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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 157-8 — NC Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157-8
§ 157-8. Removal of commissioners
Status: in_force

The mayor may remove a commissioner for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but only after the commissioner shall have been given a copy of the charges against him (which may be made by the mayor) at least 10 days prior to the hearing thereon and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.

Any obligee of the authority may file with the mayor written charges that the authority is violating willfully any law of the State or any term, provision or covenant in any contract to which the authority is a party. The mayor shall give each of the commissioners a copy of such charges at least 10 days prior to the hearing thereon and an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel and shall within 15 days after receipt of such charges remove any commissioners of the authority who shall have been found to have acquiesced in any such willful violation.

A commissioner shall be deemed to have acquiesced in a willful violation by the authority of a law of this State or of any term, provision or covenant contained in a contract to which the authority is a party, if, before a hearing is held on the charges against him, he shall not have filed a written statement with the authority of his objections to, or lack of participation in, such violation.

In the event of the removal of any commissioner, the mayor shall file in the office of the city clerk a record of the proceedings together with the charges made against the commissioners and the findings thereon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-82 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-82
§ 160A-82. Applicability of Part
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Part, except G.S. 160A-77 , 160A-78 and 160A-79 , shall be construed to repeal any portion of any city charter inconsistent with anything contained herein.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-11-1 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-11-1
§ 28A-11-1. Appointment and qualifications of collectors
Status: in_force

When for any reason other than a situation provided for in Chapter 28B or Chapter 28C entitled “Estates of Absentees in Military Service” and “Estates of Missing Persons” a delay is encountered in the issuance of letters to a personal representative or when, in any case, the clerk of superior court finds that the best interest of the estate would be served by the appointment of a collector, the clerk of superior court may issue letters of collection to any person or persons not disqualified to act as a personal representative under G.S. 28A-4-2 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-205-1 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-205-1
§ 160A-205.1. Requiring compliance with voluntary State regulations and rules prohibited
Status: reserved

(a) If a State department or agency declares a regulation or rule to be voluntary or the General Assembly delays the effective date of a regulation or rule proposed or adopted by the Environmental Management Commission, or any other board or commission, a city shall not require or enforce compliance with the applicable regulation or rule, including any regulation or rule previously or hereafter incorporated as a condition or contractual obligation imposed by, agreed upon, or accepted by the city in any zoning, land use, subdivision, or other developmental approval, including, without limitation, a development permit issuance, development agreement, site-specific development plan, or phased development plan.

(b) This section shall apply to the following regulations and rules:

(1) Those currently in effect.

(2) Those repealed or otherwise expired.

(3) Those temporarily or permanently held in abeyance.

(4) Those adopted but not yet effective.

(c) This section shall not apply to any water usage restrictions during either extreme or exceptional drought conditions as determined by the Drought Management Advisory Council pursuant to G.S. 143-355.1 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1293 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1293
§ 143B-1293. North Carolina Veterans Home Trust Fund
Status: in_force

(a) Establishment.--A trust fund shall be established in the State treasury, for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, to be known as the North Carolina Veterans Home Trust Fund.

(b) Composition.--The trust fund shall consist of all funds and monies received by the Veterans’ Affairs Commission or the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs from the United States, any federal agency or institution, and any other source, whether as a grant, appropriation, gift, contribution, devise, or individual reimbursement, for the care and support of veterans who have been admitted to a State veterans home.

(c) Use of Fund.--The trust fund created in subsection (a) of this section shall be used by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to do the following:

(1) To pay for the care of veterans in said State veterans homes;

(2) To pay the general operating expenses of the State veterans homes, including the payment of salaries and wages of officials and employees of said homes; and

(3) To remodel, repair, construct, modernize, or add improvements to buildings and facilities at the homes.

(d) Miscellaneous.--The following provisions apply to the trust fund created in subsection (a) of this section:

(1) All funds deposited and all income earned on the investment or reinvestment of such funds shall be credited to the trust fund.

(1a) The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs shall transfer ten percent (10%) of the unspent receipts collected in each fiscal year from the trust fund to the North Carolina Veterans Cemeteries Trust Fund on or before June 30 of each fiscal year.

(2) Except as provided in subdivision (1a) of this subsection, monies remaining in the trust fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain on deposit in the State treasury to the credit of the North Carolina Veterans Home Trust Fund.

