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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-190-20 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-190-20
§ 14-190.20. Warrants for obscenity offenses
Status: in_force

A search warrant or criminal process for a violation of G.S. 14-190.1 through 14-190.5 may be issued only upon the request of a prosecutor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-44-25 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-44-25
§ 136-44.25. Wage and Hour Act inapplicable to ridesharing arrangements
Status: in_force

The provisions of Article 2A of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes of North Carolina shall not apply to an employee while participating in any ridesharing arrangement as defined in G.S. 136-44.21 , as provided in G.S. 95-25.14(b)(6) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-50-1 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-50-1
§ 50-50.1. Consolidation
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, upon motion of a party to an agreement or arbitration proceeding, the court may order consolidation of separate arbitration proceedings as to all or some of the claims if all of the following apply:

(1) There are separate agreements to arbitrate or separate arbitration proceedings between the same parties or one of them is a party to a separate agreement to arbitrate or a separate arbitration with a third party.

(2) The claims subject to the agreements to arbitrate arise in substantial part from the same transaction or series of related transactions.

(3) The existence of a common issue of law or fact creates the possibility of conflicting decisions in the separate arbitration proceedings.

(4) Prejudice resulting from a failure to consolidate is not outweighed by the risk of undue delay or prejudice to the rights of or hardship to parties opposing consolidation.

(b) The court may order consolidation of separate arbitration proceedings as to some claims and allow other claims to be resolved in separate arbitration proceedings.

(c) The court shall not order consolidation of the claims of a party to an agreement to arbitrate if the agreement prohibits consolidation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-287 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-287
§ 160A-287. City lockups
Status: in_force

A city shall have authority to establish, erect, repair, maintain and operate a lockup for the temporary detention of prisoners pending their transferal to the county or district jail or the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25C-11 — NC Code / Chapter 25C / Section 25C-11
§ 25C-11. General prohibitions
Status: in_force

(a) An art dealer may not publish in or distribute in, into or from, this State any catalog, prospectus, circular, advertisement or other publication which solicits a direct sale, by inviting transmittal of payment for a specific print not exempt under G.S. 25C-16 , unless it clearly sets forth, in close physical proximity to the place in such publication describing the print, all information required by G.S. 25C-14 . This requirement does not apply to general written material or advertising that does not solicit such a direct sale.

(b) An art dealer may not sell or invite offers to buy any print not exempt under G.S. 25C-16 , either at retail or wholesale, unless the art dealer clearly and conspicuously discloses in writing to prospective purchasers, all information required by G.S. 25C-14 . At public or private auction, an art dealer may not invite offers to buy any non-exempt print unless the art dealer clearly and conspicuously discloses in writing such required information to prospective bidders before any offer is made and until an offer is accepted.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-30-80 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-30-80
§ 58-30-80. Rehabilitation orders
Status: in_force

(a) An order to rehabilitate the business of a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this State, shall appoint the Commissioner and his successors in office as the rehabilitator, and shall direct the rehabilitator forthwith to take possession of the assets of the insurer and to administer them under the general supervision of the Court. The filing or recording of the order with the clerk of the Court or register of deeds of the county in which the principal business of the insurer is conducted, or the county in which its principal office or place of business is located, shall impart the same notice as a deed, bill of sale, or other evidence of title duly filed or recorded with that register of deeds would have imparted. The order to rehabilitate the insurer shall by operation of law vest title to all assets of the insurer in the rehabilitator.

(b) Any order issued under this section shall require accounting to the Court by the rehabilitator. Accountings shall be at such intervals as the Court specifies in its order.

