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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-142 — NC Code / Chapter 110 / Section 110-142
§ 110-142. Definitions; suspension and revocation of occupational, professional, or business licenses of obligors who are delinquent in court-ordered child support, or who are not in compliance with subpoenas issued pursuant to child support or paternity establishment proceedings
Status: in_force

The definitions in G.S. 110-129 and G.S. 147-54.12 apply to this section and G.S. 110-142.1 , and G.S. 110-142.2 . In addition, to these sections the following definitions apply:

(1) “Applicant” means any person applying for issuance or renewal of a license.

(2) “Board” means any department, division, agency, officer, board, or other unit of State government that issues licenses.

(3) “Certified list” means a list provided by the designated representative to the Department of Health and Human Services that verifies, under penalty of perjury, that the names contained therein are obligors who have been found to be out of compliance with a judgment or order for support in a IV-D case.

(4) “Compliance with an order for support” means that, as set forth in a judgment or order for child support or family support, the obligor is no more than 90 calendar days in arrears in making payments for current support, in making periodic payments on a support arrearage, or in making periodic payments on a reimbursement for public assistance, has obtained a judicial finding that precludes enforcement of the order, or has entered into a payment schedule, including G.S. 110-142.1(h) , for the child support arrearage with the approval of the obligee in a IV-D case.

(5) “License” means (i) for the purposes of G.S. 110-142.1 , a license, certificate, permit, registration, or any other authorization issued by a board that allows a person to engage in a business, occupation, or profession or (ii) for the purposes of G.S. 110-142.2 , a license to operate a regular or commercial motor vehicle, or to participate in hunting, fishing, or trapping.

(6) “Licensee” means any person holding a license.

(7) “Obligor” means the individual who owes a duty to make child support payments under a court order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-220-2 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-220-2
§ 116-220.2. Termination of fund
Status: in_force

Any fund created hereunder may be terminated by the Board of Governors upon their determination that other satisfactory and adequate arrangements have been made to assure that both existing and future health care malpractice claims or judgments against the participants in the self-insurance program will be paid and satisfied. Upon the termination of any fund pursuant to this section, the full amount remaining in such fund upon termination less any outstanding indebtedness shall promptly be repaid to the University and allocated among the participating entities according to their respective contributions as determined by the Board of Governors.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-367 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-367
§ 115C-367. Assignment on certain bases prohibited
Status: in_force

No person shall be refused admission to or be excluded from any public school in this State on account of race, creed, color or national origin. No school attendance district or zone shall be drawn for the purpose of segregating persons of various races, creeds, colors or national origins from the community.

Where local school administrative units have divided the geographic area into attendance districts or zones, pupils shall be assigned to schools within such attendance districts: Provided, however, that the board of education of a local school administrative unit may assign any pupil to a school outside of such attendance district or zone in order that such pupil may attend a school of a specialized kind including but not limited to a vocational school or school operated for, or operating programs for, pupils mentally or physically handicapped, or for any other reason which the board of education in its sole discretion deems sufficient.

The provisions of Part 1D of Article 9 of this Chapter, G.S. 115C-366(b) , and G.S. 115C-367 to G.S. 115C-370 shall not apply to a temporary assignment due to the unsuitability of a school for its intended purpose nor to any assignment or transfer necessitated by overcrowded conditions or other circumstances which, in the sole discretion of the school board, require assignment or reassignment.

The provisions of Part 1D of Article 9 of this Chapter, G.S. 115C-366(b) , and G.S. 115C-367 to G.S. 115C-370 shall not apply to an application for the assignment or reassignment by the parent, guardian or person standing in loco parentis of any pupil or to any assignment made pursuant to a choice made by any pupil who is eligible to make such choice pursuant to the provisions of a freedom of choice plan voluntarily adopted by the board of education of a local school administrative unit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-164-42A — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-164-42A
§ 105-164.42A. Short title
Status: in_force

This Part is the “Uniform Sales and Use Tax Administration Act” and may be cited by that name.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-9 — NC Code / Chapter 31C / Section 31C-9
§ 31C-9. Severing or altering of married persons
Status: in_force

This Chapter does not prevent married persons from severing or altering their interests in property to which this Chapter applies.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-451 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-451
§ 153A-451. Reimbursement agreements
Status: in_force

(a) A county may enter into reimbursement agreements with private developers and property owners for the design and construction of municipal infrastructure that is included on the county's Capital Improvement Plan and serves the developer or property owner. For the purpose of this act, municipal infrastructure includes, without limitation, water mains, sanitary sewer lines, lift stations, stormwater lines, streets, curb and gutter, sidewalks, traffic control devices, and other associated facilities.

