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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-84-5 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-84-5
§ 58-84-5. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in Articles 84, 85, 85A, 87, and 88 of this Chapter:

(1) City.--A fire district.

(2) Clerk.--The clerk of a fire district or, if there is no clerk, the person so designated by the governing body of the fire district.

(3) Fire district.--Any political subdivision of the State or federally recognized Native American tribe within the State that meets all of the following conditions:

a. It has an organized fire department under the control of its governing body.

b. Its fire department has apparatus and equipment that is in serviceable condition for fire duty and is valued at one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more.

c. It is rated and certified by the Commissioner.

d. Its response area has been approved by the local municipal government or, if there is no local municipal government, by the local board of county commissioners.

(3a) Firefighter.--Any person who meets all of the following requirements:

a. Is a volunteer, employee, contractor, or member of a rated and certified fire department, or employee of a County Fire Marshal's Office whose sole duty is to act as fire marshal, deputy fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or firefighter of the county.

b. Performs work or training connected with fire protection, fire prevention, fire control, fire education, fire inspection, fire investigation, rescue, Emergency Medical Services, special operations, or performs the statutory duties and responsibilities of the fire chief as set forth in G.S. 160A-292 .

c. Performs work or training at the direction of the fire chief.

d. Is included on the certified roster submitted to the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association pursuant to G.S. 58-86-25 .

(4) Town.--A fire district.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-14-8 — NC Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96-14-8
§ 96-14.8. Military spouse relocation and domestic violence are good causes for leaving
Status: in_force

An individual is not disqualified for benefits for leaving work for one of the reasons listed in this section. Benefits paid on the basis of this section are not chargeable to the employer's account:

(1) Military spouse relocation.--Leaving work to accompany the individual's spouse to a new place of residence because the spouse has been reassigned from one military assignment to another.

(2) Domestic violence.--Leaving work for reasons of domestic violence if the individual reasonably believes that the individual's continued employment would jeopardize the safety of the individual or of any member of the individual's immediate family. For purposes of this subdivision, an individual is a victim of domestic violence if one or more of the following applies:

a. The individual has been adjudged an aggrieved party as set forth by Chapter 50B of the General Statutes.

b. There is evidence of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking. Evidence of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking may include any one or more of the following:

1. Law enforcement, court, or federal agency records or files.

2. Documentation from a domestic violence or sexual assault program if the individual is alleged to be a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault.

3. Documentation from a religious, medical, or other professional from whom the individual has sought assistance in dealing with the alleged domestic violence, sexual abuse, or stalking.

c. The individual has been granted program participant status pursuant to G.S. 15C-4 as the result of domestic violence committed upon the individual or upon a minor child with or in the custody of the individual by another individual who has or has had a familial relationship with the individual or minor child.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-137-7 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-137-7
§ 20-137.7. Definitions of words and phrases
Status: reserved

The following words and phrases when used in this Part shall for the purpose of this Part have the meaning respectively prescribed to them in this Part, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) “Abandoned vehicle” means a motor vehicle that has remained illegally on private or public property for a period of more than 10 days without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property.

(2) “Demolisher” means any person, firm or corporation whose business is to convert a motor vehicle into processed scrap or scrap metal or otherwise to wreck, or dismantle, such a vehicle.

(3) “Department” means the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

(4) “Derelict vehicle” means a motor vehicle:

a. Whose certificate of registration has expired and the registered and legal owner no longer resides at the address listed on the last certificate of registration on record with the North Carolina Department of Transportation; or

b. Whose major parts have been removed so as to render the vehicle inoperable and incapable of passing inspection as required under existing standards; or

c. Whose manufacturer's serial plates, vehicle identification numbers, license number plates and any other means of identification have been removed so as to nullify efforts to locate or identify the registered and legal owner; or

d. Whose registered and legal owner of record disclaims ownership or releases his rights thereto; or

e. Which is more than 12 years old and does not bear a current license as required by the Department.

(5) “Officer” means any law-enforcement officer of the State, of any county or of any municipality including county sanitation officers.

(6) “Salvage yard” means a business or a person who possesses five or more derelict vehicles, regularly engages in buying and selling used vehicle parts.