(c) Entry of an order of rehabilitation shall not constitute an anticipatory breach of any contract of the insurer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-53-30 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-53-30
§ 58-53-30. Payment of premiums
Status: in_force

An employee or member electing continuation must pay to the group policyholder or his employer, in advance, the amount of contribution required by the policyholder or employer, but not more than one hundred two percent (102%) of the full group rate for the insurance applicable under the group policy on the due date of each payment. The employee or member may not be required to pay the amount of the contribution less often than monthly. In order to be eligible for continuation of coverage, the employee or member must make a written election of continuation, on a form furnished by the group policyholder or by the insurer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 142-63 — NC Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142-63
§ 142-63. Authorization of financing contract
Status: in_force

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Article, (i) a State governmental unit that is implementing an energy conservation measure pursuant to G.S. 143-64.17L and financing it pursuant to this Article, (ii) a State governmental unit that has solicited a guaranteed energy conservation measure pursuant to G.S. 143-64.17A or G.S. 143-64.17B , or (iii) the State Treasurer, as designated by the Council of State, is authorized to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the State of North Carolina, a financing contract to finance the costs of the energy conservation measure. The aggregate outstanding amount payable by the State under financing contracts entered pursuant to this Article shall not exceed five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) at any one time.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-110 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-110
§ 47-110. Registration of official discharge or certificate of lost discharge
Status: in_force

Upon the presentation to the register of deeds of any county of any official discharge, or official certificate of lost discharge, from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or any other branch of the Armed Forces of the United States the register of deeds shall record the same without charge in the book provided for in G.S. 47-109 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-277 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-277
§ 105-277. Property classified for taxation at reduced rates; certain deductions
Status: reserved

(a) to (c) Repealed by Laws 1987, c. 813, § 9.

(d) All bona fide indebtedness incurred in the purchase of fertilizer and fertilizer materials owing by a taxpayer as principal debtor may be deducted from the total value of all fertilizer and fertilizer materials as are held by such taxpayer for his own use in agriculture during the current year.

(e) Repealed by Laws 1987, c. 813, § 9.

(f) Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 869, § 1.

(g) Buildings equipped with a solar energy heating or cooling system, or both, are hereby designated a special class of property under authority of Article V, Sec. 2(2) of the North Carolina Constitution . Such buildings shall be assessed for taxation in accordance with each county's schedules of value for buildings equipped with conventional heating or cooling systems and no additional value shall be assigned for the difference in cost between a solar energy heating or cooling system and a conventional system typically found in the county. As used in this classification, the term “system” includes all controls, tanks, pumps, heat exchangers and other equipment used directly and exclusively for the conversion of solar energy for heating or cooling. The term “system” does not include any land or structural elements of the building such as walls and roofs nor other equipment ordinarily contained in the structure.

(h) Private Water Companies.--Contributions in aid of construction and acquisition adjustments. In assessing the property of any private water company, there shall be excluded that portion of the investment of the company represented by contributions in aid of construction and by acquisition adjustments which is designated a special class of property under Article V, Sec. 2(2) of the Constitution . “Investment,” “contributions in aid of construction” and “acquisition adjustment” shall have the meanings as those terms are defined in the Uniform System of Accounts specified by the North Carolina Utilities Commission for use by such private water company.

(i) Repealed by Laws 1987, c. 622, § 5.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-6-607 — NC Code / Chapter 52C / Section 52C-6-607
§ 52C-6-607. Contest of registration or enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:

(1) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;

(2) The order was obtained by fraud;

(3) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;

(4) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;

(5) There is a defense under the law of this State to the remedy sought;

(6) Full or partial payment has been made;

(7) The statute of limitations under G.S. 52C-6-604 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or

(8) The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.

(b) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under subsection (a) of this section, a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this State.

(c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection (a) of this section to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1008 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1008
§ 15A-1008. Dismissal of charges
Status: in_force

(a) When a defendant lacks capacity to proceed, the court shall dismiss the charges upon the earliest of the following occurrences:

(1) When it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant will not gain capacity to proceed.

(2) When as a result of incarceration, involuntary commitment to an inpatient facility, or other court-ordered confinement, the defendant has been substantially deprived of his liberty for a period of time equal to or in excess of the maximum term of imprisonment permissible for prior record Level VI for felonies or prior conviction Level III for misdemeanors for the most serious offense charged.

