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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-200 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-200
§ 54C-200. Definitions
Status: reserved

As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1) Repealed by S.L. 2004-203, § 35(b), eff. Aug. 17, 2004 .

(2) “Branch” means a full service office of a savings bank through which it renders a savings bank service other than its principal office. A savings bank may engage in any authorized function or service through an authorized branch office.

(3) “Commission” means the State Banking Commission.

(4) “Home state” means (i) as to a state-chartered savings bank, the state which granted the savings bank its charter, and (ii) as to a federal savings bank, the state in which the savings bank has its principal office.

(5) “Out-of-state” savings bank means a savings bank granted a charter by any state other than this State and whose principal office is not located in this State.

(6) “Savings bank” means a state savings bank or a federal savings bank, unless limited by use of the words “State” or “federal”.

(7) “State savings bank” means a depository institution chartered under the laws of this State.

(8) “Supervisor” means the state savings bank supervisor or equivalent state official having primary regulatory authority over an out-of-state savings bank.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-332 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-332
§ 106-332. Disinfection of stockyards by owners
Status: in_force

Stockyards, pens, cars, vessels and other premises and conveyances will be disinfected whenever necessary for the control and eradication of disease by the owners at their expense under the supervision of an inspector of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry or State Veterinarian.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-473 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-473
§ 153A-473. Applicability
Status: in_force

This Article only applies to a county if approved by the qualified voters of the county in a referendum called by the board of commissioners in accordance with G.S. 163-287 . The referendum shall be conducted by the county board of elections in accordance with the provisions of law generally applicable to special elections. The ballot question shall be determined by the board of commissioners after consultation with the county attorney as to form.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-292 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-292
§ 62-292. Certificate to be filed with Secretary of State
Status: in_force

It is the duty of the new corporation provided for by this Article, within one month after its organization, to make certificate thereof, under its common seal, attested by the signature of its president, specifying the date of the organization, the name adopted, the amount of capital stock, and the names of its president and directors, and transmit the certificate to the Secretary of State, to be filed and recorded in his office. A certified copy of this certificate so filed shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which is located the principal office of the corporation, and is the charter and evidence of the corporate existence of the new corporation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-120 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-120
§ 54-120. Ownership of shares limited
Status: in_force

No shareholder in any such association shall own shares of a greater aggregate par value than twenty percent (20%) of the paid-in capital stock, except as hereinafter provided, or be entitled to more than one vote. A mutual association shall reserve the right of purchasing the stock of any member whose stock is for sale, and may restrict the transfer of stock to such persons as are made eligible to membership in the bylaws.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86B-59 — NC Code / Chapter 86B / Section 86B-59
§ 86B-59. Inactive list
Status: reserved

Upon request by a licensee for inactive status, the Board shall place the licensee's name on the inactive list. While on the inactive list, the person shall not be subjected to renewal requirements and shall not practice electrology in North Carolina. When that person desires to be removed from the inactive list and returned to an active list, a reactivation application shall be submitted to the Board on a form furnished by the Board and the fee shall be paid for license reactivation. The Board may require evidence of competency to resume practice before returning the applicant to the active status. Any person whose license has lapsed or expired for a period of five years or more shall be required to take and pass the examination for licensure before the license can be reactivated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31D-4-407 — NC Code / Chapter 31D / Section 31D-4-407
§ 31D-4-407. Remedy for breach of contract to appoint or not to appoint
Status: in_force

The remedy for a power holder's breach of a contract to appoint or not to appoint appointive property is limited to damages payable out of the appointive property or, if appropriate, specific performance of the contract.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 32C-2-218 — NC Code / Chapter 32C / Section 32C-2-218
§ 32C-2-218. Gifts authorized by court order
Status: in_force

An agent may petition the court for an order authorizing the agent to make a gift of the principal's property that is reasonable under the circumstances, including a gift that is in addition to, or that otherwise differs from, the gifts authorized by the power of attorney.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53C-6-3 — NC Code / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-6-3
§ 53C-6-3. Securing deposits
Status: in_force

(a) A bank may not create a lien on its assets or otherwise secure the repayment of a deposit, except as authorized or required by this section, other laws of this State, or federal law.