(3) Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the establishment and utilization of special agency accounts by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs or by the Veterans’ Affairs Commission, for the receipt and disbursement of personal funds of the State veterans homes' residents or for receipt and disbursement of charitable contributions for use by and for residents.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 169-11 — NC Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169-11
§ 169-11. Blockchain initiatives
Status: in_force

The Innovation Council may explore, receive input, analyze, and make recommendations, with respect to blockchain initiatives and the application of blockchain technology, that would additionally provide benefit to the State, its consumers, and its industry.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17-14 — NC Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-14
§ 17-14. Contents of return; verification
Status: reserved

The person or officer on whom the writ is served must make a return thereto in writing, and, except where such person is a sworn public officer and makes his return in his official capacity, it must be verified by his oath. The return must state plainly and unequivocally--

(1) Whether he has or has not the party in his custody or under his power or restraint.

(2) If he has the party in his custody or power, or under his restraint, the authority and the cause of such imprisonment or restraint, setting forth the same at large.

(3) If the party is detained by virtue of any writ, warrant, or other written authority, a copy thereof shall be annexed to the return; and the original shall be produced and exhibited on the return of the writ to the court or judge before whom the same is returnable.

(4) If the person or officer upon whom such writ is served has had the party in his power or custody, or under his restraint, at any time prior or subsequent to the date of the writ, but has transferred such custody or restraint to another, the return shall state particularly to whom, at what time, for what cause and by what authority such transfer took place.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-567-51 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-567-51
§ 1-567.51. Commencement of arbitral proceedings
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise agreed by the parties or otherwise provided in the rules and procedures upon which the parties have agreed, the arbitral proceedings in respect of a particular dispute shall commence on the date on which a request for that dispute to be referred to arbitration is received by a party as provided in G.S. 1-567.33 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-46-20 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-46-20
§ 58-46-20. Authority of Commissioner
Status: in_force

(a) Within 90 days following July 2, 1969, and before August 1, 1969, the directors of the association shall submit to the Commissioner for his review, a proposed FAIR Plan and articles of the association consistent with the provisions of this Article.

(b) The FAIR Plan and articles of association shall be subject to approval by the Commissioner and shall take effect 10 days after having been approved by him. If the Commissioner disapproves all or any part of the proposed Plan and articles, the directors of the association shall within 30 days submit for review an appropriately revised Plan and articles and if the directors fail to do so, the Commissioner shall thereafter promulgate such Plan and articles not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.

(c) The Commissioner may designate the kinds of property insurance policies on principal residences to be offered by the association, including insurance policies under Article 36 of this Chapter, and the commission rates to be paid to insurance producers for these policies, if he finds, after a hearing held in accordance with G.S. 58-2-50 , that the public interest requires the designation. The provisions of Chapter 150B do not apply to any procedure under this subsection, except that G.S. 150B-39 and G.S. 150B-41 shall apply to a hearing under this subsection. Within 30 days after the receipt of notification from the Commissioner of a change in designation pursuant to this subsection, the association shall submit a revised plan and articles of association for approval in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(d) As used in this section and in G.S. 58-46-15 , “FAIR Plan”, “plan of operation”, and “articles of association” include all written rules, practices, and procedures of the Association, except for staffing and personnel matters.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-253 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-253
§ 90-253. Exemptions from Article
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article shall be construed to apply to optometrists, or physicians trained in ophthalmology who are authorized to practice under the laws of this State, or to an unlicensed person working within the practice and under the direct supervision of the optometrist or physician trained in ophthalmology. An apprentice or intern registered with the Board and working under direct supervision of a licensed optician, optometrist or physician trained in ophthalmology will not be deemed to have engaged in opticianry by reason of performing acts defined as preparation and dispensing, provided the apprentice is in compliance with the rules of the Board respecting the training of apprentices.

