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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-81 — NC Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-81
§ 59-81. Procedure for purchase by surviving partner
Status: in_force

(a) Appraisal of Property.--The surviving partner may, if he so desire, make application to the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the partnership existed, after first giving notice to the executor or administrator of the time of the hearing of such application, for the appointment of three judicious, disinterested appraisers, one of whom may be named by the surviving partner, one by the representative of the deceased partner's estate, and the third named by the two appraisers selected, whose duty it shall be to make out under oath a full and complete inventory and appraisement of the entire assets of the partnership, including real estate if there be any, together with a schedule of the debts and liabilities thereof, and to deliver the same to the surviving partner; they shall also deliver a copy to the executor or administrator, and file a copy with the clerk of the court.

(b) Surviving Partner May Purchase.--The surviving partner may, with the consent of the executor or administrator of the deceased partner and the approval of the clerk of the superior court by whom such executor or administrator was appointed, purchase the interest of such deceased partner in the partnership assets at the appraised value thereof, including the good will of the business, first deducting therefrom the debts and liabilities of the partnership, for cash or upon giving to the executor or administrator his promissory note or notes, with good approved security, and satisfactory to the executor or administrator, for the payment of the interest of such deceased partner in the partnership assets.

(c) Surviving Partner to Give Bond.--In case the surviving partner shall avail himself of the privilege of purchasing such interest as provided for in this section, he shall give bond to the executor or administrator with surety for the payment of the debts and liabilities of the partnership, and for the performance of all contracts for which the partnership is liable.

(d) Sale of Real Estate.--In case of such sale of the real estate belonging to the partnership, the title to the real estate so purchased shall not pass until the sale thereof has been reported to and confirmed by the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the partnership was located, in a special proceeding to which the widow and heirs at law or devisees of the deceased partner are duly made parties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-71-7 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-71-7
§ 66-71.7. Amendment of certificate
Status: in_force

Any person that has filed an assumed business name certificate must, within 60 days after a change in any of the information required in the assumed business name certificate, file a certificate of amendment in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the assumed business name certificate was filed. The certificate must be executed in the same manner as required under G.S. 66-71.6 for the execution of an assumed business name certificate and must set forth:

(1) The assumed business name and a real name of the person engaging in business under the assumed business name as stated in the original, or most recently amended, assumed business name certificate.

(2) The book and page number of the original filing.

(3) The identification number assigned to the assumed business name by the Secretary of State (SOS ID).

(4) How the assumed business name certificate is to be amended.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-75-12 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-75-12
§ 1-75.12. Stay of proceeding to permit trial in a foreign jurisdiction or filing of a bankruptcy trust claim
Status: in_force

(a) When Stay May be Granted.--If, in any action pending in any court of this State, the judge shall find that it would work substantial injustice for the action to be tried in a court of this State, the judge on motion of any party may enter an order to stay further proceedings in the action in this State. A moving party under this subsection must stipulate his consent to suit in another jurisdiction found by the judge to provide a convenient, reasonable and fair place of trial.

(a1) [Bankruptcy Trust Claims.--]In any civil action asserting personal injury claiming disease based upon exposure to asbestos, if a defendant has a reasonable belief that the plaintiff can file additional bankruptcy trust claims, the court on motion of the defendant may enter an order to stay the civil action until the plaintiff files the bankruptcy trust claim.

(b) Subsequent Modification of Order to Stay Proceedings.--In a proceeding in which a stay has been ordered under this section, jurisdiction of the court continues for a period of five years from the entry of the last order affecting the stay; and the court may, on motion and notice to the parties, modify the stay order and take such action as the interests of justice require. When jurisdiction of the court terminates by reason of the lapse of five years following the entry of the last order affecting the stay, the clerk shall without notice enter an order dismissing the action.

(c) Review of Rulings on Motion.--Whenever a motion for a stay made pursuant to subsection (a) above is granted, any nonmoving party shall have the right of immediate appeal. Whenever such a motion is denied, the movant may seek review by means of a writ of certiorari and failure to do so shall constitute a waiver of any error the judge may have committed in denying the motion.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-25-4 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-25-4
§ 108A-25.4. Use of payments under the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program and Crisis Intervention Program
Status: in_force

(a) The Low-Income Energy Assistance Program Plan developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (Department) and submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shall focus the annual energy assistance payments on the elderly population age 60 and above with income up to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the federal poverty level and disabled persons receiving services through the Division of Aging and Adult Services. The energy assistance payment shall be paid directly to the service provider by the county department of social services. The Plan for Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) shall provide assistance for vulnerable populations who meet income eligibility criteria established by the Department. The CIP payment shall be paid directly to the service provider by the county department of social services and shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per household in a fiscal year.

(b) The Department shall submit the Plan for each program to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services no later than September 1 of each year and implement the Plan no later than October 1 of each year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A-152 — NC Code / Chapter 113A / Section 113A-152
§ 113A-152. Definitions
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms as used in this Article are defined as follows:

(1) “Areas of environmental concern” means: those areas of this State where uncontrolled development, unregulated use, or other man-related activities could result in major or irreversible damage to important environmental, historic, cultural, scientific or scenic values, or natural systems or processes which are of more than local significance, or could unreasonably endanger life or property as a result of natural hazards, or could result in loss of continued long-range productivity in renewable resource areas.