(b) A county shall enact ordinances setting forth procedures and terms under which such agreements may be approved.

(c) A county may provide for such reimbursements to be paid from any lawful source.

(d) Reimbursement agreements authorized by this section shall not be subject to Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes , except as provided by this subsection. A developer or property owner who is party to a reimbursement agreement authorized under this section shall solicit bids in accordance with Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes when awarding contracts for work that would have required competitive bidding if the contract had been awarded by the county.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-209-2 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-209-2
§ 1-209.2. Voluntary nonsuit by petitioner in condemnation proceeding
Status: in_force

The petitioner in all condemnation proceedings authorized by G.S. 40A-3 or by any other statute is authorized and allowed to take a voluntary nonsuit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-76 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-76
§ 122C-76. Penalty
Status: in_force

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person, without authorization of the principal, willfully to alter, forge, conceal, or destroy an instrument, the reinstatement or revocation of an instrument, or any other evidence or document reflecting the principal's desires and interests, with the intent or effect of affecting a mental health treatment decision.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-493 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-493
§ 1-493. What judges have jurisdiction
Status: in_force

All judges of the superior court and judges of the district court authorized to hear in-chambers matters have jurisdiction to grant injunctions and issue restraining orders in all civil actions and proceedings pending in their respective divisions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-144 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-144
§ 116-144. Higher tuition to be charged nonresidents
Status: in_force

Unless provided otherwise by law, the Board of Governors shall fix the tuition and required fees charged nonresidents of North Carolina who attend the institutions enumerated in G.S. 116-4 at rates higher than the rates charged residents of North Carolina and comparable to the rates charged nonresident students by comparable public institutions nationwide, except that a person who serves as a graduate teaching assistant or graduate research assistant or in a similar instructional or research assignment and is at the same time enrolled as a graduate student in the same institution may, in the discretion of the Board of Governors, be charged a lower rate fixed by the Board, provided the rate is not lower than the North Carolina resident rate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 33A-23 — NC Code / Chapter 33A / Section 33A-23
§ 33A-23. Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be applied and construed to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this Chapter among states enacting it.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-437-56A — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-437-56A
§ 143B-437.56A. Multilocation projects
Status: in_force

(a) General Rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a project will be located in more than one development tier area, the location with the highest area designation determines the standards applicable under this Part to the project.

(b) Incipient Enhancement.--For purposes of G.S. 143B-437.56(d) , if a project will be located in more than one development tier area, the location with the lowest area designation determines the percentage of the annual grant approved for disbursement payable to the Utility Account pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.61 if (i) the project will have at least one location in a development tier three area, (ii) the project will have at least one location in a development tier one or two area, and (iii) at least sixty-six percent (66%) of the number of eligible positions created or the total benefits of the project to the State, as calculated pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.52 , or both are located in the lowest area designation.

(c) Coincident Bonus.--The annual grant approved for disbursement payable to a business meeting all of the requirements of this subsection shall be increased by twenty percent (20%). The amount of increase allowed pursuant to this subsection shall not be included for purposes of calculating the award limitations provided in G.S. 143B-437.52 and G.S. 143B-437.56(e) . The requirements for the increase allowed in this section are the following:

(1) The business was awarded the grant for locating a company headquarters, as defined in G.S. 143B-437.01 .

(2) The business announces during the base period the relocation from another state to a development tier one or two area a manufacturing operation of (i) the business or (ii) a business that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the business.

(3) The relocation will result in the business creating a number of positions to be filled by new full-time employees in this State (i) equal to or greater than the applicable minimum number of jobs set forth for the location in G.S. 143B-437.53(a) and (ii) with withholdings equal to or greater than the amount of the bonus allowed under this subsection. The positions required by this subdivision must qualify as eligible positions under the agreement but for the requirement of being filled during the base period.