(3) Upon the expiration of a period of five years from the date of determination of incapacity to proceed in the case of misdemeanor charges and a period of 10 years in the case of felony charges.

(b) A dismissal entered pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section shall be without leave.

(c) A dismissal entered pursuant to subdivision (1) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section shall be issued without prejudice to the refiling of the charges. Upon the defendant becoming capable of proceeding, the prosecutor may reinstitute proceedings dismissed pursuant to subdivision (1) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section by filing written notice with the clerk, with the defendant, and with the defendant's attorney of record.

(d) Dismissal of criminal charges pursuant to this section shall be upon motion of the prosecutor or the defendant or upon the court's own motion.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-130 — NC Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148-130
§ 148-130. Correction Enterprises Fund
Status: reserved

(a) All revenues from the sale of articles and commodities manufactured or produced by Correction Enterprises shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be kept and maintained as a special revolving working-capital fund designated “Correction Enterprises Fund.”

(b) Revenue in the Correction Enterprises Fund shall be applied first to capital and operating expenditures, including salaries and wages of personnel necessary to develop and operate Correction Enterprises and incentive wages for inmates employed by Correction Enterprises or participating in work assignments established by the Division of Prisons. Of the remaining revenue in the Fund, five percent (5%) of the net proceeds, before expansion costs, shall be credited to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund established in G.S. 15B-23 as soon as practicable after net proceeds have been determined for the previous year. At the direction of the Governor, the remainder shall be used for other purposes within the State prison system or shall be transferred to the General Fund.

(c) The Correction Enterprises Fund shall be the source of all incentive wages and allowances paid to inmates employed by Correction Enterprises and inmates participating in work assignments established by the Division of Prisons.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-279-16 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-279-16
§ 143B-279.16. Civil penalty assessments
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this section is to provide to the person receiving a notice of violation of an environmental statute or an environmental rule a greater opportunity to understand what corrective action is needed, receive technical assistance from the Department of Environmental Quality, and to take the needed corrective action. It is also the purpose of this section to provide to the person receiving the notice of violation a greater opportunity for informally resolving matters involving any such violation.

(b) In order to fulfill the purpose set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the Department of Environmental Quality shall, effective July 1, 2011, extend the period of time by 10 days between the time the violator is sent a notice of violation of an environmental statute or an environmental rule and the subsequent date the violator is sent an assessment of the civil penalty for the violation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-45-01 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-45-01
§ 130A-45.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, unless otherwise specified:

(1) “Authority service area” means the area within the boundaries of the authority as provided for in G.S. 130A-45.4 .

(2) “Board” means a public health authority board created under this Part.

(3) “County” means the county which is, or is about to be, included in the territorial boundaries of a public health authority when created hereunder.

(4) “County board of commissioners” means the legislative body charged with governing the county.

(5) “Department” means the Department of Health and Human Services.

(6) “Federal government” means the United States of America, or any agency, instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(7) “Government” means the State and federal governments and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.

(8) “Public health authority” means a public body and a body corporate and politic organized under the provisions of this Part.

(9) “Public health facility” means any one or more buildings, structures, additions, extensions, improvements, or other facilities, whether or not located on the same site or sites, machinery, equipment, furnishings or other real or personal property suitable for providing public health services; and includes, without limitation, local public health departments or centers; public health clinics and outpatient facilities; nursing homes, including skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities, adult care homes for the aged and disabled; public health laboratories; administration buildings, central service and other administrative facilities; communication, computer and other electronic facilities; pharmaceutical facilities; storage space; vehicular parking lots and other such public health facilities, customarily under the jurisdiction of or provided by public health departments, or any combination of the foregoing, with all necessary, convenient or related interests in land, machinery, apparatus, appliances, equipment, furnishings, appurtenances, site preparation, landscaping, and physical amenities.

(10) “Real property” means lands, lands under water, structures, and any and all easements, franchises and incorporeal hereditaments and every estate and right therein, legal and equitable, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise.

