all profits associated with the sale or use of an automated sales suppression device, zapper, or phantom-ware.

(e) Contraband.--An automated sales suppression device, zapper, or phantom-ware, or any device containing such device or software, is contraband.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-394 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-394
§ 20-394. Remedies for injuries cumulative
Status: in_force

The remedies given by this Article to persons injured shall be regarded as cumulative to the remedies otherwise provided by law against motor carriers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 111-11-1 — NC Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111-11-1
§ 111-11.1. Jurisdiction of certain Divisions within the Department of Health and Human Services
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing rehabilitative services to people who are visually impaired, the Division of Services for the Blind and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services shall develop and enter into an agreement specifying which agency can most appropriately meet the specific needs of this client population. If the Divisions cannot reach an agreement, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall determine which Division can most appropriately meet the specific needs of this client population.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-147-2 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-147-2
§ 122C-147.2. Purchase of services and reimbursement rates
Status: in_force

(a) When funds are used to purchase services, the following provisions apply:

(1) Reimbursement rates for specific types of service shall be negotiated between the Secretary and the area authority. The negotiation shall begin with the rate determined by a standardized cost-finding and rate-setting procedure approved by the Secretary.

(2) The reimbursement rate used for the payment of services shall incorporate operating and administrative costs, including costs for property in accordance with G.S. 122C-147 .

(b) To ensure uniformity in rates charged to area programs and funded with State-allocated resources, the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services of the Department of Health and Human Services may require a private agency that provides services under contract with an area program or county program, except for hospital services that have an established Medicaid rate, to complete an agency-wide uniform cost finding in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. The resulting cost shall be the maximum included for the private agency in the contracting area program's unit cost finding. If a private agency fails to timely and accurately complete the required agency-wide uniform cost finding in a manner acceptable to the Department's controller's office, the Department may suspend all Department funding and payment to the private agency until such time as an acceptable cost finding has been completed by the private agency and approved by the Department's controller's office.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168-4-6 — NC Code / Chapter 168 / Section 168-4-6
§ 168-4.6. Donation of dogs for training
Status: in_force

Dogs impounded by a local dog warden that are not redeemed shall be donated to a nonprofit agency engaged in the training of service dogs, upon the agency's request.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 23-30 — NC Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-30
§ 23-30. When petition may be filed
Status: in_force

Every person taken or charged as in the preceding section [§ 23-29] specified may, at any time after his arrest or imprisonment, petition the court from which the process issued on which he is arrested or imprisoned, for his discharge therefrom, on his compliance with this chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-51-25 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-51-25
§ 58-51-25. Policy coverage to continue as to children with an intellectual or physical disability; or dependent students on medically necessary leave of absence
Status: in_force

(a) An individual or group accident and health insurance policy, hospital service plan policy, or medical service plan policy that provides that coverage of a dependent child shall terminate upon attainment of the limiting age for dependent children specified in the policy or contract, shall also provide in substance that attainment of the limiting age shall not operate or terminate the coverage of the child while the child is and continues to be (i) incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of an intellectual or physical disability; and (ii) chiefly dependent upon the policyholder or subscriber for support and maintenance. The proof of such incapacity and dependency shall be furnished to the insurer, hospital service plan corporation, or medical service plan corporation by the policyholder or subscriber within 31 days of the child's attainment of the limiting age and subsequently as may be required by the insurer or corporation, but not more frequently than annually after the child's attainment of the limiting age.

(b) All health benefit plans, as defined in G.S. 58-3-167 , that provide that coverage of a dependent child shall terminate upon a change in enrollment of the child in a postsecondary educational institution shall provide for the continued eligibility of the dependent child during a medically necessary leave of absence from the postsecondary educational institution in accordance with all applicable requirements of Public Law 110-381 , known as Michelle's Law. 1
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53C-9-409 — NC Code / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-9-409
§ 53C-9-409. Additional remedy
Status: in_force

The appointment of a substitute trustee as described in this Part shall be in addition to and not substitution for any other remedy provided by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-283-8 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-283-8
§ 143-283.8. Governor's Council nonpartisan and nonprofit
Status: in_force

The Governor's Council shall be nonpartisan, nonprofit, and shall not be used for the dissemination of partisan principles, nor for the promotion of the candidacy of any person seeking public office or preferment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-7-1 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-7-1
§ 14-7.1. Persons defined as habitual felons
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who has been convicted of or pled guilty to three felony offenses in any federal court or state court in the United States or combination thereof is declared to be an habitual felon and may be charged as a status offender pursuant to this Article.