(4) The number of positions required in subdivision (3) of this subsection are filled for the year in which the annual grant is increased.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-309-35 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-309-35
§ 14-309.35. Registration, possession, and transportation of gaming equipment
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 14-295 or G.S. 14-297 , it shall be lawful to possess or transport gaming tables and other gaming equipment, if the possession or transportation is solely for use in game night events conducted pursuant to this Part. Gaming tables and other gaming equipment possessed or transported pursuant to this Part shall not be subject to seizure pursuant to G.S. 14-298 if they have been registered pursuant to the provisions of this Article and are used solely in game night events conducted pursuant to this Part.

(b) A gaming table or other gaming equipment possessed or transported for use in a game night event must be registered with the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety and must have a sticker affixed with a unique number. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be charged for each sticker and each sticker shall be renewed annually. The sticker fees assessed under this section are payable to the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety and shall be collected and used by the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division to defray the costs of registering the gaming tables and gaming equipment. The Alcohol Law Enforcement Division may inspect, without prior notice, any gaming table or other gaming equipment used in a game night event at any time immediately prior to or during the game night event. Use of a gaming table or gaming equipment in a game night event that does not comply with the requirements of this subsection shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30-14 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-30-14
§ 120-30.14. Meetings
Status: in_force

The first meeting of the Legislative Research Commission shall be held at the call of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in the State Legislative Building or in another building designated by the Legislative Services Commission. Thereafter the Commission shall meet at the call of the chairmen. Every member of the preceding General Assembly has the right to attend all sessions of the Commission, and to present his views at the meeting on any subject under consideration.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1260 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1260
§ 35A-1260. Applicability
Status: in_force

This Article applies only to general guardians and guardians of the estate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-111-1 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-111-1
§ 14-111.1. Obtaining ambulance services without intending to pay therefor--Buncombe, Haywood and Madison Counties
Status: in_force

Any person who with the intent to defraud shall obtain ambulance services for himself or other persons without intending at the time of obtaining such services to pay a reasonable charge therefor, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. If a person or persons obtaining such services willfully fails to pay for the services within a period of 90 days after request for payment, such failure shall raise a presumption that the services were obtained with the intention to defraud, and with the intention not to pay therefor.

This section shall apply only to the Counties of Buncombe, Haywood and Madison.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2A-102 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2A-102
§ 25-2A-102. Scope
Status: in_force

This Article applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115D-58-9 — NC Code / Chapter 115D / Section 115D-58-9
§ 115D-58.9. Daily deposits
Status: in_force

All moneys regardless of source or purpose collected or received by an officer, employee, or agent of an institution shall be deposited intact in accordance with this section. Each officer, employee and agent of an institution whose duty it is to collect or receive any moneys shall deposit his collections and receipts daily. If the board of trustees gives its approval, deposits may be required only when the moneys on hand amount to as much as two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), but in any event, a deposit shall be made on the last business day of the month. All deposits shall be made in an official depository. Tuition and all revenues declared by law to be State moneys or otherwise required to be deposited with the State Treasurer shall be deposited pursuant to the rules of the State Treasurer pursuant to G.S. 147-77 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-279-2 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-279-2
§ 143B-279.2. Department of Environmental Quality--duties
Status: reserved

It shall be the duty of the Department:

(1) To provide for the protection of the environment;

(1a) To administer the State Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Task Force and coordinate State participation activities in the federal outer continental shelf resource recovery programs as provided under the OCS Lands Act Amendments of 1978 ( 43 USC §§ 1801 et seq. ) and the OCS Lands Act Amendments of 1986 ( 43 USC §§ 1331 et seq. ).

(1b) To provide for the protection of the environment and public health through the regulation of solid waste and hazardous waste management and the administration of environmental health programs.

(2) Repealed by S.L. 1997-443, § 11A.5 .

(2a) Repealed by S.L. 2015-241, § 14.30(kkk), eff. July 1, 2015 .

(3) To provide for the management of the State's natural resources.