(2) “Principal officer” means the duly appointed or elected public official in responsible charge of a principal department of State government.

(3) “Key facilities” means public facilities which tend to induce development and urbanization of more than local impact and includes, but is not limited to, major facilities for the development, generation, and transmission of energy, for communication, and for transportation.

(4) “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.

(5) “New communities and large-scale developments” means private development which, because of its magnitude or the magnitude of its effect on the surrounding environment, is likely to present issues of more than local significance.

(6) “Project of regional impact” means land use, public development, and private development on government or nongovernmental lands for which there is a demonstrable impact affecting the interests of constituents of more than one local unit of government.

(7) “Region” or “regional” means or refers to one or more of the official planning regions established pursuant to the laws of this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122A-16 — NC Code / Chapter 122A / Section 122A-16
§ 122A-16. Oversight by committees of General Assembly; annual reports
Status: in_force

The Finance Committee of the House of Representatives and the Finance Committee of the Senate shall exercise continuing oversight of the Agency in order to assure that the Agency is effectively fulfilling its statutory purpose; provided, however, that nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as required by the Agency to receive legislative approval for the exercise of any of the powers granted by this Chapter. The Agency shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor, the Office of State Budget and Management, State Auditor, the aforementioned committees of the General Assembly and the Local Government Commission. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement of the Agency during such year. The Agency shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by an independent certified public accountant and the cost thereof may be paid from any available moneys of the Agency. The Agency shall on January 1 and July 1 of each year submit a written report of its activities to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. The Agency shall also at the end of each fiscal year submit a written report of its budget expenditures by line item to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-84-52 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-84-52
§ 58-84-52. Benefits available to individual firefighters whose departments are not members of the North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association
Status: in_force

(a) Individual firefighters whose departments are not members of the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association shall be covered under the line of duty coverage offered by the Association.

(b) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the funds that are forfeited from local departments to the Statewide Firefighters' Relief Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-106-2 — NC Code / Chapter 110 / Section 110-106-2
§ 110-106.2. Department of Defense-certified child care facilities
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, the phrase “ Department of Defense-certified child care facility ” shall include child development centers, family child care homes, and school-aged child care facilities operated aboard a military installation under the authorization of the United States Department of Defense (Department of Defense) certified by the Department of Defense.

(b) Procedure Regarding Department of Defense-Certified Child Care Facilities.--

(1) Department of Defense-certified child care facilities shall file with the Department a notice of intent to operate a child care facility in a form determined by the Department of Defense.

(2) As part of its notice, each Department of Defense-certified child care facility shall file a report to the Department indicating that it meets the minimum standards for child care facilities as provided by the Department of Defense.

(3) Department of Defense-certified child care facilities that meet all the requirements of this section shall be exempt from all other requirements of this Article and shall not be subject to licensure.

(4) For purposes of the North Carolina Subsidized Child Care Program, Department of Defense-certified child care facilities shall be reimbursed as follows:

a. Department of Defense-certified child care facilities that are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) shall be reimbursed based on the five-star-rated license rate.

b. All other Department of Defense-certified child care facilities shall be reimbursed based on the four-star-rated license rate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-116 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-116
§ 130A-116. Contents of death certificate
Status: in_force

The certificate of death shall contain those items prescribed and specified on the standard certificate of death as prepared by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics. The State Registrar may require additional information.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-332-1 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-332-1
§ 115C-332.1. Sex offender registries checks for certain contractual personnel
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “ contractual personnel ” includes any individual or entity under contract with the local board of education whose contractual job involves direct interaction with students as part of the job. For purposes of this section, the term “contractual personnel” does not include any person covered under G.S. 115C-332 .

(b) Each local board of education shall require, as a term of any contract the local board of education enters, that employers of a person who is contractual personnel conduct an annual check of that person on the State Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program, the State Sexually Violent Predator Registration Program, and the National Sex Offender Registry. As a term of any contract, a local board of education shall prohibit any contractual personnel listed on the State Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program, the State Sexually Violent Predator Registration Program, and the National Sex Offender Registry from having direct interaction with students.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-10 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-10
§ 116-10. Committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Governors shall have power to appoint from its own number committees which shall be clothed with such powers as the Board of Governors may confer. No committee may reverse a decision concerning policy taken by the Board of Governors at a regular meeting.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-275 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-275
§ 53-275. Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Cashing” means providing currency for payment instruments, but does not include the bona fide sale or exchange of travelers checks and foreign denomination payment instruments.

(2) “Check-cashing service” means any person or entity engaged in the business of cashing checks, drafts, or money orders for a fee, service charge, or other consideration.

(3) “Commission” means the State Banking Commission.

(4) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Banks.

(5) “Licensee” means a person or entity licensed to engage in a check-cashing business under this Article.

