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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-279-30 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-279-30
§ 20-279.30. Surrender of license
Status: in_force

Any person whose license shall have been suspended as herein provided, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this Article, shall have been canceled or terminated, or who shall neglect to furnish other proof upon request of the Commissioner shall immediately return his license to the Commissioner. If any person shall fail to return to the Commissioner the license as provided herein, the Commissioner shall forthwith direct any peace officer to secure possession thereof and to return the same to the Commissioner.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-568-30 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-568-30
§ 106-568.30. Referendum as to continuance of assessments approved at prior referendum
Status: in_force

In the event any referendum, held at any time under the provisions of this Article, is carried by the vote of two-thirds or more of the eligible farmers participating therein and assessments in pursuance thereof are being levied annually, then the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated shall, in its discretion, have full power and authority to call and conduct another referendum in which the farmers and producers of flue-cured tobacco shall vote upon the question of whether or not assessments under this Article shall be continued for the next three tobacco marketing years. If the referendum is carried as provided in this Article, then assessments may be levied and collected as provided in this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-245-30 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-245-30
§ 106-245.30. Legislative findings; purpose of Article
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds and declares that eggs are important to the prosperity of this State and are a major source of income to a large segment of the State's population. Additional research, education, publicity, advertising and other means of promoting the sale and use of eggs are required to enhance the economical production and marketing of eggs and will be beneficial to the State as a whole.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-166-20 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-166-20
§ 143-166.20. Subrogation
Status: in_force

The same rights and remedies set forth in G.S. 97-10.2 shall apply in all third party liability cases occurring under this Article, including cases involving the right of the affected State agency to recover the salary paid to an injured officer during the officer's period of disability.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-66 — NC Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41-66
§ 41-66. Common law of tenancy by the entirety; equitable principles
Status: in_force

The common law of tenancy by the entirety and principles of equity supplement this Article except to the extent it conflicts or is inconsistent with a provision of this Article or the laws of this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162A-94 — NC Code / Chapter 162A / Section 162A-94
§ 162A-94. Certain actions validated
Status: in_force

Any contract entered into by a county water and sewer district on or before February 1, 1995, is not invalid because of failure to comply with Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 22A-1 — NC Code / Chapter 22A / Section 22A-1
§ 22A-1. Use of a signature facsimile by a person with a disability
Status: in_force

A person with a disability, as defined in G.S. 168A-3(7a) , may use a registered signature facsimile as a proper mark of the person's legal signature. An example of the signature facsimile shall be registered by the person with a disability with the clerk of the superior court in the county where the person lives. The registered signature facsimile may be revoked at any time in writing by the person with a disability.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-8 — NC Code / Chapter 104 / Section 104-8
§ 104-8. Further authorization of acquisition of land
Status: reserved

The United States is hereby authorized to acquire lands by condemnation or otherwise in this State for the purpose of preserving the navigability of navigable streams and for holding and administering such lands for national park purposes: Provided, that this section and G.S. 104-9 shall in nowise affect the authority conferred upon the United States and reserved to the State in G.S. 104-5 and 104-6 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-30 — NC Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77-30
§ 77-30. Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article:

(1) “Board” means the board of commissioners of Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties, North Carolina and the county council of York County, South Carolina.

(2) “Commission” means the Lake Wylie Marine Commission or its governing board as the case may be.

(3) “Commissioner” means a member of the governing board of the Lake Wylie Marine Commission.

(4) “Three counties” means Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties, North Carolina, and York County, South Carolina.

(5) “Joint ordinance” means an ordinance substantially identical in content adopted separately by the board in each of the three counties.

(6) “Lake Wylie” means the impounded body of water along the Catawba River in the three counties extending from the base of Mountain Island Dam downstream to the Catawba Dam.

(7) “Shoreline area” means, except as restricted by a joint ordinance, the area within the three counties lying within 1000 feet of the mean high-water line (570 feet) on Lake Wylie. In addition, the shoreline area includes all islands within Lake Wylie and all peninsulas extending into the waters of Lake Wylie.

