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NC Gen Stat § 116B-71 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-71 - Periods of limitation.

 116B-71. Periods of limitation.(a) The expiration, before or after the effective date of this Article, of a period of limitation on the owner's right to receive or recover property, whether specified by contract, statute, or court order, does not preclude the property from being presumed abandoned or affect a duty of a holder to file a report or to pay or deliver or transfer property to the Treasurer as required by this Article.(b) An action or proceeding may not be maintained by the Treasurer to enforce this Article in regard to the reporting, delivery, or payment of property more than five years after the holder filed a report with the Treasurer in which the holder specifically identified property, should have but failed to identify property, or gave express notice to the Treasurer of a dispute regarding property. In the absence of such a report or other express notice, the period of limitation is tolled. The period of limitation is also tolled by the filing of a report that is fraudulent. (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 1993, c. 541, s. 8; 1999-460, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-73 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-73 - Retention of records.

 116B-73. Retention of records.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a holder required to file a report under G.S. 116B-60 shall maintain the records containing the information required to be included in the report for five years after the holder files the report, unless a shorter period is provided by rule of the Treasurer.(b) A business association that sells, issues, or provides to others for sale or issue in this State, traveler's checks, money orders, or similar instruments other than third-party bank checks, on which the business association is directly liable, shall maintain a record of the instruments while they remain outstanding, indicating the state and date of issue, for three years after the holder files the report.  (1999-460, s. 6; 2012-187, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-74 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-74 - Discretionary precompliance review.

 116B-74. Discretionary precompliance review.A holder may request the Treasurer to conduct a precompliance review of the holder's compliance program to educate the holder's employees on the unclaimed property laws and filing procedures and to recommend ways to facilitate the holder's compliance with the law. Subject to the availability of staff, the Treasurer may conduct a precompliance review upon request. The Treasurer may charge the holder a precompliance review fee of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day for conducting this review. (1999-460, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-75 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-75 - Enforcement.

 116B-75. Enforcement.(a) The Treasurer may maintain an action in this or another state to enforce this Chapter.(b) The Treasurer may order a person required to report, pay, or deliver property under this Chapter, or an officer or employee of the person, or a person having possession, custody, care, or control of records relevant to the matter under inquiry, or any other person having knowledge of the property or records, to (i) appear before the Treasurer, at a time and place named in the order, (ii) produce the reports and records, (iii) make the required payments, (iv) make the required delivery of property, and (v) give testimony under oath or affirmation relevant to the inquiry. For purposes of this subsection, the Treasurer may administer oaths or affirmations. If a person refuses to obey an order of the Treasurer, the Treasurer may apply to the Superior Court of Wake County for an order requiring the person to obey the order of the Treasurer. Failure to comply with the court order is punishable for contempt.  (1999-460, s. 6; 2020-48, s. 3.4.)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-76 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-76 - Interstate agreements and cooperation; joint and reciprocal actions with other states.

 116B-76. Interstate agreements and cooperation; joint and reciprocal actions with other states.(a) The Treasurer may enter into an agreement with another state to exchange information relating to abandoned property or its possible existence. The agreement may permit the other state, or another person acting on behalf of a state, to examine records as authorized in G.S. 116B-72. The Treasurer by rule may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with an agreement made under this section and prescribe the form.(b) The Treasurer may join with another state to seek enforcement of this Chapter against any person who is or may be holding property reportable under this Chapter.(c) At the request of another state, the Attorney General of this State may maintain an action on behalf of the other state to enforce, in this State, the unclaimed property laws of the other state against a holder of property subject to escheat or a claim of abandonment by the other state, if the other state has agreed to pay expenses incurred by the Attorney General in maintaining the action.(d) The Treasurer may request that the attorney general of another state or another attorney commence an action in the other state on behalf of the Treasurer. With the approval of the Attorney General of this State, the Treasurer may retain any other attorney to commence an action in this State on behalf of the Treasurer. This State shall pay all expenses, including attorneys' fees, in maintaining an action under this subsection. With the Treasurer's approval, the expenses and attorneys' fees may be paid from money received under this Chapter. The Treasurer may agree to pay expenses and attorneys' fees based in whole or in part on a percentage of the value of any property recovered in the action. Any expenses or attorneys' fees paid under this subsection may not be deducted from the amount that is subject to the claim by the owner under this Chapter.(e) The Treasurer is authorized to make such expenditures from the funds of the Escheat Fund as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section. (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 1999-460, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-77 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-77 - Interest and penalties; waiver.