(6) “Person” means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-155 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-155
§ 58-10-155. Actuarial opinion summary
Status: in_force

(a) Every property and casualty insurance company domiciled in this State that is required to submit a statement of actuarial opinion shall annually submit an actuarial opinion summary, written by the company's appointed actuary. This actuarial opinion summary shall be filed in accordance with the appropriate NAIC Property and Casualty Annual Statement Instructions and shall be considered as a document supporting the statement of actuarial opinion required in G.S. 58-10-150 .

(b) A company licensed but not domiciled in this State, and a company writing business in this State although not specifically licensed to do so or otherwise authorized, shall provide the actuarial opinion summary upon request.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-209-24 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-209-24
§ 116-209.24. Parental loans
Status: in_force

(a) Policy.--The General Assembly of North Carolina hereby finds and declares that the making and insuring of loans to the eligible parents of students is fully consistent with and furthers the long established policy of the State to encourage, promote and assist education as more fully set forth in G.S. 116-201(a) .

(b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) “Obligations”, “student obligations”, or “student loan obligations” as defined under G.S. 116-201(b)(7) includes, unless the context indicates a contrary intent, parental obligations.

(2) “Parent” means a student's mother, father, adoptive parent, or legal guardian of the student if such guardian is required by court order to use his or her own financial resources to support that student.

(3) “Parental loans” means loans made or guaranteed by the Authority to a parent of an eligible student.

(4) “Parental obligations” means obligations evidencing loans made pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(5) “Student loans” includes, unless the context indicates a contrary intent, parental loans.

(c) Parental Assistance.--The Authority is authorized to develop and administer programs and perform all functions necessary or convenient to promote and facilitate the making and insuring of loans to parents of students in order to facilitate the vocational and college education of such students who are enrolled or to be enrolled in eligible institutions. The Authority is also authorized to provide such other services and loan assistance to parents of students as the Authority shall deem necessary or desirable for carrying out the purpose of this section and for qualifying for loans, grants, insurance, and other benefits and assistance under any program of the United States now or hereafter authorized fostering loans to eligible parents of students.

(d) Authorization to Buy and Sell Parental Obligations.--The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to buy and sell parental obligations.

(e) Authorization to Issue Bonds.--The Authority is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance, at one time or from time to time, of bonds or revenue bonds, as such terms are defined in G.S. 116-201(4) , in conformity with provisions of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19-61 — NC Code / Chapter 166A / Section 166A-19-61
§ 166A-19.61. No private liability
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation, together with any successors in interest, if any, owning or controlling real or personal property who, voluntarily or involuntarily, knowingly or unknowingly, with or without compensation, grants a license or privilege or otherwise permits or allows the designation or use of the whole or any part or parts of such real or personal property for the purpose of activities or functions relating to emergency management as provided for in this Chapter or elsewhere in the General Statutes shall not be civilly liable for the death of or injury to any person or the loss of or damage to the property of any persons where such death, injury, loss, or damage resulted from, through, or because of the use of the said real or personal property for any of the above purposes, provided that the use of said property is subject to the order or control of or pursuant to a request of the State government or any political subdivision thereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-1-1 — NC Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87-1-1
§ 87-1.1. Exception for licensees under Article 2 or 4
Status: in_force

G.S. 87-1 shall not apply to a licensee under Article 2 or 4 of this Chapter of the General Statutes, G.S. 87-43 shall not apply to a licensee under Article 2 of this Chapter of the General Statutes, and G.S. 87-21(a)(5) shall not apply to a licensee under Article 4 of this Chapter of the General Statutes when the licensee is bidding and contracting directly with the owner of a building project if all of the following apply:

(1) A licensed general contractor performs all work that falls within the classifications in G.S. 87-10(b) and the State Licensing Board of General Contractor's rules.

(2) The total amount of the general contracting work so classified does not exceed a percentage of the total bid price pursuant to rules established by the Board.

(3) A licensee with the appropriate license under Article 2 or Article 4 of this Chapter performs all work that falls within the classifications in Article 2 and Article 4 of this Chapter.

(4) The total amount of the work under the classifications in Article 2 of this Chapter does not exceed a percentage of the total bid price pursuant to rules established by the State Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors.

(5) The total amount of the work under the classifications in Article 4 of this Chapter does not exceed a percentage of the total bid price pursuant to rules established by the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating, and Fire Sprinkler Contractors.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-25-1 — NC Code / Chapter 90A / Section 90A-25-1
§ 90A-25.1. Renewal of certificate
Status: in_force

A certificate expires on December 31 of the year in which it is issued or renewed. The Board, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Environmental Quality, may establish minimum continuing education requirements that an applicant must meet to renew a certificate. The Board shall renew a certificate if the applicant meets the continuing education requirements imposed as a condition for renewal, pays the required renewal fee plus any renewal fees in arrears, and, if the application is late, pays the late penalty.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-65-20 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-65-20
§ 58-65-20. Members of governing boards
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of this section the words “board of directors” includes the board of directors, trustees, or other governing board.

(b) The board of directors of each hospital service corporation subject to the provisions of this Article shall include persons who are representative of its subscribers and the general public. Less than one half of the directors of any such corporation shall be persons who are licensed to practice medicine in this State or who are paid directors or employees of a corporation organized for hospital purposes.