(7) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

(8) “Tag” means any type of notice affixed to an abandoned or derelict motor vehicle advising the owner or the person in possession that the same has been declared an abandoned or derelict vehicle and will be treated as such, which tag shall be of sufficient size as to be easily discernible and contain such information as the Secretary deems necessary to enforce this Part.

(9) “Vehicle” means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway by mechanical means.

(10) “Vehicle recycling” means the process whereby discarded vehicles (abandoned, derelict or wrecked) are collected and then processed by shredding, bailing or shearing to produce processed scrap iron and steel which is then remelted by steel mills and foundries to make raw materials which are subsequently used to manufacture new metal-based products for the consumer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86B-2 — NC Code / Chapter 86B / Section 86B-2
§ 86B-2. Powers and duties of the Board
Status: in_force

The Board shall have the powers and duties necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this Chapter. The Board may, in accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, adopt rules necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this Chapter. If the Board has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of a provision of this Chapter may have occurred, the Board may investigate, upon its own motion or upon receipt of a complaint from any individual, any licensee or establishment subject to the provisions of this Chapter to determine whether a violation has occurred.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-316-1 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-316-1
§ 106-316.1 to 106-316.5
Status: in_force

It is the purpose and intent of G.S. 106-316.1 to 106-316.5 to safeguard the swine industry in North Carolina through a program designed to prevent the spread of hog cholera by prohibiting and restricting the use of virulent hog-cholera virus; to provide for the use of modified live virus hog-cholera vaccines that have been licensed as such by the Biological Products Licensing Section, Animal Inspection and Quarantine Division, Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; to empower the State Board of Agriculture to establish rules and regulations and the Commissioner of Agriculture to establish emergency rules and regulations governing the movement of hogs into the State from other states and within the State; to establish rules and regulations designating the minimum dosage of anti-hog-cholera serum and antibody concentrate that shall be used in combination with modified live-virus hog-cholera vaccines on swine vaccinated at public livestock markets and other places; and to establish such other rules and regulations and emergency rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of G.S. 106-316.1 to 106-316.5 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 138A-6 — NC Code / Chapter 138A / Section 138A-6
§ 138A-6. State Ethics Commission established
Status: in_force

There is established the State Ethics Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-247 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-247
§ 105-247. Municipalities not to levy income and inheritance tax
Status: in_force

No city, town, township, or county shall levy any tax on income or inheritance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412-23 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-412-23
§ 130A-412.23. Cooperation between a medical examiner and the procurement organization
Status: in_force

(a) The medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.

(b) If a medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with G.S. 130A-412.24 , the medical examiner or designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the body part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.

(c) A body part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a medical examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the body part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude a medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or body parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner.

(d) As used in this section and G.S. 130A-412.24 , “ medical examiner ” includes the Chief Medical Examiner, a county medical examiner, or a designee of either.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-155 — NC Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-155
§ 15-155. Defects which do not vitiate
Status: in_force

No judgment upon any indictment for felony or misdemeanor, whether after verdict, or by confession, or otherwise, shall be stayed or reversed for the want of the averment of any matter unnecessary to be proved, nor for omission of the words “as appears by the record,” or of the words “with force and arms,” nor for the insertion of the words “against the form of the statutes” instead of the words “against the form of the statute,” or vice versa; nor for omission of the words “against the form of the statute” or “against the form of the statutes,” nor for omitting to state the time at which the offense was committed in any case where time is not of the essence of the offense, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offense to have been committed on a day subsequent to the finding of the indictment, or on an impossible day, or on a day that never happened; nor for want of a proper and perfect venue, when the court shall appear by the indictment to have had jurisdiction of the offense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-14-7 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-14-7
§ 90-14.7. Procedure where person fails to request or appear for hearing
Status: in_force

