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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-171-70 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-171-70
§ 90-171.70. North Carolina Center for Nursing; establishment; goals
Status: in_force

There is established the North Carolina Center for Nursing to address issues of supply and demand for nursing, including issues of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurse manpower resources. The General Assembly finds that the Center will repay the State's investment by providing an ongoing strategy for the allocation of the State's resources directed towards nursing. The primary goals for the Center shall be:

(1) To develop a strategic statewide plan for nursing manpower in North Carolina by:

a. Establishing and maintaining a database on nursing supply and demand in North Carolina, to include (i) current supply and demand, and (ii) future projections; and

b. Selecting priorities from the plan to be addressed.

(2) To convene various groups representative of nurses, other health care providers, business and industry, consumers, legislators, and educators to:

a. Review and comment on data analysis prepared for the Center;

b. Recommend systemic changes, including strategies for implementation of recommended changes; and

c. To evaluate and report the results of these efforts to the General Assembly and others.

(3) To enhance and promote recognition, reward, and renewal activities for nurses in North Carolina by:

a. Promoting continuation of Institutes for Nursing Excellence programs as piloted by the Area Health Education Centers in 1989-90 or similar options;

b. Proposing and creating additional reward, recognition, and renewal activities for nurses; and

c. Promoting media and positive image-building efforts for nursing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-23 — NC Code / Chapter 90A / Section 90A-23
§ 90A-23. Grades of certificates
Status: in_force

The Board of Certification, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Environmental Quality, shall establish grades of certification for water treatment facility operators corresponding to the classification of water treatment facilities.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-405 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-405
§ 58-10-405. Annual reports
Status: in_force

(a) No captive insurance company shall be required to make any annual report to the Commissioner except as provided in this Part.

(b) Prior to March 15 of each year, each captive insurance company shall submit to the Commissioner a report of its financial condition on the preceding December 31, verified by oath of two of its executive officers. Each captive insurance company shall report using generally accepted accounting principles, unless the Commissioner requires, approves, or accepts the use of other comprehensive basis of accounting. The Commissioner may require, approve, or accept any appropriate or necessary modifications of the other comprehensive basis of accounting for the type of insurance and kinds of insurers to be reported upon. The Commissioner may require additional information to supplement such report. Except as otherwise provided, each risk retention group and association captive insurance company shall file its report in the form required by G.S. 58-2-165 , and each risk retention group shall comply with the requirements set forth in G.S. 58-4-5 . All other captive insurance companies shall report on forms adopted by the Commissioner. G.S. 58-10-345(f) shall apply to each report filed pursuant to this section. Branch captive insurance companies shall file the report required by this section unless otherwise required by G.S. 58-10-545 . Special Purpose Financial Captive insurance companies shall report in accordance with G.S. 58-10-625 .

(c) A pure captive insurance company, a special purpose captive insurance company, or an industrial insured captive insurance company may make written application to the Commissioner for filing the required report on an alternative reporting date based on the company's fiscal year-end. If an alternative reporting date is granted by the Commissioner, then the annual report is due 75 days after the fiscal year-end.

(d) The Commissioner may require any captive insurance company to file a report on its financial condition semiannually, quarterly, monthly, or any other frequency determined by the Commissioner.

(e) The Commissioner may waive the filing of the annual report required by this section subject to the filing of the annual audit required by G.S. 58-10-415 . A captive insurance company must make a written request for exemption from the annual report at least 30 days prior to the annual report due date. The Commissioner may not simultaneously exempt a captive insurance company from both the annual report and the annual audit requirements.

