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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-226 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-226
§ 66-226. Scope
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Article shall apply in all circumstances in which any party to the contract conducted any contractual activity, including but not limited to solicitation, discussion, negotiation, offer, acceptance, signing, or performance in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-568-17 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-568-17
§ 106-568.17. Acceptance of gifts, devises, and awards; display thereof
Status: in_force

The said board is hereby empowered to accept and receive gifts, devises, and awards which are to become the sole property of said North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame and are to be kept in a proper manner in a suitable room or hall in some state-owned building in Raleigh, provided that duplicates of such gifts, devises, and awards may be displayed in a suitable room or hall in the School of Agriculture of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering at Raleigh, North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-411 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-411
§ 143B-411. North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs--executive director; employees
Status: in_force

The Commission may, subject to legislative or other funds that would accrue to the Commission, employ an executive director to carry out the day-to-day responsibilities and business of the Commission. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission. The executive director, also subject to legislative or other funds that would accrue to the Commission, may hire additional staff and consultants to assist in the discharge of his responsibilities, as determined by the Commission. The executive director shall not be a member of the Commission, and shall be of Indian descent.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1408 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-1408
§ 7B-1408. Child Fatality Prevention Team Coordinator; duties
Status: in_force

The Child Fatality Prevention Team Coordinator shall serve as liaison between the State Team and the Local Teams that review records of additional child fatalities and shall provide technical assistance to these Local Teams. The Team Coordinator shall:

(1) Develop a plan to establish Local Teams that review the records of additional child fatalities in each county.

(2) Develop model operating procedures for these Local Teams that address when public meetings should be held, what items should be addressed in public meetings, what information may be released in written reports, and any other information the Team Coordinator considers necessary.

(3) Provide structured training for these Local Teams at the time of their establishment, and continuing technical assistance thereafter.

(4) Provide statistical information on all child deaths occurring in each county to the appropriate Local Team, and assure that all child deaths in a county are assessed through the multidisciplinary system.

(5) Monitor the work of these Local Teams.

(6) Receive reports of findings, and other reports that the Team Coordinator may require, from these Local Teams.

(7) Report the aggregated findings of these Local Teams to each Local Team that reviews the records of additional child fatalities and to the State Team.

(8) Evaluate the impact of local efforts to identify problems and make changes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 138A-9 — NC Code / Chapter 138A / Section 138A-9
§ 138A-9. Staff and offices
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission may employ professional and clerical staff, including an executive director.

(b) The Commission shall be located within the Department of Administration for administrative purposes only, but shall exercise all of its powers, including the power to employ, direct, and supervise all personnel, independently of the Secretary of Administration, and is subject to the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Administration only with respect to the management functions of coordinating and reporting. The Department shall provide administrative support to the Commission free of charge.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-171-32 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-171-32
§ 90-171.32. Qualifications for license as a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse without examination
Status: in_force

The Board may, without examination, issue a license to an applicant who is duly licensed as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse under the laws of another state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or foreign country when that jurisdiction's requirements for licensure as a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse, as the case may be, are substantially equivalent to or exceed those of the State of North Carolina at the time the applicant was initially licensed, and when, in the Board's opinion, the applicant is competent to practice nursing in this State. The Board may require such applicant to prove competence and qualifications to practice as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse in North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-561 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-561
§ 143-561. Preservation of federal funds
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article is intended to conflict with any provision of federal law or to result in the loss of federal funds. If the exchange among employing entities of information necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Article would conflict with this intention, the exchange of information shall not be made.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-810 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-810
§ 143B-810. Youth Development Center annual report
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety shall report by October 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety, the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety, and the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Commission on the Youth Development Center (YDC) population, staffing, and capacity in the preceding fiscal year. Specifically, the report shall include all of the following:

(1) The on-campus population of each YDC, including the county the juveniles are from.

(2) The housing capacity of each YDC.

(3) A breakdown of staffing for each YDC, including number, type of position, position title, and position description.

(4) The per-bed and average daily population cost for each facility.

(5) The operating cost for each facility, including personnel and nonpersonnel items.

(6) A brief summary of the treatment model, education, services, and plans for reintegration into the community offered at each facility.

(7) The average length of stay in the YDCs.

