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NC Gen Stat § 116-301 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116 - Higher Education|Article 36 - Campus Free Speech.|§ 116-301 - Committee on Free Expression.

 116-301. Committee on Free Expression.(a) The chair of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina System shall designate a standing or special committee of the Board of Governors to act as the Committee on Free Expression.(b) All employees of The University of North Carolina System and all State agencies shall cooperate with the Committee on Free Expression by providing information requested by the Committee.(c) The Committee on Free Expression shall report to the public, the Board of Governors, the Governor, and the General Assembly by September 1 of every year. The report shall include all of the following:(1) A description of any barriers to or disruptions of free expression within the constituent institutions.(2) A description of the administrative handling and discipline relating to these disruptions or barriers.(3) A description of substantial difficulties, controversies, or successes in maintaining a posture of administrative and institutional neutrality with regard to political or social issues.(4) Any assessments, criticisms, commendations, or recommendations the Committee sees fit to include.The requirement of reporting to the public may be met by publishing the report on The University of North Carolina System's Web site.  (2017-196, s. 1; 2018-5, s. 10.3.)
NC Gen Stat § 116-302 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116 - Higher Education|Article 36 - Campus Free Speech.|§ 116-302 - Freshman orientation.

 116-302. Freshman orientation.All constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina shall include in freshman orientation programs a section describing the policies regarding free expression consistent with this Article.  (2017-196, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 116-303 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116 - Higher Education|Article 36 - Campus Free Speech.|§ 116-303 - Guidelines and additional policies authorized.

 116-303. Guidelines and additional policies authorized.(a) The Board of Governors, and the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina subject to approval of the Board of Governors, may adopt additional policies and guidelines to further the purposes of the policies adopted pursuant to this Article. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prevent institutions from regulating student speech or activity that is prohibited by law. Except as further limited by this Article, constituent institutions shall be allowed to restrict student expression only for expressive activity not protected by the First Amendment, including all of the following:(1) Violations of State or federal law.(2) Expression that a court has deemed unprotected defamation.(3) Unlawful harassment.(4) True threats, which are defined as statements meant by the speaker to communicate a serious expression of intent to commit an act of unlawful violence to a particular individual or group of individuals.(5) An unjustifiable invasion of privacy or confidentiality not involving a matter of public concern.(6) An action that substantially disrupts the function of the constituent institutions.(7) Reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on expressive activities, consistent with G.S. 116-300(4).(8) Speech that interferes with the treatment of patients.(b) The Board of Governors shall develop a policy that requires each constituent institution to identify the officer, office, or department with responsibilities for ensuring compliance with this Article and for answering any related questions or concerns. This policy shall require that any officer with these responsibilities receive training on ensuring compliance with this Article. Such training shall be developed and provided by the University of North Carolina School of Government  (2017-196, ss. 1, 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 116-304 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116 - Higher Education|Article 36 - Campus Free Speech.|§ 116-304 - Limitations on liability.

 116-304. Limitations on liability.Nothing in this Article shall be construed to make any chancellor, officer, employee, or member of a board of trustees of a constituent institution or the President, officer, employee, or member of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina personally liable for acts taken pursuant to their official duties.  (2017-196, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 116-310 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116 - Higher Education|Article 37 - COVID-19 Immunity for Institutions of Higher Education.|§ 116-310 - Definitions.

 116-310. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) Claim. - A claim or cause of action seeking any legal or equitable remedy or relief.(2) COVID-19. - The coronavirus disease 2019.(3) COVID-19 emergency declaration. - Executive Order No. 116 issued March 10, 2020, by Governor Roy A. Cooper, including any amendments issued by executive order, subject to extensions under Chapter 166A of the General Statutes.(4) COVID-19 essential business executive order. - Executive Order No. 121 issued March 27, 2020, by Governor Roy A. Cooper, including any amendments issued by executive order, subject to extensions under Chapter 166A of the General Statutes.(5) Individual. - A person paying, or on whose behalf a third party is paying, tuition, fees, or room and board to an institution of higher education for the spring academic semester of 2020.(6) Institution of higher education. - Any of the following institutions, including the owners, directors, trustees, officers, employees, contractors, and agents of those institutions:a. A constituent institution under the jurisdiction of The University of North Carolina.b. A community college under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Community Colleges.c. An eligible private postsecondary institution, as defined in G.S. 116-280(3).  (2020-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 116-311 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116 - Higher Education|Article 37 - COVID-19 Immunity for Institutions of Higher Education.|§ 116-311 - Institutions of higher education; tuition liability limitation.