 116B-77. Interest and penalties; waiver.(a) A holder who fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this Chapter shall pay to the Treasurer interest at the rate established pursuant to this subsection on the property or value of the property from the date the property should have been reported, paid, or delivered. On or before June 1 and December 1 of each year, the Treasurer shall establish the interest rate to be in effect during the six-month period beginning on the next succeeding July 1 and January 1, respectively, after giving due consideration to current market conditions. If no new rate is established, the rate in effect during the preceding six-month period shall continue in effect. The rate established by the Treasurer may not be less than five percent (5%) per year and may not exceed sixteen percent (16%) per year.(b) A holder who willfully fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this Chapter, or willfully fails to perform other duties imposed by this Chapter, including the duties imposed by G.S. 116B-59, shall pay to the Treasurer, in addition to interest as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day the report, payment, or delivery is withheld, or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), plus twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of any property that should have been but was not reported.(c) A holder who makes a fraudulent report shall pay to the Treasurer, in addition to interest as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day from the date a report under this Chapter was due, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), plus twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of any property that should have been but was not reported.(d) The Treasurer for good cause may waive, in whole or in part, interest under subsection (a) of this section and penalties under subsection (b) of this section.  (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 1989, c. 114, s. 4; 1999-460, s. 6; 2017-134, s. 2(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-78.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-78.1 - Property finder regulation and enforcement.

 116B-78.1. Property finder regulation and enforcement.(a) A property finder shall be licensed as a private investigator by the North Carolina Private Protective Services Board pursuant to Chapter 74C of the General Statutes.(b) A property finder shall not initiate a claim with the Treasurer at any time prior to being registered as a property finder under G.S. 116B-78(f) or prior to licensure as a private investigator. Failure to comply with this subsection may result in the denial of the property finder's registration for a period of up to one year.(c) A property finder shall not initiate a claim with the Treasurer at any time prior to obtaining a valid agreement with an owner or apparent owner. Failure to comply with this section may result in the suspension of the property finder's registration for a period of up to one year.(d) If a property finder enters into an agreement to locate property that does not comply with G.S. 116B-78, then the Treasurer may suspend the property finder's registration for a period of up to one year.(e) A property finder with a suspended registration is prohibited from conducting business with the Unclaimed Property Division. Any pending or potential claims shall be denied during any period of suspension.  (2021-157, s. 2(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-79 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-79 - Transitional provisions.

 116B-79. Transitional provisions.(a) An initial report filed under this Article for property that was not required to be reported before the effective date of this Article but which is subject to this Article must include all items of property that would have been presumed abandoned during the 10-year period next preceding the effective date of this Article as if this Article had been in effect during that period.(b) This Article does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before the effective date of this Article to report, pay, or deliver property. Except as otherwise provided in G.S 116B-71(b) and G.S. 116B-77(d), a holder who did not comply with the law in effect before the effective date of this Article is subject to the applicable provisions for enforcement and penalties which then existed, which are continued in effect for the purpose of this section. (1999-460, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 116B-80 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116B - Escheats and Abandoned Property|Article 4 - North Carolina Unclaimed Property Act.|§ 116B-80 - Rules.

 116B-80. Rules.The Treasurer may adopt rules necessary to carry out this Chapter. (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1311, s. 1; 1987, c. 827, s. 19; 1989, c. 114, s. 5; 1999-460, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 116C-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116C - Continuum of Education Programs|Article 1 - Education Cabinet.|§ 116C-1 - Education Cabinet created.

