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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-48-10 — NC Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135-48-10
§ 135-48.10. Confidentiality of information and medical records; provider contracts
Status: in_force

(a) Any information described in this section that is in the possession of the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees or its Claims Processor under the Plan or the Predecessor Plan shall be confidential and shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes or any other provision requiring information and records held by State agencies to be made public or accessible to the public. This section shall apply to all information concerning individuals, including the fact of coverage or noncoverage, whether or not a claim has been filed, medical information, whether or not a claim has been paid, and any other information or materials concerning a plan participant, including Claim Payment Data and any documents or other materials derived from the Claim Payment Data. This information may, however, be released to the State Auditor or to the Attorney General in furtherance of their statutory duties and responsibilities, or to such persons or organizations as may be designated and approved by the State Treasurer. Any information so released shall remain confidential as stated above and any party obtaining such information shall assume the same level of responsibility for maintaining such confidentiality as that of the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees.

(b) The terms of a contract between the Plan and its third party administrator or between the Plan and its pharmacy benefit manager are a public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes . No provision of law, however, shall be construed to prevent or restrict the release of any information in a Plan contract to the State Treasurer, the State Auditor, the Attorney General, the Director of the State Budget, the Plan’s Board of Trustees, and the Plan’s Executive Administrator solely and exclusively for their use in the furtherance of their duties and responsibilities.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-522 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-522
§ 25-9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records
Status: in_force

(a) Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. -- The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under G.S. 25-9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.

(b) Destruction of written records. -- Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection (a) of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-86-20 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-86-20
§ 147-86.20. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Account receivable.--An asset of the State reflecting a debt that is owed to the State and has not been received by the State agency servicing the debt. The term includes claims, damages, fees, fines, forfeitures, loans, overpayments, taxes, and tuition as well as penalties, interest, and other costs authorized by law. The term does not include court costs or fees assessed in actions before the General Court of Justice or counsel fees and other expenses of representing indigents under Article 36 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes.

(2) Debtor.--A person who owes an account receivable.

(2a) Electronic payment.--Payment by charge card, credit card, debit card, or by electronic funds transfer as defined in G.S. 105-228.90(b) .

(3) Past-due.--An account receivable is past-due if the State has not received payment of it by the payment due date.

(4) Person.--An individual, a fiduciary, a firm, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a unit of government, or another group acting as a unit.

(5) State agency.--Defined in G.S. 147-64.4(4) . The term does not include, however, a community college, a local school administrative unit, an area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse authority, or the General Court of Justice.

(6) Write-off.--To remove an account receivable from a State agency's accounts receivable records.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 133-13 — NC Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133-13
§ 133-13. Administration
Status: in_force

(a) The agency may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association or corporation for services in connection with relocation assistance programs.

(b) The agency shall in carrying out relocation assistance activities utilize, whenever practicable, the services of other State or local agencies having experience in the administration or conduct in similar housing assistance activities.

(c) In acquisition of right-of-way for any State highway project, a municipality making the acquisition shall be vested with the same authority to render such services and to make such payments as is given the Board of Transportation in this Article. Such municipalities furnishing right-of-way are authorized to enter into contracts with any other municipal corporation, or State or federal agency, rendering such services.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-65-94 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-65-94
§ 58-65-94. Coverage of certain prescribed drugs for cancer treatment
Status: in_force

(a) No insurance certificate or subscriber contract under any hospital service plan or medical service plan governed by this Article and Article 66 of this Chapter, and no preferred provider benefit plan under G.S. 58-50-56 , that is issued, renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 1994, and that provides coverage for prescribed drugs approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of certain types of cancer shall exclude coverage of any drug on the basis that the drug has been prescribed for the treatment of a type of cancer for which the drug has not been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The drug, however, must be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and must have been proven effective and accepted for the treatment of the specific type of cancer for which the drug has been prescribed in any one of the following established reference compendia:

(1) The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Drugs & Biologics Compendium;

(2) The ThomsonMicromedex 1 DrugDex;

(3) The Elsevier Gold Standard's Clinical Pharmacology; or

(4) Any other authoritative compendia as recognized periodically by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, coverage shall not be required for any experimental or investigational drugs or any drug that the federal Food and Drug Administration has determined to be contraindicated for treatment of the specific type of cancer for which the drug has been prescribed.

(c) This section shall apply only to cancer drugs and nothing in this section shall be construed, expressly or by implication, to create, impair, alter, limit, notify, enlarge, abrogate, or prohibit reimbursement for drugs used in the treatment of any other disease or condition.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-449-119 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-449-119
§ 105-449.119. Review of civil penalty assessment
Status: in_force

A person who denies liability for a penalty imposed under this Part may request the Secretary to waive the penalty. The Secretary may reduce or waive a penalty as provided in Article 9 of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A-52 — NC Code / Chapter 113A / Section 113A-52
§ 113A-52. Definitions
Status: reserved

As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 1417, § 1.

(1a) “Affiliate” has the same meaning as in 17 Code of Federal Regulations § 240.12(b)-2 (1 June 1993 Edition), which defines “affiliate” as a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control of another person.