(b) For the purpose of this Article, a felony offense is defined to include all of the following:

(1) An offense that is a felony under the laws of this State.

(2) An offense that is a felony under the laws of another state or sovereign that is substantially similar to an offense that is a felony in North Carolina, and to which a plea of guilty was entered, or a conviction was returned regardless of the sentence actually imposed.

(3) An offense that is a crime under the laws of another state or sovereign that does not classify any crimes as felonies if all of the following apply:

a. The offense is substantially similar to an offense that is a felony in North Carolina.

b. The offense may be punishable by imprisonment for more than a year in state prison.

c. A plea of guilty was entered or a conviction was returned regardless of the sentence actually imposed.

(4) An offense that is a felony under federal law. Provided, however, that federal offenses relating to the manufacture, possession, sale and kindred offenses involving intoxicating liquors shall not be considered felonies for the purposes of this Article.

(c) For the purposes of this Article, felonies committed before a person attains the age of 18 years shall not constitute more than one felony. The commission of a second felony shall not fall within the purview of this Article unless it is committed after the conviction of or plea of guilty to the first felony. The commission of a third felony shall not fall within the purview of this Article unless it is committed after the conviction of or plea of guilty to the second felony. Pleas of guilty to or convictions of felony offenses prior to July 6, 1967, shall not be felony offenses within the meaning of this Article. Any felony offense to which a pardon has been extended shall not for the purpose of this Article constitute a felony. The burden of proving such pardon shall rest with the defendant and the State shall not be required to disprove a pardon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59B-11 — NC Code / Chapter 59B / Section 59B-11
§ 59B-11. Appointment of agent to receive service of process
Status: reserved

(a) A nonprofit association may file in the office of the Secretary of State a statement appointing an agent authorized to receive service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on a nonprofit association.

(b) A statement appointing an agent must set forth all of the following:

(1) The name of the nonprofit association.

(2) Reserved for future codification purposes.

(3) The street address, and the mailing address if different from the street address, of the nonprofit association, and the county in which it is located, or, if the nonprofit association does not have an address in this State, its address out-of-state.

(4) The name of the person in this State authorized to receive service of process and the person's address, including the street address, in this State.

(c) A statement appointing an agent must be signed and acknowledged by a person authorized to manage the affairs of a nonprofit association. The statement must also be signed and acknowledged by the person appointed agent, who thereby accepts the appointment. The appointed agent may resign by filing a resignation in the office of the Secretary of State and giving written notice to the nonprofit association at its last known address.

(d) The sole duty of the appointed agent to the nonprofit association is to forward to the nonprofit association at its last known address any notice, process, or demand that is served on the appointed agent.

(e) The Secretary of State is not an agent for service of any process, notice, or demand on any nonprofit association.

(f) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to the Secretary of State for filing:

Document

Fee

(1)

Statement appointing an agent to receive service of process

$5.00

(2)

Amendment of statement appointing an agent

5.00

(3)

Cancellation of statement appointing an agent

5.00

(4)

Agent's statement of resignation

No fee

(g) An amendment to or cancellation of a statement appointing an agent to receive service of process must meet the requirements for execution of an original statement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2201 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-2201
§ 7B-2201. Fingerprinting and DNA sample from juvenile transferred to superior court
Status: reserved

(a) When jurisdiction over a juvenile is transferred to the superior court, the juvenile shall be fingerprinted and the juvenile's fingerprints shall be sent to the State Bureau of Investigation.

(b) When jurisdiction over a juvenile is transferred to the superior court, a DNA sample shall be taken from the juvenile if any of the offenses for which the juvenile is transferred are included in the provisions of G.S. 15A-266.3A .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-24-115 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-24-115
§ 58-24-115. Taxation
Status: in_force

Every society organized or licensed under this Article is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution, and all of its funds shall be exempt from all and every State, county, district, municipal and school tax other than taxes on real estate not occupied by such society in carrying on its business.