 116-311. Institutions of higher education; tuition liability limitation.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to G.S. 116-312, an institution of higher education shall have immunity from claims by an individual, if all of the following apply:(1) The claim arises out of or is in connection with tuition or fees paid to the institution of higher education for the spring academic semester of 2020.(2) The claim alleges losses or damages arising from an act or omission by the institution of higher education during or in response to COVID-19, the COVID-19 emergency declaration, or the COVID-19 essential business executive order.(3) The alleged act or omission by the institution of higher education was reasonably related to protecting the public health, safety, or welfare in response to the COVID-19 emergency declaration, COVID-19 essential business executive order, or applicable guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(4) The institution of higher education offered remote learning options for enrolled students during the spring academic semester of 2020 that allowed students to complete the semester coursework.(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to losses or damages that resulted solely from a breach of an express contractual provision allocating liability in the event of a pandemic event.(c) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to losses or damages caused by an act or omission of the institution of higher education that was in bad faith or malicious.  (2020-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 116-312 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116 - Higher Education|Article 37 - COVID-19 Immunity for Institutions of Higher Education.|§ 116-312 - Applicability.

 116-312. Applicability.This Article applies to alleged acts or omissions occurring on or after the issuance of the COVID-19 emergency declaration until June 1, 2020. The provisions of this Article shall be in addition to all other immunities provided by applicable State law.  (2020-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 116-313 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116 - Higher Education|Article 37 - COVID-19 Immunity for Institutions of Higher Education.|§ 116-313 - Severability.

 116-313. Severability.It is a matter of vital State concern affecting the public health, safety, and welfare that institutions of higher education continue to be able to fulfill their educational missions during the COVID-19 pandemic without civil liability for any acts or omissions for which immunity is provided in this Article. This Article shall be liberally construed to effectuate those public purposes. The provisions of this Article are severable. If any part of this Article is declared to be invalid by a court, the invalidity does not affect other parts of this Article that can be given effect without the invalid provision.  (2020-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1 - General.|§ 116B-1 - Recodified as G.S. 116B-2.1 in new Article 1A of Chapter 116B by Session Laws 2020-48, s. 3.1(b), (d), effective June 26, 2020.

 116B-1: Recodified as G.S. 116B-2.1 in new Article 1A of Chapter 116B by Session Laws 2020-48, s. 3.1(b), (d), effective June 26, 2020.
NC Gen Stat § 116B-1.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1 - General.|§ 116B-1.1 - Policy and interpretation.

 116B-1.1. Policy and interpretation.The policy of the State is to recover and transfer property to rightful owners in a manner that is consistent with the interest of the rightful owners. Where the rightful owner cannot be appropriately determined, it is the policy of the State that all benefits realized from any unclaimed or abandoned property shall accrue to the benefit of higher education for the residents of the State. This Chapter shall be liberally interpreted in a manner that fulfills these purposes.  (2020-48, s. 3.2.)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1 - General.|§ 116B-2 - Recodified as G.S. 116B-2.2 in new Article 1A of Chapter 116B by Session Laws 2020-48, s. 3.1(c), (d), effective June 26, 2020.

 116B-2: Recodified as G.S. 116B-2.2 in new Article 1A of Chapter 116B by Session Laws 2020-48, s. 3.1(c), (d), effective June 26, 2020.
NC Gen Stat § 116B-2.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1A - Escheats.|§ 116B-2.1 - Escheats to Escheat Fund.

 116B-2.1. Escheats to Escheat Fund.All real estate which has accrued to the State since June 30, 1971, or shall hereafter accrue from escheats, shall be vested in the Escheat Fund. Title to any such real property which has escheated to the Escheat Fund shall be conveyed by deed in the manner now provided by G.S. 146-74 through G.S. 146-78, except as is otherwise provided herein: Provided, that in any action in the superior court of North Carolina wherein the State Treasurer is a party, and wherein said court enters a judgment of escheat for any real property, then, upon petition of the State Treasurer in said action, said court shall have the authority to appoint the State Treasurer or his designated agent as a commissioner for the purpose of selling said real property at a public sale, for cash, at the courthouse door in the county in which the property is located, after properly advertising the sale according to law. The said commissioner, when appointed by the court, shall have the right to convey a valid title to the purchaser of the property at public sale. The funds derived from the sale of any such escheated real property by the commissioner so appointed shall thereafter be paid by him into the Escheat Fund.  (Const., art. 9, s. 7; 1789, c. 306, s. 2; P.R.; R.C., c. 113, s. 11; Code, s. 2626; Rev., s. 4282; C.S., s. 5784; 1947, c. 494; 1961, c. 257; 1971, c. 1135, s. 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 2020-48, s. 3.1(b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-2.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1A - Escheats.|§ 116B-2.2 - Unclaimed real and personal property escheats to the Escheat Fund.