If a person who has requested a hearing does not appear, and no continuance has been granted, the Board or its trial examiner or committee may hear the evidence of such witnesses as may have appeared, and the Board may proceed to consider the matter and dispose of it on the basis of the evidence before it. For good cause, the Board may reopen any case for further hearing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 111-47-2 — NC Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111-47-2
§ 111-47.2. Food service at State parks, museums and historic sites operated by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding this Article, the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may operate or contract for the operation of food or vending services at State parks, museums and historic sites operated by the Department. Notwithstanding G.S. 111-43 , the net proceeds of revenue generated by food and vending services operated by the Department or a vendor with whom the Department has contracted shall be credited to the appropriate fund of the Department where the funds were generated and shall be used for the operation of that State park, museum or historic site.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-363 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-363
§ 1-363. Receiver appointed
Status: in_force

The court or judge having jurisdiction over the appointment of receivers may also by order in like manner, and with like authority, appoint a receiver in proceedings under this Article of the property of the judgment debtor, whether subject or not to be sold under execution, except the homestead and personal property exemptions. But before the appointment of the receiver, the court or judge shall ascertain if practicable, by the oath of the party or otherwise, whether any other supplementary proceedings are pending against the judgment debtor, and if so, the plaintiff therein shall have notice to appear before him, and shall likewise have notice of all subsequent proceedings in relation to the receivership. No more than one receiver of the property of a judgment debtor shall be appointed. The title of the receiver relates back to the service of the restraining order, herein provided for.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-683 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-683
§ 90-683. License required; exemptions
Status: in_force

(a) On or after July 1, 2006, no person shall practice or offer to practice perfusion as defined in this Article, use the title “licensed perfusionist” or “provisional licensed perfusionist”, use the letters “LP” or “PLP”, or otherwise indicate or imply that the person is a licensed perfusionist or a provisionally licensed perfusionist unless that person is currently licensed as provided in this Article.

(b) The provisions of this Article shall not apply to:

(1) Any person registered, certified, credentialed, or licensed to engage in another profession or occupation or any person working under the supervision of a person registered, certified, credentialed, or licensed to engage in another profession or occupation in this State if the person is performing work incidental to the practice of that profession or occupation and the person does not represent himself or herself as a licensed perfusionist or a provisionally licensed perfusionist.

(2) A student enrolled in an accredited perfusion education program if perfusion services performed by the student are an integral part of the student's course of study and are performed under the direct supervision of a licensed perfusionist.

(3) A perfusionist employed by the United States government when performing duties associated with that employment.

(4) A person performing autotransfusion or blood conservation techniques under the direct supervision of a licensed physician.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-50-27 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-50-27
§ 14-50.27. Local ordinances not preempted by State law
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article shall prevent a local governing body from adopting and enforcing ordinances relating to gangs and gang violence that are consistent with this Article. Where local laws duplicate or supplement the provisions of this Article, this Article shall be construed as providing alternative remedies and not as preempting the field.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70-140 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-70-140
§ 120-70.140. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee
Status: in_force

The Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 18 members as follows:

(1) Nine members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The President Pro Tempore shall appoint members proportionally according to the partisan composition of the Senate.

(2) Nine members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Speaker shall appoint members proportionally according to the partisan composition of the House.

Terms on the Committee are for two years and begin on January 15 of each odd-numbered year, except the terms of the initial members, which begin on appointment and end on January 15 of the next odd-numbered year. Members may complete a term of service on the Committee even if they do not seek reelection or are not reelected to the General Assembly, but resignation or removal from service in the General Assembly constitutes resignation or removal from service on the Committee.

A member continues to serve until his or her successor is appointed. A vacancy shall be filled within 30 days by the officer who made the original appointment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1034 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1034
§ 15A-1034. Controlling access to the courtroom
Status: in_force

(a) The presiding judge may impose reasonable limitations on access to the courtroom when necessary to ensure the orderliness of courtroom proceedings or the safety of persons present.

(b) The judge may order that all persons entering or any person present and choosing to remain in the courtroom be searched for weapons or devices that could be used to disrupt or impede the proceedings and may require that belongings carried by persons entering the courtroom be inspected. An order under this subsection must be entered on the record.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159E-5 — NC Code / Chapter 159E / Section 159E-5
§ 159E-5. Certificated registered public obligations; execution; authentication
Status: in_force

(a) A certificated registered public obligation shall be executed by the issuer by the manual or facsimile signature or signatures of authorized officers. Any signature of an authorized officer may be attested by the manual or facsimile signature of another authorized officer.