(4) Repealed by S.L. 2011-145, § 13.11, eff. July 1, 2011 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-95 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-95
§ 136-95. Water must be diverted from public road by ditch or drain
Status: in_force

When any ditch or drain is cut in such a way as to turn water into any public road, the person cutting the ditch or drain shall be compelled to cut another ditch or drain as may be necessary to take the water from said road.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-187-34 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-187-34
§ 105-187.34. Use of tax proceeds
Status: in_force

The Secretary must credit the taxes collected under this Article, less the Department of Revenue's allowance for administrative expenses, to the Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Fund. The Secretary may retain the Department's cost of collection, not to exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) a year, as reimbursement to the Department.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-785 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-785
§ 106-785. Two-thirds vote required; collection of assessment; penalties; audits
Status: in_force

(a) The assessment shall not be collected unless at least two-thirds of the votes cast in the referendum are in favor of the assessment. If at least two-thirds of the votes cast in the referendum are in favor of the assessment, then the Department shall notify all strawberry plant sellers of the assessment. The assessment shall be added by the strawberry plant sellers to the price of all strawberry plants sold for commercial planting in North Carolina. The Department shall provide forms to the strawberry plant sellers for reporting the assessment. All strawberry plant sellers shall provide each purchaser of strawberry plants for commercial production with an invoice that sets forth the amount of the assessment on the purchase covered by the invoice. Persons who purchase strawberry plants for commercial production on which the assessment has not been collected by the seller shall report such purchases and pay the assessment to the Department.

(b) Each strawberry plant seller shall remit to the Department no later than the tenth day following the end of each calendar quarter the assessment on strawberry plants sold during that quarter. Any strawberry plant seller who fails to remit the assessment for the previous year's sales by January 10 shall pay a penalty of five percent (5%) of the unpaid assessment plus a penalty of one percent (1%) of the unpaid assessment for each month after January 10 that the assessment remains unpaid.

(c) The Association may conduct inspections or audits of the books of any strawberry plant seller. If the inspection or audit reveals that a strawberry plant seller has willfully failed to remit assessments when due, the seller shall pay the Association the reasonable costs of the inspection or audit.

(d) The Association may bring an action to collect unpaid assessments, penalties, and reasonable costs of any inspection or audit as provided in subsection (c) of this section, against any strawberry plant seller who fails to pay the assessment, penalties, or costs. If successful, the Association shall also recover the cost of such action, including attorneys' fees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-44-30 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-44-30
§ 58-44-30. Notice by insured or agent as to increase of hazard, unoccupancy and other insurance
Status: in_force

If notice in writing signed by the insured, or his agent, is given before loss or damage by any peril insured against under the standard fire insurance policy to the agent of the company of any fact or condition stated in G.S. 58-44-16 , it is equivalent to an agreement in writing added to the policy and has the force of the agreement in writing referred to in the standard fire insurance policy with respect to the liability of the company and the waiver; but this notice does not affect the right of the company to cancel the policy as stipulated in the policy.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-216-34 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-216-34
§ 143B-216.34. Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing--temporary loan program established
Status: in_force

(a) There is established an assistive equipment loan program for the deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired to be developed, administered, and implemented by the Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing. The assistive equipment loan program supplements the telecommunications equipment distribution program established pursuant to G.S. 62-157 .

(b) The Division shall develop rules for the distribution of the communications and alerting equipment and shall determine performance standards. The Division shall select equipment for distribution to qualifying recipients. The equipment discussed in this section shall be leased at no cost to qualifying recipients for a period of time up to and not exceeding two years. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the renewal of any lease previously executed with a qualified recipient. In addition, the Division shall provide consultative services and training to those individuals and organizations utilizing communications and alerting equipment pursuant to this section.

(c) The central communications office of each county sheriff's office shall purchase and continually operate at least one telecommunications device that is functionally equivalent in providing equal access to services for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, and speech impaired.

The central communications office of each police department and firefighting agency in municipalities with a population of 25,000 to 250,000 shall purchase and continually operate at least one such device.

The central communications office of each police department and firefighting agency in municipalities with a population exceeding 250,000 persons shall purchase and continually operate at least two such devices.

(d) Each public safety office, health care facility (including hospitals and urgent care facilities), and the 911 emergency number system is required to obtain a telecommunications device that is functionally equivalent in providing equal access to services for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired pursuant to this section and shall continually operate and staff the equipment during hours of operation, including up to 24 hours.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 124-7 — NC Code / Chapter 124 / Section 124-7
§ 124-7. Power of investigation of corporations
Status: in_force

The Governor and Council of State shall have the power to investigate the affairs of any corporation or association described in G.S. 124-3 and may require the Attorney General or the Utilities Commission to assist in making such investigation under the rules and regulations prescribed in Chapter 62.