 116B-2.2. Unclaimed real and personal property escheats to the Escheat Fund.Whenever the owner of any real or personal property situated or located within this State dies intestate, or dies testate but did not dispose of all real or personal property by will, without leaving surviving any heirs, as defined in G.S. 29-2(3), to inherit said property under the laws of this State, such real and personal property shall escheat. The State Treasurer shall have the right to institute a civil action in the superior court of any county in which such real or personal property is situated, against any administrator, executor, and unknown heirs or unknown claimants as party defendants, which unknown heirs or unknown claimants may be served with summons and notice of such action by publication as is now provided by the laws of this State. If an administrator or executor has been appointed, he shall make a determination that there are no known heirs or unknown claimants and shall inform the State Treasurer of that determination. The superior court in which such civil action is instituted shall have the authority to enter a judgment therein declaring the real and personal property unclaimed as having escheated, and the real property may be sold according to the provisions of G.S. 116-2.1 [G.S. 116B-2.1]. A default final judgment may be entered by the clerk of the superior court in such cases when no answer is filed by the administrator, executor, unknown heirs or unknown claimants to the complaint, or if any answer is filed, the allegations of the complaint are either admitted or not denied by such party defendants, and no claim is made in the answer to the property left by said deceased person. The funds derived from such sale shall be paid into the Escheat Fund where said funds, together with all other escheated funds, shall be held without liability for profit or interest, subject to any just claims therefor.  (1957, c. 1105, s. 1; 1971, c. 1135, s. 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 2020-48, s. 3.1(c)-(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1A - Escheats.|§ 116B-3 - Unclaimed personalty on settlements of decedents' estates to the Escheat Fund.

 116B-3. Unclaimed personalty on settlements of decedents' estates to the Escheat Fund.All sums of money or other personal estate of whatever kind which shall remain in the hands of any administrator, executor, administrator c.t.a., or personal representative when the administration of an estate of a person dying intestate, or partially intestate, without leaving any known heirs to inherit same, is ready to be closed, unrecovered or unclaimed by suit, by creditors, heirs, or others entitled thereto, shall, prior to the closing of the administration of the estate, be paid or delivered by such administrator or executor to the State Treasurer as an escheat and shall be included in the disbursements in the final account of such estate. In such cases as above described, the State Treasurer is authorized to demand, sue for, recover, and collect such unclaimed moneys or other personal estate of whatever kind from any administrator or executor after the estate is ready to be closed, or from the clerk of the superior court if the unclaimed assets have been paid over to him, and the State Treasurer shall hold the same without liability for profit or interest, subject to any just claims therefor. The provisions of this section and G.S. 116B-2.2 shall apply to the estate of a person missing for 30 days or more and the State Treasurer may bring an action to have a receiver appointed in such case under the provisions of Chapter 28C, Estates of Missing Persons.  (1957, c. 1105, ss. 2, 21/2; 1971, c. 1135, s. 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 1981, c. 531, s. 1; 2020-48, s. 3.1(d), (f).)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1A - Escheats.|§ 116B-4 - Claim for escheated property.

 116B-4. Claim for escheated property.Any escheated property or proceeds from the sale of escheated property held by the Escheat Fund pursuant to G.S. 116B-5 may be claimed by an heir of the decedent or by a creditor of the decedent who is not barred from presenting a claim under the provisions of Article 19 of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes. The provisions of G.S. 116B-67(a), (c), (d), and (e) and G.S. 116B-68 shall apply to a claim under this section.  (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 1999-460, s. 1; 2020-48, s. 3.1(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1A - Escheats.|§ 116B-5 - Escheat Fund.