(b) In addition to the signatures referred to in (a) of this section any certificated registered public obligation or any writing relating to an uncertificated registered public obligation may include a certificate or certificates signed by the manual or facsimile signature of an authenticating agent, registrar, transfer agent or the like.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-598 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-598
§ 115C-598. Reporting requirements
Status: in_force

The Authority shall report annually, no later than October 15, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the following information from the prior school year:

(1) Total number, grade level, race, ethnicity, and sex of eligible students receiving scholarship funds.

(2) Total amount of scholarship funding awarded.

(3) Number of students previously enrolled in public schools in the prior semester by the previously attended local education agency.

(4) Nonpublic schools in which scholarship recipients are enrolled, including numbers of scholarship recipients at each nonpublic school.

(5) The number of substantiated cases of fraud by recipients and the number of parents or students removed from the program for noncompliance with the provisions of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-168-13 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-168-13
§ 143B-168.13. Implementation of program; duties of Department and Secretary
Status: reserved

(a) The Department shall:

(1) Repealed by S.L. 1998-212, § 12.37B(a), eff. Oct. 30, 1998 .

(1a) Develop and conduct a statewide needs and resource assessment every third year, beginning in the 1997-98 fiscal year. This needs assessment shall be conducted in cooperation with the North Carolina Partnership and with the local partnerships. This needs assessment shall include a statewide assessment of capital needs. The data and findings of this needs assessment shall form the basis for annual program plans developed by local partnerships and approved by the North Carolina Partnership.

(2) Recodified as (a)(1a) by S.L. 1998-212, § 12.37B(a) .

(2a) Repealed by S.L. 1998-212, § 12.37B(l), eff. Oct. 30, 1998 .

(3) Provide technical and administrative assistance to local partnerships, particularly during the first year after they are selected under this Part to receive State funds. The Department, at any time, may authorize the North Carolina Partnership or a governmental or public entity to do the contracting for one or more local partnerships. After a local partnership's first year, the Department may allow the partnership to contract for itself.

(4) Adopt, in cooperation with the North Carolina Partnership, any rules necessary to implement this Part, including rules to ensure that State leave policy is not applied to the North Carolina Partnership and the local partnerships. In order to allow local partnerships to focus on the development of long-range plans in their initial year of funding, the Department may adopt rules that limit the categories of direct services for young children and their families for which funds are made available during the initial year.

(5) Repealed by Laws 1996, (2nd Ex. Sess.), c. 18, § 24.29(c) .

(6) Annually update its funding formula, in collaboration with the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., using the most recent data available. These amounts shall serve as the basis for determining “full funding” amounts for each local partnership.

(b) Repealed by S.L. 1998-212, § 12.37B(a), eff. Oct. 30, 1998 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-88-30 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-88-30
§ 58-88-30. Administration costs
Status: in_force

The Association shall withhold twelve percent (12%) from the money received pursuant to G.S. 20-183.7(c) for the administration of the Fund. The Commissioner of Insurance shall withhold two percent (2%) from the money received pursuant to G.S. 20-183.7(c) for the administration of the Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-63-1 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-63-1
§ 20-63.1. Division shall cause plates to be reflectorized
Status: in_force

(a) Registration Plate Standards.--The Division of Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized to cause vehicle license plates for 1968 and future years to be completely treated with reflectorized materials designed to increase visibility and legibility of license plates at night. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall develop standards for reflectivity that use the most current technology available while maintaining a competitive bid process.

(b) Registration Plate Mandatory Replacement.--All registration plates shall be replaced every seven years.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-143 — NC Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77-143
§ 77-143. Authority
Status: in_force

The authority granted pursuant to this Article is in addition to and not in derogation of any other authority granted to local governments under any other provision of law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-11 — NC Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75-11
§ 75-11. Person examined exempt from prosecution
Status: in_force

No natural person examined, as provided in G.S. 75-10 , shall be subject to indictment, criminal prosecution, criminal punishment or criminal penalty by reason of or on account of anything disclosed by him upon examination, and full immunity from criminal prosecution and criminal punishment by reason of or on account of anything so disclosed is hereby extended to all natural persons so examined. The immunity herein granted shall not apply to civil actions instituted pursuant to this Chapter.