(8) “Wildlife Commission” means the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and the South Carolina Department of Wildlife and Marine Resources.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-300-16 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-300-16
§ 143-300.16. Payment of judgments and settlement of claims
Status: reserved

(a) Any final judgment awarded against an employee in an action that meets the requirements of G.S. 143-300.14 , or any amount payable under a settlement of the action, shall be paid 1 the State. The first one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of liability shall be paid from funds appropriated to the State Board of Education for the payment of State Tort Claims. The balance of any payment owed shall be paid in accordance with G.S. 143-299.4 . No payment shall be made from either funds appropriated to the State Board of Education or funds transferred from State agencies under G.S. 143-299.4 for any judgment for punitive damages. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to waive the sovereign immunity of the State with respect to a claim covered under this section or authorize the payment of any judgment or settlement against a public school employee in excess of the limit provided in the Tort Claims Act.

(b) The Attorney General may settle any claim to which this Article applies which he finds valid. In any case in which the Attorney General has stated in writing that private counsel ought to be provided because of a conflict with the interests of the State, any settlement shall be approved by the private counsel and the Attorney General.

(c) The coverage afforded an employee under this Article is excess coverage over any commercial insurance liability that the employee may have.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-340-3 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-340-3
§ 160A-340.3. Notice; public hearing
Status: in_force

A city or joint agency that proposes to provide communications service shall hold not fewer than two public hearings, which shall be held not less than 30 days apart, for the purpose of gathering information and comment. Notice of the hearings shall be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in the predominant newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the city is located. The notice shall also be provided to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, which shall post the notice on its Web site, and to all companies that have requested service of the notices from the city clerk. The city shall deposit the notice in the U.S. mail to companies that have requested notice at least 45 days prior to the hearing subject to the notice. Private communications service providers shall be permitted to participate fully in the public hearings by presenting testimony and documentation relevant to their service offerings and the city's plans. Any feasibility study, business plan, or public survey conducted or prepared by the city in connection with the proposed communications service project is a public record as defined by G.S. 132-1 and shall be made available to the public prior to the public hearings required by this section. This section does not apply to the repair, rebuilding, replacement, or improvement of an existing communications network, or equipment relating thereto.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 161-4-2 — NC Code / Chapter 161 / Section 161-4-2
§ 161-4.2. Liability insurance for register of deeds
Status: in_force

To the same extent that the county provides liability insurance to other county officers or employees, pursuant to G.S. 153A-97 and 160A-167 , or 58-32-10 , or Article 23 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes, the county shall provide insurance to the register of deeds. If the county does not provide insurance to any officers or employees, then the county shall notify the register of deeds, in writing, prior to the first Monday in December of each year, of its intent not to provide insurance coverage to the register of deeds. This required notification shall be in the form of a letter signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, attested by the clerk of the board of county commissioners. If the county fails to provide the required notice, then the county shall be liable for damages that would have been paid had the county purchased the insurance pursuant to the General Statutes sections cited above.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-1-107 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-1-107
§ 36C-1-107. Governing law
Status: in_force

(a) The meaning and effect of the terms of a trust are determined by any of the following:

(1) The law of the jurisdiction designated in the terms unless the designation of that jurisdiction's law is contrary to a strong public policy of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue.

(2) In the absence of a controlling designation in the terms of the trust, the law of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the rights of a person other than a trustee or beneficiary are governed by G.S. 36C-10-1010 through G.S. 36C-10-1013 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-363 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-363
§ 106-363. Damaging dipping vats a felony
Status: in_force

Any person or persons who shall willfully damage or destroy by any means any vat erected, or in the process of being erected, as provided for tick eradication, shall be guilty of a Class H felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115D-22 — NC Code / Chapter 115D / Section 115D-22
§ 115D-22. State Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; social security
Status: in_force