(8) The number of incidents of assaults and attacks on staff at each facility.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-1-63 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-1-63
§ 55-1-63. Action on ratification
Status: in_force

(a) The quorum and voting requirements applicable to a ratifying action by the board of directors under G.S. 55-1-62(a) are the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified at the time the ratifying action is taken.

(b) If the ratification of the defective corporate action requires approval by the shareholders under G.S. 55-1-62(c) , and, if the approval is to be given at a meeting, the corporation shall notify each holder of valid and putative shares, whether or not entitled to vote, as of the record date for notice of the meeting and as of the date of the occurrence of the defective corporate action, provided that notice shall not be required to be given to holders of valid or putative shares whose identities or addresses for notice cannot be determined from the records of the corporation. The notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider ratification of a defective corporate action and shall be accompanied by (i) a copy of the action taken by the board of directors in accordance with G.S. 55-1-62(a) or (ii) the information required by subdivisions (1) through (4) of subsection (a) of G.S. 55-1-62 . The notice shall also include a statement that any claim that the ratification of the defective corporate action and any putative shares issued as a result of the defective corporate action should not be effective, or should be effective only on certain conditions, shall be brought within 120 days from the applicable validation effective time.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section with respect to the voting requirements to ratify the election of a director, the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the approval by the shareholders required by G.S. 55-1-62(c) are the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified at the time of the shareholder approval.

(d) The approval by shareholders to ratify the election of a director requires that the votes cast within the voting group favoring the ratification of the election exceed the votes cast opposing the ratification of the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

(e) Putative shares on the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to vote on any matter submitted to shareholders under G.S. 55-1-62(c) , and without giving effect to any ratification of putative shares that becomes effective as a result of the vote, shall neither be entitled to vote nor counted for quorum purposes in any vote to approve the ratification of any defective corporate action.

(f) If the approval under this section of putative shares would result in an over issue, in addition to the approval required by G.S. 55-1-62 , approval of an amendment to the articles of incorporation under Article 10 of this Chapter to increase the number of shares of an authorized class or series, or to authorize the creation of a class or series of shares so there would be no over issue, shall also be required.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-42 — NC Code / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-42
§ 44A-42. When self-service storage facility lien arises and terminates
Status: in_force

The lien conferred under this Article arises only when the owner acquires possession of the property stored in the self-service storage facility; and it shall terminate when the owner relinquishes possession of the property upon which the lien might be claimed, or when the occupant or any other person having a security or other interest in the property tenders prior to sale the amount of the rent, plus the expenses incurred by the owner for the preservation of the property. The reacquisition of possession of the property stored in the self-service storage facility, which was relinquished, shall not reinstate the lien.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-6 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-6
§ 143B-6. Principal departments
Status: reserved

In addition to the principal departments enumerated in the Executive Organization Act of 1971, all executive and administrative powers, duties, and functions not including those of the General Assembly and its agencies, the General Court of Justice and the administrative agencies created pursuant to Article IV of the Constitution of North Carolina , and higher education previously vested by law in the several State agencies, are vested in the following principal departments:

(1) Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

(2) Department of Health and Human Services.

(3) Department of Revenue.

(4) Department of Public Safety.

(5) Repealed by S.L. 2012-83, § 48, eff. June 26, 2012 .

(6) Department of Environmental Quality.

(7) Department of Transportation.

(8) Department of Administration.

(9) Department of Commerce.

(10) Community Colleges System Office.

(11) Repealed by S.L. 2012-83, § 48, eff. June 26, 2012 .

(12) Department of Information Technology.

(13) Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

(14) Department of Adult Correction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A-101 — NC Code / Chapter 113A / Section 113A-101
§ 113A-101. Cooperative State-local program
Status: in_force

This Article establishes a cooperative program of coastal area management between local and State governments. Local government shall have the initiative for planning. State government shall establish areas of environmental concern. With regard to planning, State government shall act primarily in a supportive standard-setting and review capacity, except where local governments do not elect to exercise their initiative. Enforcement shall be a concurrent State-local responsibility.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-75-6 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-75-6
§ 1-75.6. Personal jurisdiction--Manner of exercising by service of process
Status: in_force