 116C-1. Education Cabinet created.(a) The Education Cabinet is created. The Education Cabinet shall be located administratively within, and shall exercise its powers within existing resources of, the Office of the Governor. However, the Education Cabinet shall exercise its statutory powers independently of the Office of the Governor.(b) The Education Cabinet shall consist of the Governor, who shall serve as chair, the President of The University of North Carolina, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Chairman of the State Board of Education, the President of the North Carolina Community Colleges System, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the President of the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. The Education Cabinet may invite other representatives of education to participate in its deliberations as adjunct members.(c) The Education Cabinet shall be a nonvoting body that:(1) Works to resolve issues between existing providers of education.(2) Repealed by Session Laws 2014-120, s. 1(c), effective September 18, 2014.(3) Develops a strategic design for a continuum of education programs, in accordance with G.S. 116C-3.(4) Studies other issues referred to it by the Governor or the General Assembly.(d) The Office of the Governor, in coordination with the staffs of The University of North Carolina, the North Carolina Community College System, and the Department of Public Instruction, shall provide staff to the Education Cabinet.  (1993, c. 393, s. 1; 1995, c. 324, s. 15.12(b); 2001-123, s. 1; 2005-276, s. 7.38(a); 2014-120, s. 1(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 116C-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116C - Continuum of Education Programs|Article 1 - Education Cabinet.|§ 116C-3 - Strategic design for a continuum of education programs.

 116C-3. Strategic design for a continuum of education programs.The Education Cabinet shall develop a strategic design for a continuum of education programs. A continuum of education programs is the complement of programs delivered by the State to learners at all levels.The new design shall take into account issues raised by the Government Performance Audit Committee of the Legislative Research Commission.The design process shall:(1) Include vigorous examination of all programs as if they were being created for the first time.(2) Compare the existing structures, funding levels, and responsibilities of each system to the new design.(3) Focus on issues concerning coursework articulation and plan for how to improve coursework articulation among existing providers of education.The Education Cabinet shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the strategic design it develops prior to January 1, 1995. (1993, c. 393, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 677, s. 12.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 116C-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116C - Continuum of Education Programs|Article 1 - Education Cabinet.|§ 116C-4 - First in America Innovative Education Initiatives Act.

 116C-4. First in America Innovative Education Initiatives Act.(a) The General Assembly strongly endorses the Governor's goal of making North Carolina's system of education first in America by 2010. With that as the goal, the Education Cabinet shall set as a priority cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher education so as to reduce the high school dropout rate, increase high school and college graduation rates, decrease the need for remediation in institutions of higher education, and raise certificate, associate, and bachelor degree completion rates. The Cabinet shall identify and support efforts that achieve the following purposes:(1) Support cooperative innovative high school programs developed under Part 9 of Article 16 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes.(2) Improve high school completion rates and reduce high school dropout rates.(3) Close the achievement gap.(4) Create redesigned middle schools or high schools.(5) Provide flexible, customized programs of learning for high school students who would benefit from accelerated, higher level coursework or early graduation.(6) Establish high quality alternative learning programs.(7) Establish a virtual high school.(8) Implement other innovative education initiatives designed to advance the State's system of education.(b) The Education Cabinet shall identify federal, State, and local funds that may be used to support these initiatives. In addition, the Cabinet is strongly encouraged to pursue private funds that could be used to support these initiatives.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-165, s. 1.3, effective July 26, 2019.  (2003-277, s. 1; 2019-165, s. 1.3.)
NC Gen Stat § 116C-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116C - Continuum of Education Programs|Article 1 - Education Cabinet.|§ 116C-5 - STEM education priorities.