(2) “Commission” means the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission.

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

(4) “District” means any Soil and Water Conservation District created pursuant to Chapter 139, North Carolina General Statutes.

(5) “Erosion” means the wearing away of land surface by the action of wind, water, gravity, or any combination thereof.

(6) “Land-disturbing activity” means any use of the land by any person in residential, industrial, educational, institutional or commercial development, highway and road construction and maintenance that results in a change in the natural cover or topography and that may cause or contribute to sedimentation.

(7) “Local government” means any county, incorporated village, town, or city, or any combination of counties, incorporated villages, towns, and cities, acting through a joint program pursuant to the provisions of this Article.

(7a) “Parent” has the same meaning as in 17 Code of Federal Regulations § 240.12(b)-2 (1 June 1993 Edition), which defines “parent” as an affiliate that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls another person.

(8) “Person” means any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, interstate body, or other legal entity.

(9) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Environmental Quality.

(10) “Sediment” means solid particulate matter, both mineral and organic, that has been or is being transported by water, air, gravity, or ice from its site of origin.

(10a) “Subsidiary” has the same meaning as in 17 Code of Federal Regulations § 240.12(b)-2 (1 June 1993 Edition), which defines “subsidiary” as an affiliate that is directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controlled by another person.

(10b) “Tract” means all contiguous land and bodies of water being disturbed or to be disturbed as a unit, regardless of ownership.

(11) “Working days” means days exclusive of Saturday and Sunday during which weather conditions or soil conditions permit land-disturbing activity to be undertaken.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-37-5 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-37-5
§ 20-37.5. Definitions
Status: in_force

Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply throughout this Article to the defined words and phrases and their cognates:

(1) “Distinguishing license plate” means a license plate that displays the International Symbol of Access using the same color, size of plate, and size of letters or numbers as a regular plate.

(1a) Guardian.--Any of the following:

a. Custodian.--As defined in G.S. 7B-101(8) .

b. General guardian.--As defined in G.S. 35A-1202(7) .

c. Guardian of the person.--As defined in G.S. 35A-1202(10) .

(2) “Handicapped” shall mean a person with a mobility impairment who, as determined by a licensed physician:

a. Cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;

b. Cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device;

c. Is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume of one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest;

d. Uses portable oxygen;

e. Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV according to standards set by the American Heart Association;

f. Is severely limited in their ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition; or

g. Is totally blind or whose vision with glasses is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activity for which eyesight is essential, as certified by a licensed ophthalmologist, optometrist, or the Division of Services for the Blind.

(3) “International Symbol of Access” means the symbol adopted by Rehabilitation International in 1969 at its Eleventh World Congress on Rehabilitation of the Disabled.

(4) “ Removable windshield placard ” means a two-sided, hooked placard which includes on each side:

a. The International Symbol of Access, which is at least three inches in height, centered on the placard, and is white on a blue shield;

b. An identification number;

c. An expiration date that is visible from at least 20 feet and the month and year of expiration; and

d. The seal or other identification of the issuing authority.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-512 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-512
§ 115C-512. Expansion of existing supplemental school tax area pursuant to merger of school administrative units in certain counties
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to:

(1) Counties that have three school administrative units located entirely within the county, only one of which units has a supplemental school tax in effect that is levied exclusively by the elected school board of the administrative unit.

(2) Counties that have three school administrative units, two of which are entirely within the county and one of which is located in more than one county.

(b) If a school administrative unit in a county to which this section applies merges with another school administrative unit in the county, and one of the merging units has previously voted a supplemental school tax that is in effect prior to and at the time of the merger, then the geographic area subject to the supplemental school tax in effect prior to the merger shall be expanded to include the entire geographic area encompassed by the new school administrative unit resulting from the merger. The levy and collection of and the expenditure of revenues from the tax shall be expanded as herein provided without approval of the voters of the geographic area directly affected by the merger, and shall be used for purposes provided in G.S. 115C-501(a) .

(b1) If legislation is enacted providing for the merger of two school administrative units located entirely within a county described in subdivision (a)(2), and one of the merging units has previously voted a supplemental school tax that is in effect, then from July 1, 1991, and for two years following the effective date of the merger, the board of commissioners of the county in which the units are located may create a special tax district pursuant to this Article consisting of one of the merging units and may levy a supplemental school tax in that district at a rate that is different from the rate levied in the remainder of the merged unit. The tax levied in the special district may be levied without approval of the voters of the district but may not exceed the amount of the supplemental school tax previously voted in one of the merged units. The supplemental school tax levied pursuant to this subsection may be used for any purpose for which a board of education may budget funds under Article 31 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes.