As used in this section, “supervision” means the provision of general direction and control through immediate personal on-site inspection and evaluation of all work constituting the practice of opticianry and the provision of consultation and instruction by a licensed dispensing optician, except that on-site supervision is not required for minor adjustments or repairs to eyeglasses.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 40A-49 — NC Code / Chapter 40A / Section 40A-49
§ 40A-49. No request for commissioners
Status: reserved

After the determination of other issues as provided by G.S. 40A-47 , if no request has been made for the appointment of commissioners within the time permitted by G.S. 40A-48(a) , the cause shall be transferred to the civil issue docket for trial as to the issue of just compensation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-112 — NC Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65-112
§ 65-112. Appropriations by county commissioners
Status: in_force

To encourage the persons in possession and control of the public cemeteries referred to in G.S. 65-111 to take proper care of and to beautify such cemeteries, to mark distinctly their boundary lines with evergreen hedges or rows of suitable trees, and otherwise to lay out the grounds in an orderly manner, the board of county commissioners of any county, upon being notified that two-thirds of the expense necessary for so marking and beautifying any cemetery has been raised by the local governing body of the institution which owns the cemetery, and is actually in hand, is hereby authorized to appropriate from the general fund of the county one-third of the expense necessary to pay for such work, the amount appropriated by the board of commissioners in no case to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each cemetery.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-27-14 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-27-14
§ 108A-27.14. Corrective action
Status: in_force

(a) When any county fails to meet acceptable levels of performance, the Department may take one or more of the following actions to assist the county in meeting its Work First goals:

(1) Notify the county of the deficiencies and add additional monitoring and reporting requirements.

(2) Require the county to develop and submit for approval by the Department a corrective action plan.

(b) If any Standard Program County fails to meet acceptable levels of performance for two consecutive years, or fails to comply with a corrective action plan developed pursuant to this section, the Department may assume control of the county's Work First Program, appoint an administrator to administer the county's Work First Program, and exercise the powers assumed to administer the Work First Program either directly or through contract with private or public agencies. County funding shall continue at levels established by the State Plan when the State has assumed control of a county Work First Program. At no time after the State has assumed control of a Work First Program shall a county withdraw funds previously obligated or appropriated to the Work First Program.

(c) If an Electing County fails to achieve its Work First Program goals for two consecutive years, or fails to comply with a corrective action plan developed pursuant to this section, and as a result the federal government imposes a penalty upon the State, then the county shall lose its Electing County status.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-113 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-113
§ 47-113. Certified copy of registration
Status: in_force

Any person desiring a certified copy of any such discharge, or certificate of lost discharge, registered under the provisions of this Article shall apply for the same to the register of deeds of the county in which such discharge or certificate of lost discharge is registered. The register of deeds shall furnish certified copies of instruments registered under this Article without charge to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States who applies therefor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-29-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-29-1
§ 58-29-1. Purpose; construction
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this Article is to subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner and to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State, insurers not authorized to transact business in this State which place in or send into this State any false advertising designed to induce residents of this State to purchase insurance from insurers not authorized to transact business in this State. The General Assembly declares it is in the interest of the citizens of this State who purchase insurance from insurers which solicit insurance business in this State in the manner set forth in the preceding sentence that such insurers be subject to the provisions of this Article. In furtherance of such interest, the General Assembly in this Article provides a method of substituted service of process upon such insurers and declares in so doing, it exercises its power to protect its residents and also exercises powers and privileges available to the State by virtue of Public Law 15, 79th Congress of the United States, Chapter 20, 1st Session, section 340, which declares that the business of insurance and every person engaged therein shall be subject to the laws of the several states; the authority provided herein to be in addition to any existing powers of this State.

(b) The provisions of this Article shall be liberally construed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-14-20 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-14-20
§ 55-14-20. Grounds for administrative dissolution
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under G.S. 55-14-21 to dissolve administratively a corporation if:

(1) The corporation does not pay within 60 days after they are due any penalties, fees, or other payments due under this Chapter;

(2) The corporation is delinquent in delivering its annual report;

(3) The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this State for 60 days or more;

(4) The corporation does not notify the Secretary of State within 60 days that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued;

(5) The corporation's period of duration stated in its articles of incorporation expires; or

(6) The corporation knowingly fails or refuses to answer truthfully and fully within the time prescribed in this Chapter interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-509 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-509
§ 1-509. Ordered seized by sheriff
Status: in_force

When, in the exercise of his authority, a judge has ordered the deposit, delivery or conveyance of money or other property, and the order is disobeyed, the judge, besides punishing the disobedience as for contempt, may make an order requiring the sheriff to take the money or property, and deposit, deliver, or convey it, in conformity with the direction of the judge.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-337 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-337
§ 105-337. Apportionment of taxable values to this State
Status: in_force