(f) Extensions of the due date for filings required by this section may be granted by the Commissioner for 30-day periods upon a showing by the captive insurance company of the reasons for requesting an extension and determination by the Commissioner of good cause for the extension. The request for extension must be received in writing not less than 10 days before the due date and in sufficient detail to permit the Commissioner to make an informed decision with respect to the requested extension.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-198 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-198
§ 136-198. Passenger refusing to pay fare or violating rules may be ejected
Status: in_force

If a passenger shall refuse to pay the fare, be or become intoxicated, or violate the rules of a passenger train, it shall be lawful for the conductor of the train to stop the train at any station or at any regular stop, and to put the passenger and the passenger's baggage out of the train, using no unnecessary force.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-244-104 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-244-104
§ 53-244.104. Minimum net worth requirements
Status: in_force

(a) A minimum net worth shall be continuously maintained for licensees in accordance with this section. In the event that the mortgage loan originator or transitional mortgage loan originator is an employee or exclusive agent of a person subject to this Article, the net worth of the person subject to this Article can be used in lieu of the mortgage loan originator's or transitional mortgage loan originator's minimum net worth requirement. The minimum net worth to be maintained for each license is as follows:

(1) If the licensee is a mortgage lender, it shall maintain a net worth of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), including evidence of liquidity of one million dollars ($1,000,000), which may include a warehouse line of credit of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or other evidence of funding capacity to conduct mortgage originations as documented by an unqualified audited statement of financial condition.

(2) If the licensee is a mortgage servicer, it shall maintain a net worth of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), not including monies in any escrow accounts held for others.

(3) If the licensee is a mortgage broker, it shall maintain a net worth of at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), including evidence of liquidity of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), as certified by the licensee in a certified statement of financial condition.

(b) The Commissioner may adopt rules to require additional minimum net worth or otherwise amend net worth requirements as are necessary to ensure licensees maintain adequate financial responsibility and accomplish the purposes of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 93-3 — NC Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93-3
§ 93-3. Unlawful use of title “certified public accountant” by individual
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person who has not received a certificate of qualification or not been granted a practice privilege under G.S. 93-10 admitting the person to practice as a certified public accountant to assume or use such a title, or to use any words, letters, abbreviations, symbols or other means of identification to indicate that the person using same has been admitted to practice as a certified public accountant.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-71-15 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-71-15
§ 58-71-15. Qualifications of sureties on bail
Status: in_force

Each and every surety for the release of a person on bail shall be qualified as:

(1) An insurer and represented by a surety bondsman or bondsmen; or

(2) A professional bondsman; or

(3) An accommodation bondsman.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1451 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1451
§ 15A-1451. Stay of sentence; bail; no stay when State appeals
Status: in_force

(a) When a defendant has given notice of appeal:

(1) Payment of costs is stayed.

(2) Payment of a fine is stayed.

(3) Confinement is stayed only when the defendant has been released pursuant to Article 26, Bail.

(4) Probation or special probation is stayed.

(b) The effect of dismissal of charges is not stayed by an appeal by the State, and the defendant is free from such charges unless they are subsequently reinstated as a result of the determination upon appeal.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-46-1 — NC Code / Chapter 90A / Section 90A-46-1
§ 90A-46.1. Expiration and renewal of certificates; continuing education requirements
Status: in_force

A certificate issued under this Part expires on 31 December of the year in which it is issued or renewed. The Commission may establish minimum continuing education requirements that an applicant must meet to renew a certificate. The Commission shall renew a certificate if the applicant meets the continuing education requirement and pays the required renewal fee, any renewal fee in arrears, and any late application penalty.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159C-16 — NC Code / Chapter 159C / Section 159C-16
§ 159C-16. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

If any officer, commissioner or employee of the authority, or any member of the governing body of the county for which the authority is created, shall be interested either directly or indirectly in any contract with the authority, such interest shall be disclosed to the authority and the county board of commissioners and shall be set forth in the minutes of the authority and the county board of commissioners, and the officer, commissioner, employee or member having such interest therein shall not participate on behalf of the authority in the authorization of any such contract or on behalf of the governing body of the county in the approval of the bonds to be issued by the authority to finance the project, respectively; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the ownership of less than one per centum (1%) of the stock of any operator or obligor. Failure to take any or all actions necessary to carry out the purposes of this section shall not affect the validity of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-80-10 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-80-10
§ 58-80-10. Organization
Status: in_force