(c) Notwithstanding levying authority in existence prior to the merger, the board of county commissioners shall, upon merger of the administrative units, have the exclusive authority to levy the supplemental tax expanded in accordance with this section, provided that the tax shall be levied at a rate not to exceed the rate of the supplemental school tax in effect prior to the merger of the school administrative units.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-8-1 — NC Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132-8-1
§ 132-8.1. Records management program administered by Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; establishment of standards, procedures, etc.; surveys
Status: in_force

A records management program for the application of efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of official records shall be administered by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. It shall be the duty of that Department, in cooperation with and with the approval of the Department of Administration, to establish standards, procedures, and techniques for effective management of public records, to make continuing surveys of paper work operations, and to recommend improvements in current records management practices including the use of space, equipment, and supplies employed in creating, maintaining, and servicing records. It shall be the duty of the head of each State agency and the governing body of each county, municipality and other subdivision of government to cooperate with the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources in conducting surveys and to establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records of said agency, county, municipality, or other subdivision of government.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 157-50 — NC Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157-50
§ 157-50. Eminent domain for housing projects
Status: in_force

Any corporation which is an agency of the United States of America shall have the right to acquire by eminent domain any real property, including improvements and fixtures thereon, which it may deem necessary for a housing project being constructed, operated or aided by it or the United States of America. Any corporation borrowing money or receiving other financial assistance from the United States of America or any agency thereof for the purpose of financing the construction or operation of any housing project or projects, the operation of which will be subject to public supervision or regulation, shall have the right to acquire by eminent domain any real property, including fixtures and improvements thereon, which it may deem necessary for such project. A housing project shall be deemed to be subject to public supervision or regulation within the meaning of this Article if the rents to be charged by it are in any way subject to the supervision, regulation or approval of the United States of America, the State or any of their subdivisions or agencies, or by a housing authority, city, municipality or county, whether such right to supervise, regulate or approve be by virtue of any law, statute, contract or otherwise.

Any such corporate agency of the United States of America or any such corporation, upon the adoption of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary for public use, may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 40A.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-21 — NC Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-21
§ 42-21. Tenant's crop not subject to execution against landlord
Status: in_force

Whenever servants and laborers in agriculture shall by their contracts, oral or written, be entitled, for wages, to a part of the crops cultivated by them, such part shall not be subject to sale under executions against their employers, or the owners of the land cultivated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70-52 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-70-52
§ 120-70.52. Organization of Committee
Status: in_force

(a) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate a cochair of the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee. The Committee shall meet at least once a quarter and may meet at other times upon the joint call of the cochairs.

(b) A quorum of the Committee is nine members. No action may be taken except by a majority vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. While in the discharge of its official duties, the Committee has the powers of a joint committee under G.S. 120-19 and G.S. 120-19.1 through 120-19.4 .

(c) The Committee shall be funded by appropriations made from the Highway Trust Fund to the Department of Transportation. Members of the Committee receive subsistence and travel expenses as provided in G.S. 120-3.1 . The Committee may contract for consultants or hire employees in accordance with G.S. 120-32.02 . The Legislative Services Commission, through the Legislative Services Officer, shall assign professional staff to assist the Committee in its work. Upon the direction of the Legislative Services Commission, the Supervisors of Clerks of the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall assign clerical staff to the Committee. The expenses for clerical employees shall be borne by the Committee.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-1-2 — NC Code / Chapter 143C / Section 143C-1-2
§ 143C-1-2. Appropriations: constitutional requirement; reversions
Status: in_force

(a) Appropriation Required to Withdraw State Funds From the State Treasury.--In accordance with Section 7 of Article V of the North Carolina Constitution , no money shall be drawn from the State treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law. A law enacted by the General Assembly that expressly appropriates funds from the State treasury is an appropriation; however, an enactment by the General Assembly that describes the purpose of a fund, authorizes the use of funds, allows the use of funds, or specifies how funds may be expended, is not an appropriation.

(b) Reversions.--Unless otherwise provided by law, at the end of the fiscal year the unexpended, unencumbered balance of an appropriation reverts to the fund from which the appropriation was made; except that (i) an appropriation to the General Assembly shall not revert unless otherwise provided by the Legislative Services Commission, (ii) an appropriation for a capital improvement project shall revert as provided by G.S. 143C-8-11 , and (iii) an appropriation for the implementation of information technology (IT) projects shall not revert until the project is implemented or abandoned.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-4-01 — NC Code / Chapter 57D / Section 57D-4-01
§ 57D-4-01. Form of contributions
Status: in_force

An interest owner may make contributions to the LLC in any form, including (i) money or other property, services rendered, or any other direct or indirect benefit to the LLC and (ii) promissory notes or other obligations to transfer money or other property, perform services, or provide any other direct or indirect benefits to the LLC.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 80-4 — NC Code / Chapter 80 / Section 80-4
§ 80-4. Certificate of registration
Status: in_force

Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of this Article, the Secretary shall cause a certificate of registration to be issued and delivered to the applicant. The certificate of registration shall be issued under the signature of the Secretary and the seal of the State, and it shall show the name and business address and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation, of the person claiming ownership of the mark, the date claimed for the first use of the mark anywhere and the date claimed for the first use of the mark in this State, the class of goods or services and a description of the goods or services on which the mark is used, a reproduction of the mark, the registration date, the registration number and the term of the registration.

Any certificate of registration issued by the Secretary under the provisions hereof or a copy thereof duly certified by the Secretary shall be admissible in evidence as competent and sufficient proof of the registration of the mark in any action or judicial proceedings in any court of this State.