With respect to any public service company operating both inside and outside this State, other than a mobile telecommunications company or a tower aggregator company, the Department of Revenue shall apportion for taxation in this State a fair and reasonable share of the value of the company as a system or its rolling stock or flight equipment as appraised under the provisions of G.S. 105-336 . Thus, when the Department has determined true value in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 105-336(a) or G.S. 105-336(b) , it shall ascertain the portion of the total value subject to taxation in this State by applying property, business, and mileage factors thereto in accordance with the ratio that the company's property, business, or mileage in this State bears to its total property, business, or mileage. In its discretion, the Department may use one or more of the factors listed in the preceding sentence in order to achieve a fair and accurate result in the apportionment of the value of the property of any public service company. The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Business factor.--Data that reflect the use of the company's property, such as gross revenue, net income, tons of freight carried, revenue ton miles, passenger miles, car miles, ground hours, and comparable data.

(2) Mileage factor.--Factual information as to the linear miles of the company's track, wire, lines, pipes, routes, and similar operational routes and factual information as to the miles traveled by the company's rolling stock.

(3) Property factor.--Investment in property; it may be either gross or net investment or any other reasonable figure reflecting the company's investment in property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-449-123 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-449-123
§ 105-449.123. Marking requirements for dyed fuel storage facilities
Status: in_force

(a) Requirements.--A person who is a retailer of dyed motor fuel or who stores both dyed and undyed motor fuel for use by that person or another person must mark the storage facility for the dyed motor fuel as provided in this subsection and in a manner that clearly indicates the fuel is not to be used to operate a highway vehicle. The storage facility must be marked “Dyed Diesel, Nontaxable Use Only, Penalty For Taxable Use” or “Dyed Kerosene, Nontaxable Use Only, Penalty for Taxable Use” or a similar phrase that clearly indicates the fuel is not to be used to operate a highway vehicle. The marking requirements are:

(1) The storage tank of the storage facility must be marked if the storage tank is visible.

(2) The fillcap or spill containment box of the storage facility must be marked.

(3) The dispensing device that serves the storage facility must be marked.

(4) The retail pump or dispensing device at any level of the distribution system must comply with the marking requirements.

(a1) Penalty.--A person who fails to mark the storage facility as required by subsection (a) of this section is subject to a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Each inspection that results in a finding of noncompliance constitutes a separate and distinct offense.

(b) Exception.--The marking requirements of this section do not apply to a storage facility that contains fuel used only for one of the purposes listed in G.S. 105-449.105A(a)(1) and is installed in a manner that makes use of the fuel for any other purpose improbable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 33A-24 — NC Code / Chapter 33A / Section 33A-24
§ 33A-24. Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter may be cited as the “North Carolina Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17-41 — NC Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-41
§ 17-41. Authority to issue the writ
Status: in_force

Every court of record has power, upon the application of any party to any suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending in such court, to issue a writ of habeas corpus, for the purpose of bringing before the said court any prisoner who may be detained in any jail or prison within the State, for any cause, except a prisoner under sentence for a capital felony, to be examined as a witness in such suit or proceeding in behalf of the party making the application.

Such writ of habeas corpus may be issued by any magistrate or clerk of the superior court, upon application as provided in this section, to bring any person confined in the jail or prison of the same county where such magistrate or clerk may reside, to be examined as a witness before such magistrate or clerk.

In cases where the testimony of any prisoner is needed in a proceeding before a magistrate, or a clerk, and such person is confined in a county in which such magistrate or clerk does not reside, application for habeas corpus to testify may be made to any justice or judge of the General Court of Justice.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-34 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-34
§ 143-215.34. Investigations by Department; employment of consultants
Status: in_force

The Department shall make such investigations and assemble such data as it deems necessary for a proper review and study of the design and construction of dams, reservoirs and appurtenances, and for such purposes may enter upon private property. The Department may employ or make such agreements with geologists, engineers, or other expert consultants and such assistants as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-187-5 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-187-5
§ 20-187.5. Trademark authorization
Status: in_force

The North Carolina Troopers Association is authorized to use all trademarks identifying the North Carolina State Highway Patrol held by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety or its Divisions. The use authorized under this section shall be limited to purposes that support the State Highway Patrol, employees of the State Highway Patrol, and the family members of the employees of the State Highway Patrol.