The North Carolina State Fire Marshal shall be chief of the State Volunteer Fire Department; regular municipal fire chiefs shall be assistant chiefs; assistant chiefs shall be deputy chiefs; battalion chiefs, captains; lieutenants and privates shall hold the same position that they occupy in their municipal companies. When engaged in rendering assistance at the scene of any emergency, the ranking officer of the first department arriving at the scene of the emergency shall have complete charge of all operations until the arrival of a superior officer. All subordinate officers and men shall act under the direction of such ranking officer. Whenever present at the scene of an emergency, the chief shall have full and complete control and authority over operations of all members of the Department.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1343 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1343
§ 143B-1343. Standardization
Status: in_force

The State CIO shall establish consistent standards for the purchase of agency hardware and software that reflect identified, documented agency needs.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309-111 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-309-111
§ 130A-309.111. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Part is to provide units of local government with the authority, funding, and guidance needed to provide for the efficient and proper identification, deconstruction, recycling, and disposal of abandoned manufactured homes in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-122 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-122
§ 20-122. Restrictions as to tire equipment
Status: in_force

(a) No vehicle will be allowed to move on any public highway unless equipped with tires of rubber or other resilient material which depend upon compressed air, for support of a load, except by special permission of the Department of Transportation which may grant such special permits upon a showing of necessity. This subsection shall have no application to the movement of farm vehicles on highways.

(b) No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat or spike or any other protuberance of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except that it shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway and except, also, that it shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to slide or skid. It shall be permissible to use upon any vehicle for increased safety, regular and snow tires with studs which project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire not more than one sixteenth of an inch when compressed.

(c) The Department of Transportation or local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may, in their discretion, issue special permits authorizing the operation upon a highway of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugation upon the periphery of such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery.

(d) It shall not be unlawful to drive farm tractors on dirt roads from farm to farm: Provided, in doing so they do not damage said dirt roads or interfere with traffic.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 164-11-3 — NC Code / Chapter 164 / Section 164-11-3
§ 164-11.3. Adoption of 1952 Volumes 3A, 3B and 3C of the General Statutes
Status: in_force

The chapters, subchapters, articles and sections now comprising Volume 3 of the General Statutes of North Carolina , and Cumulative Supplements thereto, consisting of G.S. 106-1 through 166-13 , now in force, as amended, are hereby reenacted and designated Volumes 3A, 3B and 3C respectively of the General Statutes of North Carolina. This reenactment of Volumes 3A, 3B and 3C shall not be construed to invalidate or repeal any acts which have been passed during the 1953 Session of the General Assembly, prior to February 18, 1953, nor shall this reenactment include any appended annotations, editorial notes, comments and cross references, legislative or historical references, or other material connected or supplemental to the said chapters, subchapters, articles and sections, but not contained in the body hereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-42 — NC Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121-42
§ 121-42. Citation of Article
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the “Conservation and Historic Preservation Agreements Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-167 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-167
§ 14-167. Failure to return hired property
Status: in_force

Any person who shall rent or hire, any horse, mule or other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile, or other vehicle, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value, and who shall willfully fail to return the same to the possession of the person, firm or corporation from whom such property has been rented or hired at the expiration of the time for which such property has been rented or hired, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

If the value at the time of the rental or hiring of the truck, automobile, or other motor vehicle that is not returned is in excess of four thousand dollars ($4,000), the person who rented or hired it and failed to return it shall be guilty of a Class H felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-33 — NC Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96-33
§ 96-33. State agencies required to provide information and data
Status: in_force

(a) Every State agency and local government agency or entity that receives State or federal funds for the direct or indirect support of State job training, education, and placement programs shall provide to the Labor and Economic Analysis Division all data and information available to or within the agency or entity's possession requested by the Division for input into the common follow-up information management system authorized under this Article and for such other official functions as are performed by the Division. The Division of Employment Security shall provide all information in its possession and control requested by the Division in order for the Division to accomplish the purpose set forth in this Article and such other official functions performed by it.