 116B-5. Escheat Fund.All property escheated or abandoned under the provisions of this Chapter and all property escheated or abandoned since June 30, 1971, under the provisions of former Chapter 116A, as amended, shall be paid into a fund to be administered by the Treasurer, which fund shall be designated the Escheat Fund. No escheated or abandoned property heretofore paid or delivered to the University of North Carolina pursuant to any constitutional provision or statute of this State shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.  (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 1999-460, s. 3(b); 2020-48, s. 3.1(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1A - Escheats.|§ 116B-7 - Distribution of fund.

 116B-7. Distribution of fund.(a) The income derived from the investment or deposit of the Escheat Fund shall be distributed annually on or before August 15 to the State Education Assistance Authority for grants and loans to aid worthy and needy students who are residents of this State and are enrolled in public institutions of higher education in this State. Such grants and loans shall be made upon terms, consistent with the provisions of this Chapter, pursuant to which the State Education Assistance Authority makes grants and loans to other students under G.S. 116-201 to 116-209.23, Article 23 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, policies of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina regarding need-based grants for students of The University of North Carolina, and policies of the State Board of Community Colleges regarding need-based grants for students of the community colleges.(b) An amount specified in the Current Operations Appropriations Act shall be transferred annually from the Escheat Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to partially fund the program of Scholarships for Children of War Veterans established by Part 2 of Article 14 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes. Those funds may be used only for residents of this State who (i) are worthy and needy as determined by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and (ii) are enrolled in public institutions of higher education of this State.  (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 1999-460, s. 3(b); 2002-126, s. 9.19(a); 2003-284, s. 18.5(b); 2013-360, s. 11.1(f); 2015-241, ss. 11.1(c), 24.1(t); 2015-268, s. 7.3(a); 2020-48, s. 3.1(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 1A - Escheats.|§ 116B-8 - Employment of persons with specialized skills or knowledge.

 116B-8. Employment of persons with specialized skills or knowledge.The Treasurer may employ the services of such independent consultants, real estate managers and other persons possessing specialized skills or knowledge as the Treasurer deems necessary or appropriate for the administration of this Chapter, including valuation, maintenance, upkeep, management, sale and conveyance of property and determination of sources of unreported abandoned property. The Treasurer may also employ the services of an attorney to perform a title search or to provide an accurate legal description of real property which the Treasurer has reason to believe may have escheated. Persons whose services are employed by the Treasurer pursuant to this section to determine sources and amounts of unreported property are subject to the same policies, including confidentiality and ethics, as employees of the Department of State Treasurer assigned to determine sources and amounts of unreported property. If the Treasurer contracts with any other person to conduct an audit under this Chapter, the audit shall not be performed on a contingent fee basis or any other similar method that may impair an auditor's independence or the perception of the auditor's independence by the public. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Treasurer may contract with any other person on a contingent fee basis to conduct audits of life insurance companies where the audit is being conducted for the purpose of identifying unclaimed death benefits or to conduct audits of holders of unredeemed bond funds. Compensation of persons whose services may be employed pursuant to this section on a contingent fee basis shall be limited to twelve percent (12%) of the final assessment.  (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 1999-460, ss. 3(b), 5; 2012-152, s. 3; 2012-194, s. 61.5(a), (b); 2015-109, s. 1; 2020-48, s. 3.1(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-27 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 3 - Administration of Abandoned Property.|§ 116B-27 - Recodified as § 116B-5 by Session Laws 1999-460, s. 3(b).

 116B-27: Recodified as 116B-5 by Session Laws 1999-460, s. 3(b).
NC Gen Stat § 116B-36 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 3 - Administration of Abandoned Property.|§ 116B-36 - Recodified as § 116B-6 by Session Laws 1999-460, s. 3(b).

 116B-36: Recodified as 116B-6 by Session Laws 1999-460, s. 3(b).
NC Gen Stat § 116B-37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 3 - Administration of Abandoned Property.|§ 116B-37 - Recodified as § 116B-7 by Session Laws 1999-460, s. 3(b).

 116B-37: Recodified as 116B-7 by Session Laws 1999-460, s. 3(b).
NC Gen Stat § 116B-47 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 3 - Administration of Abandoned Property.|§ 116B-47 - Recodified as § 116B-8 by Session Laws 1999-460, s. 3(b).

 116B-47: Recodified as 116B-8 by Session Laws 1999-460, s. 3(b).
NC Gen Stat § 116B-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-51 - Short title.

 116B-51. Short title.This Article may be cited as the "North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act." (1999-460, s. 6.)