Solely for the purpose of applying the provisions of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes of North Carolina , “Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees, Social Security,” the institutions of this Chapter are included within the definition of the term “public school,” and the institutional employees are included within the definition of the term “teacher,” as these terms are defined in G.S. 135-1 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-126 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-126
§ 106-126. Prosecutions of violations
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the solicitors and district attorneys of this State to promptly prosecute all violations of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-2-160 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-2-160
§ 58-2-160. Reporting and investigation of insurance and reinsurance fraud and the financial condition of licensees; immunity from liability
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, “Commissioner” includes an employee, agent, or designee of the Commissioner. A person, or an employee or agent of that person, acting without actual malice, is not subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other cause of action by virtue of furnishing to the Commissioner under the requirements of law or at the direction of the Commissioner reports or other information relating to (i) any known or suspected fraudulent insurance or reinsurance claim, transaction, or act or (ii) the financial condition of any licensee. In the absence of actual malice, members of the NAIC, their duly authorized committees, subcommittees, task forces, delegates, and employees, and all other persons charged with the responsibility of collecting, reviewing, analyzing, or disseminating the information developed from filings of financial statements or examinations of licensees are not subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other cause of action by virtue of their collection, review, analysis, or dissemination of the data and information collected from such filings or examinations.

(b) The Commissioner, acting without actual malice, is not subject to civil liability for libel or slander by virtue of an investigation of (i) any known or suspected fraudulent insurance or reinsurance claim, transaction, or act or (ii) the financial condition of any licensee; or by virtue of the publication or dissemination of any official report related to any such investigation, which report is published or disseminated in the absence of fraud, bad faith, or actual malice on the part of the Commissioner. The Commissioner is not subject to civil liability in relation to the collecting, reviewing, analyzing, or dissemination of information that is developed by the NAIC from the filing of financial statements with the NAIC or from the examination of insurers by the NAIC and that is communicated to the Commissioner, including any investigation or publication or dissemination of any report or other information in relation thereto, which report is published or disseminated in the absence of fraud, bad faith, negligence, or actual malice on the part of the Commissioner.

(c) During the course of an investigation of (i) a known or suspected fraudulent insurance or reinsurance claim, transaction, or act or (ii) the financial condition of any licensee, the Commissioner may request any person to furnish copies of any information relative to the (i) known or suspected claim, transaction, or act or (ii) financial condition of the licensee. The person shall release the information requested and cooperate with the Commissioner pursuant to this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-7 — NC Code / Chapter 143A / Section 143A-7
§ 143A-7. Agencies not enumerated; continuation
Status: in_force

Any existing department, institution, board or commission not enumerated in this Chapter but established or created by the General Assembly shall continue to exercise all its powers, duties and functions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-288-1A — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-288-1A
§ 163-288.1A. Activating voters when charter revised
Status: in_force

Whenever a city has not held the most recent two elections required by its charter or this Chapter, and the General Assembly amends the charter of that city and provides that the county board of elections shall conduct the elections of that city, voters shall be activated for the elections of that city in accordance with G.S. 163-288.1 or G.S. 163-288.2 . In such a case, the county shall prepare the map required by G.S. 163-288.1(a) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-145 — NC Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75-145
§ 75-145. Enforcement; remedies; damages
Status: in_force

(a) The Attorney General shall have the same authority under this Article to make rules, conduct civil investigations, bring civil actions, and enter into assurances of discontinuance as provided under this Chapter. In an action brought by the Attorney General pursuant to this section, the court may award or impose any relief available under this Chapter.

(b) A target or a person aggrieved by a violation of this Article or by a violation of rules adopted under this Article may bring an action in superior court against a person who has made a bad-faith assertion of patent infringement. A court may award to a plaintiff who prevails in an action brought pursuant to this subsection one or more of the following remedies:

(1) Equitable relief.

(2) Damages.

(3) Costs and fees, including reasonable attorneys' fees.

(4) Exemplary damages in an amount equal to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or three times the total of damages, costs, and fees, whichever is greater.

(c) A court may award to a defendant who prevails in an action brought pursuant to this section costs and fees, including reasonable attorneys' fees, if the court finds the action was not well-grounded in fact and warranted by existing law or was interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.

(d) Joinder of Interested Parties.--In an action arising under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the court shall grant a motion by the Attorney General or a target to join an interested party if the moving party shows that the party alleging infringement has no substantial interest in the patent or patents at issue other than making demands or asserting such patent claim in litigation.