(b) A bank may pledge its assets to secure a deposit of the government of this State or any other state, any agency or political subdivision of this State or any other state, the United States government, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, or any Indian tribe recognized by the United States government as eligible for the services provided to Indian tribes by the Secretary of the Interior because of its status as an Indian tribe.

(c) This section does not prohibit the pledge of assets by a bank to secure the repayment of money borrowed.

(d) An act, deed, conveyance, pledge, or contract in violation of this section is void.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-87 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-87
§ 143B-87. North Carolina Arts Council--creation, powers and duties
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the North Carolina Arts Council with the following duties and functions:

(1) To advise the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources on the study, collection, maintenance and dissemination of factual data and pertinent information relative to the arts;

(2) To advise the Secretary concerning assistance to local organizations and the community at large in the area of the arts;

(3) To advise the Secretary on the exchange of information, promotion of programs and stimulation of joint endeavor between public and nonpublic organizations;

(4) To identify research needs in the arts area and to encourage such research;

(5) To advise the Secretary in regard to bringing the highest obtainable quality in the arts to the State and promoting the maximum opportunity for the people to experience and enjoy those arts;

(6) To advise the Secretary of the Department upon any matter the Secretary may refer to it; and

(7) To advise the Secretary concerning the promotion of theater arts in the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99E-1 — NC Code / Chapter 99E / Section 99E-1
§ 99E-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the term:

(1) “ Engage in an equine activity ” means participate in an equine activity, assist a participant in an equine activity, or assist an equine activity sponsor or equine professional. The term “engage in an equine activity” does not include being a spectator at an equine activity, except in cases in which the spectator places himself in an unauthorized area and in immediate proximity to the equine activity.

(2) “ Equine ” means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny.

(3) “ Equine activity ” means any activity involving an equine. Actions to preserve, maintain, or regulate the use of land for equestrian recreation shall not be considered an equine activity.

(4) “ Equine activity sponsor ” means an individual, group, club, partnership, or corporation, whether the sponsor is operating for profit or nonprofit, which sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for an equine activity. The term includes operators and promoters of equine facilities. A landowner who allows equine recreation on the landowner's property shall not be considered an equine activity sponsor.

(5) “ Equine professional ” means a person engaged for compensation in any one or more of the following:

a. Instructing a participant.

b. Renting an equine to a participant for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon the equine.

c. Renting equipment or tack to a participant.

d. Examining or administering medical treatment to an equine.

e. Hooftrimming or placing or replacing horseshoes on an equine.

(5a) “ Equine recreation ” means use of a landowner's property for an equine activity (i) where the landowner is neither the equine activity sponsor nor the equine professional and (ii) when the landowner permits use of the property without charge. For purposes of this subdivision, “charge” has the meaning set forth in G.S. 38A-2 and G.S. 38A-3 .

(6) “ Inherent risks of equine activities ” means those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of engaging in an equine activity, including any of the following:

a. The possibility of an equine behaving in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to persons on or around them.

b. The unpredictability of an equine's reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movement, unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals.

Inherent risks of equine activities does not include a collision or accident involving a motor vehicle.

(7) “ Participant ” means any person, whether amateur or professional, who engages in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in the equine activity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-6 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-6
§ 147-6. Expenses paid by warrants; statements filed
Status: in_force

All salaries, purchases of equipment and expenses authorized by law to be paid out of the various funds herebefore mentioned shall be paid by warrant drawn on the State Treasurer. The officer of State or head of any department thereof shall file an itemized statement of the salaries, bills for purchase of equipment and other expenses of his department, and warrants shall be drawn on the State Treasurer for the payment of all salaries, purchases of equipment, and expenses as authorized by law, to be paid by the said officer of State or head of any department thereof, as evidenced by statements so approved and filed. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay said warrants.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-177-1 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-177-1
§ 53-177.1. Electronic transaction fees
Status: in_force

(a) The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Affiliate.--In relation to a licensee, an entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under joint control with the licensee.