(11) “State” means the State of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-308 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-308
§ 105-308. Duty to list; penalty for failure
Status: in_force

Every person in whose name any property is to be listed under the terms of this Subchapter shall list the property with the assessor within the time allowed by law on an abstract setting forth the information required by this Subchapter.

In addition to all other penalties prescribed by law, any person whose duty it is to list any property who willfully fails or refuses to list the same within the time prescribed by law shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The failure to list shall be prima facie evidence that the failure was willful.

Any person who willfully attempts, or who willfully aids or abets any person to attempt, in any manner to evade or defeat the taxes imposed under this Subchapter, whether by removal or concealment of property or otherwise, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-40 — NC Code / Chapter 156 / Section 156-40
§ 156-40. Confirmation of report
Status: in_force

If it appear that the lands on the lower level will be increased in value twenty-five percent (25%) or upwards by the proposed improvement, within one year after the completion thereof, and that the cost of making such improvement will not exceed three fourths of the present estimated value of the land to be benefited, and that the proprietors of at least one half in value of the land to be affected consent to the improvement, the court may confirm such report, either in full or with such modifications therein as shall be just and equitable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-315-37 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-315-37
§ 113-315.37. Liberal construction of Article
Status: in_force

It is intended that the provisions of this Article shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes provided for, or intended to be provided for, herein, and where strict construction would result in the defeat of the accomplishment of any of the acts authorized herein, and a liberal construction would permit or assist in the accomplishment thereof, the liberal construction shall be chosen.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-313-1 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-313-1
§ 20-313.1. Making false certification or giving false information a misdemeanor
Status: in_force

(a) Any owner of a motor vehicle registered or required to be registered in this State who shall make a false certification concerning his financial responsibility for the operation of such motor vehicle shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(b) Any person, firm, or corporation giving false information to the Division concerning another's financial responsibility for the operation of a motor vehicle registered or required to be registered in this State, knowing or having reason to believe that such information is false, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-62 — NC Code / Chapter 90A / Section 90A-62
§ 90A-62. Certification and registration of environmental health specialists registered in other states
Status: in_force

The Board may, without examination, grant a certificate as a registered environmental health specialist to any person who at the time of application, is registered as a registered environmental health specialist by a similar board of another state, district or territory whose standards are determined to be acceptable to the Board and comply with rules adopted by the Board. A fee to be determined by the Board and not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid by the applicant to the Board for the issuance of a certificate under the provisions of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39-11 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-39-11
§ 7A-39.11. Retirement on account of total and permanent disability
Status: in_force

Every justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the Court of Appeals who has served for eight years or more on the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or the superior court, or as Administrative Officer of the Courts, or in any combination of these offices, and who while in active service becomes totally and permanently disabled so as to be unable to perform efficiently the duties of his office, and who retires by reason of such disability, shall receive for life compensation equal to two thirds of the annual salary from time to time received by the occupant or occupants of the office from which he retired. In determining whether a judge is eligible for retirement under this section, time served as district solicitor of the superior court prior to January 1, 1971, may be included. Whenever any justice or judge claims retirement benefits under this section on account of total and permanent disability, the Governor and Council of State, acting together, shall, after notice and an opportunity to be heard is given the applicant, by a majority vote of said body, make findings of fact from the evidence offered. Such findings of fact shall be reduced to writing and entered upon the minutes of the Council of State. The findings so made shall be conclusive as to such matters and determine the right of the applicant to retirement benefits under this section. Justices and judges retired under the provisions of this section are not subject to recall as emergency justices or judges.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-64-20 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-64-20
§ 143-64.20. “Agency” defined; Governor's approval required
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this Article the term “agency” shall mean every State agency, institution, board, commission, bureau, department, division, council, member of the Council of State, or officer of the State government.

(b) No State agency shall contract to obtain services of a consultant or advisory nature unless the proposed contract has been justified to and approved in writing by the Governor of North Carolina. All written approvals shall be maintained on file as part of the agency's records for not less than five years.