(a1) Local school administrative units shall not be required to report directly to the Labor and Economic Analysis Division. The Department of Public Instruction shall be responsible for the collection of information from local school administrative units for input into the common follow-up information management system authorized under this Article and for such other official functions as are performed by the Division.

(b) Each agency or entity required to report information and data to the Labor and Economic Analysis Division under this Article shall maintain true and accurate records of the information and data requested by the Division. The records shall be open to the Division for inspection and copying at reasonable times and as often as necessary. Each agency or entity shall further provide, upon request by the Division, sworn or unsworn reports with respect to persons employed or trained by the agency or entity, as deemed necessary by the Division to carry out the purposes of this Article. Information obtained by the Division from the agency, entity, or the Division of Employment Security shall be held by the Division as confidential, subject to the State and federal laws governing treatment of such information, and shall not be published or open to public inspection other than in a manner that protects the identity of individual persons and employers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67-4-2 — NC Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67-4-2
§ 67-4.2. Precautions against attacks by dangerous dogs
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for an owner to:

(1) Leave a dangerous dog unattended on the owner's real property unless the dog is confined indoors, in a securely enclosed and locked pen, or in another structure designed to restrain the dog;

(2) Permit a dangerous dog to go beyond the owner's real property unless the dog is leashed and muzzled or is otherwise securely restrained and muzzled.

(b) If the owner of a dangerous dog transfers ownership or possession of the dog to another person (as defined in G.S. 12-3(6) ), the owner shall provide written notice to:

(1) The authority that made the determination under this Article, stating the name and address of the new owner or possessor of the dog; and

(2) The person taking ownership or possession of the dog, specifying the dog's dangerous behavior and the authority's determination.

(c) Violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-34-6 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-34-6
§ 14-34.6. Assault or affray on a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, medical responder, and hospital personnel
Status: reserved

(a) A person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person commits an assault or affray causing physical injury on any of the following persons who are discharging or attempting to discharge their official duties:

(1) An emergency medical technician or other emergency health care provider.

(2) A medical responder.

(3) Hospital personnel and licensed healthcare providers who are providing or attempting to provide health care services to a patient.

(4) Repealed by S.L. 2011-356, § 2, eff. Dec. 1, 2011 , and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.

(5) A firefighter.

(6) Hospital security personnel.

(b) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class G felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and (i) inflicts serious bodily injury or (ii) uses a deadly weapon other than a firearm.

(c) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class E felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and uses a firearm.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-34 — NC Code / Chapter 156 / Section 156-34
§ 156-34. Report filed
Status: in_force

The board shall make a written report to the county commissioners showing all the acts and decisions of the board as to the length, depth, and width of the ditch, the names of all the owners of the lands that will be drained, and the amount of work to be performed and the amount of money to be paid by each person benefited by such drainage. But in case the board determines that the lands described in the petition shall not be drained, then the expenses of the board shall be paid out of the funds deposited with the county treasurer by the petitioners.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-245-37 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-245-37
§ 106-245.37. North Carolina Egg Fund
Status: in_force

All moneys levied and collected under the provisions of this Article shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to a fund to be known as the “North Carolina Egg Fund”. All moneys credited to the “North Carolina Egg Fund” are hereby appropriated to the North Carolina Egg Association, a North Carolina nonprofit corporation, for research, education, publicity, advertising, and other promotional activities for the benefit of producers of eggs sold in North Carolina. Moneys in the North Carolina Egg Fund are held in trust for the benefit of producers of eggs sold in North Carolina and such moneys shall not be or become part of the General Fund.