(e) In an action arising under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, any person who has delivered or sent, or caused another to deliver or send, a demand to a target in North Carolina has purposefully availed himself or herself of the privileges of conducting business in this State and shall be subject to suit in this State, whether or not the person is transacting or has transacted any other business in this State. This Article shall be construed as a special jurisdiction statute in accordance with G.S. 1-75.4(2) .

(f) If a party is unable to pay an amount awarded by the court pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the court may find any interested party joined pursuant to subsection (d) of this section jointly and severally liable for the abusive patent assertion and make the award recoverable against any or all of the joined interested parties.

(g) This Article shall not be construed to limit rights and remedies available to the State of North Carolina or to any person under any other law and shall not alter or restrict the Attorney General's authority under this Article with regard to conduct involving assertions of patent infringement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-945 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-945
§ 160D-945. Designation of landmarks
Status: in_force

Upon complying with G.S. 160D-946 , the governing board may adopt and amend or repeal a regulation designating one or more historic landmarks. No property shall be recommended for designation as a historic landmark unless it is deemed and found by the preservation commission to be of special significance in terms of its historical, prehistorical, architectural, or cultural importance and to possess integrity of design, setting, workmanship, materials, feeling, and/or association.

The regulation shall describe each property designated in the regulation, the name or names of the owner or owners of the property, those elements of the property that are integral to its historical, architectural, or prehistorical value, including the land area of the property so designated, and any other information the governing board deems necessary. For each building, structure, site, area, or object so designated as a historic landmark, the regulation shall require that the waiting period set forth in this Part be observed prior to its demolition. For each designated landmark, the regulation may also provide for a suitable sign on the property indicating that the property has been so designated. If the owner consents, the sign shall be placed upon the property. If the owner objects, the sign shall be placed on a nearby public right-of-way.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-568-29 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-568-29
§ 106-568.29. Subsequent referendum after defeat of assessment
Status: in_force

In the event any referendum conducted as provided for in this Article shall not be supported by two-thirds or more of those voting therein, then the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated shall have full power and authority to call another referendum for the purposes herein set forth in any succeeding year, on the question of an annual assessment for the next three tobacco marketing years or less. If the referendum is carried as provided in this Article, then the assessments may be levied and collected as provided in this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-165-1 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-165-1
§ 163-165.1. Scope and general rules
Status: in_force

(a) Scope.--This Article shall apply to all elections in this State.

(b) Requirements of Official Ballots in Voting.--In any election conducted under this Article:

(1) All voting shall be by official ballot.

(2) Only votes cast on an official ballot shall be counted.

(c) Compliance With This Article.--All ballots shall comply with the provisions of this Article.

(d) Other Uses Prohibited.--An official ballot shall not be used for any purpose not authorized by this Article.

(e) Voted ballots and paper and electronic records of individual voted ballots shall be treated as confidential, and no person other than elections officials performing their duties may have access to voted ballots or paper or electronic records of individual voted ballots except by court order or order of the appropriate board of elections as part of the resolution of an election protest or investigation of an alleged election irregularity or violation. Voted ballots and paper and electronic records of individual voted ballots shall not be disclosed to members of the public in such a way as to disclose how a particular voter voted, unless a court orders otherwise. Any person who has access to an official voted ballot or record and knowingly discloses in violation of this section how an individual has voted that ballot is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-67-100 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-67-100
§ 58-67-100. Examinations
Status: reserved

(a) The Commissioner may make an examination of the affairs of any health maintenance organization and the contracts, agreements or other arrangements pursuant to its health care plan as often as the Commissioner deems it necessary for the protection of the interests of the people of this State but not less frequently than once every five years. Examinations shall otherwise be conducted under G.S. 58-2-131 through G.S. 58-2-134 .

(b) Repealed by S.L. 1997-519, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998 .

(c) Repealed by Laws 1995, c. 360, § 2(m) .

(d) Instead of conducting an examination, the Commissioner may accept the report of an examination made by the HMO regulator of another state.