 116C-5. STEM education priorities.(a) The Education Cabinet shall set as a priority an increase in the number of students earning postsecondary credentials in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to reduce the gap between needed credentialed workers and available jobs in those fields by 2015.(b) The Education Cabinet shall encourage cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher education to prepare students for postsecondary study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and shall identify and support efforts at institutions of higher education to increase the number of students seeking and successfully completing postsecondary certificates or degrees in those fields. The Education Cabinet shall monitor progress of those efforts.(c) The Education Cabinet shall determine measurements for assessing the number of available jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the State, and the number of students earning postsecondary credentials in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at all institutions of higher education in the State, including community colleges and both public and private colleges and universities.(d) The Education Cabinet shall identify federal, State, and local funds that may be used to support this priority. In addition, the Education Cabinet is strongly encouraged to pursue private funds that could be used to support this priority.(e) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-165, s. 1.1, effective July 26, 2019.  (2010-41, s. 1; 2019-165, s. 1.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 116C-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116C - Continuum of Education Programs|Article 2 - North Carolina Postsecondary Attainment Goal.|§ 116C-10 - North Carolina postsecondary attainment goal.

 116C-10. North Carolina postsecondary attainment goal.(a) Findings. - The General Assembly finds it necessary to set a goal for postsecondary attainment for North Carolina residents to ensure that the State remains economically competitive now and into the future.(b) Postsecondary Attainment Goal. - The State shall make significant efforts to increase access to learning and improve the education of more North Carolinians so that, by the year 2030, 2,000,000 residents between the ages of 25 and 44 will have completed a high-quality credential or postsecondary degree.(c) Rights Not Created. - The attainment goal established in this section is not to the exclusion of any other goals and does not confer a right or create a claim for any person.  (2019-55, s. 1(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 116D-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116D - Higher Education Bonds|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 116D-2 - General provisions.

 116D-2. General provisions.(a) Signatures. - Should any officer whose signature or facsimile signature appears on securities issued under this Chapter cease to be that officer before the delivery of the securities, the signature or facsimile signature shall nevertheless have the same validity for all purposes as if the officer had remained in office until delivery of the securities. Securities issued under this Chapter may bear the facsimile signatures of persons, who at the actual time of the execution of the securities were the proper officers to sign any security although at the date of the security those persons may not have been officers.(b) Tax Exemption. - Securities issued under this Chapter shall at all times be free from taxation by the State or any political subdivision or any of their agencies, excepting estate, inheritance, or gift taxes, income taxes on the gain from the transfer of the securities, and franchise taxes. The interest on the securities is not subject to taxation as income.(c) Investment Eligibility. - Securities issued under this Chapter are securities in which all of the following may invest, including capital in their control or belonging to them: public officers, agencies, and public bodies of the State and its political subdivisions, insurance companies, trust companies, investment companies, banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, pension or retirement funds, other financial institutions engaged in business in the State, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries. Securities issued under this Chapter are securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any officer or agency of the State or a political subdivision of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or notes of the State or any political subdivision is now or may later be authorized by law.(d) Inconsistent Laws. - All general, special, or local laws that are inconsistent with this Chapter do not apply to this Chapter. (2000-3, s. 1.2.)
NC Gen Stat § 116D-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 116D - Higher Education Bonds|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 116D-3 - Reports.

 116D-3. Reports.(a) Board of Governors. - The Board of Governors shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations by September 15 of each year, and more frequently as the Commission requests, on the following:(1) Repealed by Session Laws 2012-142, s. 9.4(c), effective July 1, 2012.(2) Special Obligation Bonds. - The Board of Governors shall report on special obligation bonds issued under Article 3 of this Chapter, including the amount of debt, itemized for each institution of the University, by bond issue, and by project. The report shall include schedules of debt service requirements and actual payments, as well as evidence of compliance with additional financial covenants required by bond documents. The report shall identify the trends and current revenue streams of the sources of obligated resources pledged for each bond issue.(b) Treasurer. - Upon issuance of university improvement general obligation bonds under Article 2 of this Chapter or community college general obligation bonds under Article 4 of this Chapter, the Treasurer shall forward a schedule of required payments of principal and interest over the life of the bonds to the Director of the Budget, with copies to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2012-142, s. 8.3(b), effective July 1, 2012.  (2000-3, s. 1.2; 2012-142, ss. 8.3(b), 9.4(c); 2021-60, s. 1.2.)