A court of this State having jurisdiction of the subject matter and grounds for personal jurisdiction as provided in G.S. 1-75.4 may exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant by service of process in accordance with the provisions of Rule 4(j) or Rule 4(j1) of the Rules of Civil Procedure. 1
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-3-112 — NC Code / Chapter 47C / Section 47C-3-112
§ 47C-3-112. Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements
Status: in_force

(a) Portions of the common elements may be conveyed or subjected to a security interest by the association if persons entitled to cast at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes in the association, including eighty percent (80%) of the votes allocated to units not owned by a declarant, or any larger percentage the declaration specifies, agree to that action; provided, that all the owners of units to which any limited common element is allocated must agree in order to convey that limited common element or subject it to a security interest. The declaration may specify a smaller percentage only if all of the units are restricted exclusively to nonresidential uses. Distribution of the proceeds of the sale of a limited common element shall be as provided by agreement between the unit owners to which it is allocated and the association. Proceeds of the sale or financing of a common element (other than a limited common element) shall be an asset of the association.

(b) An agreement to convey common elements or subject them to a security interest must be evidenced by the execution of an agreement, or ratifications thereof, in the same manner as a deed, by the requisite number of unit owners. The agreement must specify a date after which the agreement will be void unless recorded before that date. The agreement and all ratifications thereof must be recorded in every county in which a portion of the condominium is situated, and is effective only upon recordation.

(c) The association, on behalf of the unit owners, may contract to convey common elements, or subject them to a security interest, but the contract is not enforceable against the association until approved pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). Thereafter, the association has all powers necessary and appropriate to effect the conveyance or encumbrance, including the power to execute deeds or other instruments.

(d) Any purported conveyance, encumbrance, judicial sale or other voluntary transfer of common elements, unless made pursuant to this section, is void.

(e) A conveyance or encumbrance of common elements pursuant to this section shall not deprive any unit of its rights of access and support.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-305 — NC Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-305
§ 59-305. Information
Status: in_force

Each limited partner has the right to:

(1) Inspect and copy any of the partnership records required to be maintained by G.S. 59-106 ; and

(2) Obtain from the general partners from time to time upon reasonable demand (i) true and full information regarding the state of the business and financial condition of the limited partnership, (ii) promptly after becoming available, a copy of the limited partnership's federal, State, and local income tax returns for each year, and (iii) other information regarding the affairs of the limited partnership as is just and reasonable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-282 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-282
§ 143-282. Duties of Commission; recommendations
Status: in_force

This Commission shall study the problems relating to the care of the aged with special reference to those failing mentally and shall inquire into the methods of meeting and handling this problem in other states. It shall make a similar study of the problem of the care of individuals with an intellectual disability, with special attention to those requiring custodial care. It shall make a study of the problems relating to the care of individuals with a physical disability with a special reference to those whose physical disability renders them incapable of self-support and shall inquire into the methods of meeting and handling this problem in other states.

It shall make recommendations to the Governor offering plans for dealing with the problem of the care needed for this group, and means of clarification of the responsibility of the State and respective counties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1907 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-1907
§ 7B-1907. Telephonic communication authorized
Status: in_force

All communications, notices, orders, authorizations, and requests authorized or required by G.S. 7B-1901 , 7B-1903 , and 7B-1904 may be made by telephone when other means of communication are impractical. All written orders pursuant to telephonic communication shall bear the name and the title of the person communicating by telephone, the signature and the title of the official entering the order, and the hour and the date of the authorization.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-264 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-264
§ 66-264. Calls made to minors
Status: in_force

A telephonic seller must inquire as to whether the prospective purchaser it is contacting is under 18 years of age. If the prospective purchaser purports to be under 18 years of age, the telephonic seller must discontinue the call immediately.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90B-2 — NC Code / Chapter 90B / Section 90B-2
§ 90B-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

Since the profession of social work significantly affects the lives of the people of this State, it is the purpose of this Chapter to protect the public by setting standards for qualification, training, and experience for those who seek to represent themselves to the public as certified social workers or licensed clinical social workers and by promoting high standards of professional performance for those engaged in the practice of social work.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-53-70 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-53-70
§ 58-53-70. Exclusions
Status: in_force

An insurer shall not be required to issue a converted policy covering any person if such person is or can be covered by Medicare. Furthermore, an insurer shall not be required to issue a converted policy covering any person if:

(1) a. Such person is covered for similar benefits by another hospital, surgical, medical or major medical expense insurance policy, or hospital or medical service subscriber contract or medical practice or other prepayment plan, or by any other plan or program;

b. Such person is or could be covered for similar benefits, whether or not covered for such benefits, under any arrangement of coverage for individuals in a group, whether insured or uninsured; or

c. Similar benefits are provided for or available to such person, whether or not covered for such benefits, by reason of any State or federal law; and

(2) The benefits under sources of the kind referred to in subdivision (1)a of this section for such person, or benefits provided or available under sources of the kind referred to in subdivisions (1)b and (1)c of this section for such person, together with the converted policy's benefits would result in overinsurance according to the insurer's standards for overinsurance; or

(3) An enrollee's enrollment in a health maintenance organization has been terminated for cause in accord with the terms of the enrollee's evidence of coverage or the health maintenance organization's contract with the group.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 157-69 — NC Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157-69
§ 157-69. Area of operation
Status: in_force

The area of operation of the Authority shall include the entire State: Provided, that the Authority shall not undertake any housing project or projects within the area of operation of any city, county or regional housing authority unless a resolution shall have been adopted by such city, county or regional housing authority declaring that there is a need for the Indian Housing Authority to exercise its powers within such city, county or regional housing authority's area of operation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-113-37A — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-113-37A
§ 105-113.37A. Manufacturer's option
Status: in_force

(a) Shipping to Other Licensed Dealers.--A manufacturer who is not a retail dealer and who ships tobacco products to either a wholesale dealer or a retail dealer licensed under this Part may, upon application to the Secretary and upon compliance with requirements prescribed by the Secretary, be relieved of paying the tax on tobacco products imposed by this Part but is not relieved from filing a report as required by this Part.

(b) Integrated Wholesale Dealers.--If a manufacturer has been relieved of paying tax under this section, the permission granted to be relieved of paying the tax also applies to an integrated wholesale dealer with whom the manufacturer is an affiliate. A manufacturer must notify the Secretary of any integrated wholesale dealer with whom it is an affiliate when the manufacturer applies to the Secretary for permission to be relieved of paying the tax and when an integrated wholesale dealer becomes an affiliate of the manufacturer after the Secretary has given the manufacturer permission to be relieved of paying the tax.

(c) Dual Exemption.--If a person is both a manufacturer of cigarettes and a wholesale dealer of tobacco products, and the person is granted permission under G.S. 105-113.10 to be relieved of paying the cigarette excise tax, the permission applies to the tax imposed by this Part on tobacco products. A cigarette manufacturer who becomes a wholesale dealer after receiving permission to be relieved of the cigarette excise tax must notify the Secretary of the permission received under G.S. 105-113.10 when applying for a license as a wholesale dealer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-127-1 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-127-1
§ 90-127.1. Free choice by patient guaranteed
Status: in_force

No agency of the State, county or municipality, nor any commission or clinic, nor any board administering relief, social security, health insurance or health service under the laws of the State of North Carolina shall deny to the recipients or beneficiaries of their aid or services the freedom to choose a duly licensed optometrist or duly licensed physician as the provider of care or services which are within the scope of practice of the profession of optometry as defined in this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-34-5 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-34-5
§ 58-34-5. Retrospective compensation agreements
Status: in_force

(a) Retrospective compensation agreements for business written under Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter must be filed with the Commissioner for his approval.

(b) “Retrospective compensation agreement” means any such arrangement, agreement, or contract having as its purpose the actual or constructive retention by a domestic insurer of a fixed proportion of the gross premiums, with the balance of the premiums, retained actually or constructively by the agent or the producer of the business, who assumes to pay therefrom all losses, all subordinate commissions, loss adjustment expenses and his profit, if any, with other provisions of such arrangement, agreement, or contract auxiliary or incidental to such purpose.

(c) The standards for approval shall be as set forth under G.S. 58-34-2(d)(5) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-368 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-368
§ 14-368. Placing poisonous shrubs and vegetables in public places
Status: in_force

If any person shall throw into or leave exposed in any public square, street, lane, alley or open lot in any city, town or village, or in any public road, any mock orange or other poisonous shrub, plant, tree or vegetable, he shall be liable in damages to any person injured thereby and shall also be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.