(2) Control.--Any of the following:

a. Own, directly or indirectly, at least fifty percent (50%) of the capital of an entity.

b. Have the power to direct or cause the direction of the management of and set the policies of an entity.

(b) In addition to the recovery of other costs allowed under this Article, a licensee may collect from a borrower an amount not to exceed the actual cost of any fees charged by a non-affiliate third party for the following transactions:

(1) Online debit card payments to the borrower's account.

(2) In-person debit card payments to the borrower's account.

(3) Automated clearinghouse transaction payments to the borrower's account.

(4) Disbursement of loan proceeds via automated clearinghouse transactions.

(5) Disbursement of loan proceeds via prepaid debit cards or stored value cards.

(6) Disbursement of loan proceeds via electronic payments to the borrower's account at a financial institution or financial services company.

(c) A licensee shall make available to borrowers at least one type of transaction for an account payment and at least one type of transaction for a disbursement of loan proceeds in which it will not seek to recover the cost of third-party fees associated with the transaction.

(d) A licensee shall publish on its website and publicly display at all its retail locations a disclosure on whether a borrower will be charged for any third-party fees with regard to each available type of transaction for account payments and disbursements of loan proceeds. A licensee shall also provide this information as a separate disclosure to a borrower when the borrower establishes a loan account with the licensee.

(e) Nothing in this section prohibits a borrower from directly paying transaction-based fees to a non-affiliate third party for account payments and disbursements of loan proceeds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-36-60 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-36-60
§ 58-36-60. Payment of dividends not prohibited or regulated; plan for payment into rating system
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article will be construed to prohibit or regulate the payment of dividends, savings, or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members, or subscribers. Individual policyholder loss experience may be considered as a factor in determining dividends for workers' compensation insurance and employers' liability insurance written in connection therewith. A plan for the payment of dividends, savings, or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members, or subscribers will not be deemed a rating plan or system.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-21-4 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-21-4
§ 28A-21-4. Clerk may compel account
Status: in_force

If any personal representative or collector fails to account as directed in G.S. 28A-9-3 , 28A-21-1 or 28A-21-2 or renders an unsatisfactory account, the clerk of superior court shall, upon motion of the clerk of superior court or upon the request of one or more creditors of the decedent or other interested party, promptly order such personal representative or collector to render a full satisfactory account within 20 days after service of the order. If, after due service of the order, the personal representative or collector does not on or before the return day of the order file such account, or obtain further time in which to file it, the clerk may remove the personal representative or collector from office or may issue an attachment against the personal representative or collector for a contempt and commit the personal representative or collector until the personal representative or collector files said account.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-13-4 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-13-4
§ 28A-13-4. Continuance of farming operations of deceased persons
Status: in_force

When any person dies while engaged in farming operations, the decedent’s personal representative is authorized to continue such farming operations until the end of the current calendar year, and until all crops grown during that year are harvested. The net income from such farming operations shall be personal assets of the estate. Any indebtedness incurred in connection with such farming operations after the date of death shall be preferred over the claims of any heir, devisee, distributee, general or unsecured creditor of said estate. Nothing herein contained shall limit the powers of a personal representative under the terms of a will.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-558 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-558
§ 115C-558. High school competency testing
Status: in_force

To assure that all high school graduates possess those minimum skills and that knowledge thought necessary to function in society, each qualified nonpublic school shall administer at least once in each school year, a nationally standardized test or other nationally standardized equivalent measure selected by the chief administrative officer of such school, to all students enrolled and regularly attending the eleventh grade. The nationally standardized test or other equivalent measurement selected must measure competencies in the verbal and quantitative areas. Each qualified nonpublic school shall establish a minimum score which must be attained by a student on the selected test in order to be graduated from high school. For one year after the testing, all records shall be made available, subject to G.S. 115C-174.13 , at the principal office of such school, at all reasonable times, for annual inspection by a duly authorized representative of the State of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-43-30 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-43-30
§ 58-43-30. Agreements restricting insurance producer's commission; penalty
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any insurance company doing the business of insurance as defined in subdivisions (3) to (22), inclusive, of G.S. 58-7-15 and employing an insurance producer representing another such company, either directly or through any organization or association, to enter into, make or maintain any stipulation or agreement in anywise limiting the compensation such insurance producer may receive from any such other company or forbidding or prohibiting reinsurance of the risks of any such domestic company in whole or in part by any other company holding membership in or cooperating with such organization or association. The penalty for any violation of this section shall be a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), and the forfeiture of license to do business in this State for a period of 12 months following conviction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-12-1 — NC Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121-12-1
§ 121-12.1. Grants-in-aid
Status: in_force

Under the concepts of reorganization of State government, responsibility for administering appropriations to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for grants-in-aid to private nonprofit organizations in the areas of history, art, and culture is assigned to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. By February 15 of each year, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall receive, analyze, and recommend to the Governor, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, and the Fiscal Research Division the disposition of any request for funding received by it from or for any of these organizations. The Department shall disburse under provisions of law any appropriations made to the Department for them. Appropriations to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for grants-in-aid to assist in the restoration of historic sites owned by private nonprofit organizations shall be expended only in accordance with G.S. 121-11 , 121-12 and 143B-53.1 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-293-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-293-1
§ 143B-293.1. North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission--creation; powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created the North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission of the Department of Environmental Quality with the power and duty to adopt rules necessary to administer the Oil and Gas Conservation Act pursuant to G.S. 113-391 and for the development of the oil and gas resources of the State. The Commission shall make such rules consistent with the provisions of this Chapter. All rules adopted by the Commission shall be enforced by the Department of Environmental Quality.

(b) The Commission shall have the authority to make determinations and issue orders pursuant to the Oil and Gas Conservation Act to (i) regulate the spacing of wells and to establish drilling units as provided in G.S. 113-393 ; (ii) limit and prorate the production of oil or gas, or both, from any pool or field for the prevention of waste as provided in G.S. 113-394 ; (iii) classify wells for taxing purposes; and (iv) require integration of interests as provided in G.S. 113-393 .

(c) The Commission shall submit annual written reports as to its operation, activities, programs, and progress to the Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy and the Environmental Review Commission. The Commission shall supplement the written reports required by this subsection with additional written and oral reports as may be requested by the Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy and the Environmental Review Commission. The Commission shall submit the written reports required by this subsection whether or not the General Assembly is in session at the time the report is due.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-90 — NC Code / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-90
§ 44A-90. Title of purchaser
Status: in_force

(a) A purchaser for value at a properly conducted sale under this Article, and a purchaser for value without constructive notice of a defect in the sale, whether or not the purchaser is the lienor or an agent of the lienor, acquires title to the property free of any interests over which the lienor was entitled to priority.

(b) Upon the completion of a sale conducted under this Article, the lienor or a person acting on behalf of the lienor, who conducted the sale shall furnish to the purchaser for value a bill of sale for the aircraft signed by the person who conducted the sale that includes a statement that the sale was conducted in accordance with this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52B-10 — NC Code / Chapter 52B / Section 52B-10
§ 52B-10. Application and construction
Status: in_force

The Uniform Premarital Agreement Act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform among the states enacting it, the law on premarital agreements.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-143 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-143
§ 54C-143. Commercial lending
Status: in_force

A savings bank may lend and invest in commercial loans in an aggregate amount that either (i) does not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of its total assets; or (ii) equals a percentage of its total assets greater than fifteen percent (15%), if approved by the Commissioner of Banks upon written request of the savings bank. In considering a request for an increased limit, the Commissioner of Banks shall take into consideration the commercial lending expertise of the management and the overall risk profile of the savings bank making the request. For the purposes of this section, “ commercial loan ” means a loan for business, commercial, corporate, or agricultural purposes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-166 — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-166
§ 127A-166. Prior conveyances validated
Status: in_force

All conveyances of real property made before April 20, 1949, by any municipality or county of the State of North Carolina to the State of North Carolina for armory purposes are hereby validated and ratified in every respect.