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NC Gen Stat § 126-85 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 126 - North Carolina Human Resources Act|Article 14 - Protection for Reporting Improper Government Activities.|§ 126-85 - Protection from retaliation.

 126-85. Protection from retaliation.(a) No head of any State department, agency or institution or other State employee exercising supervisory authority shall discharge, threaten or otherwise discriminate against a State employee regarding the State employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the State employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports or is about to report, verbally or in writing, any activity described in G.S. 126-84, unless the State employee knows or has reason to believe that the report is inaccurate.(a1) No State employee shall retaliate against another State employee because the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports or is about to report, verbally or in writing, any activity described in G.S. 126-84.(b) No head of any State department, agency or institution or other State employee exercising supervisory authority shall discharge, threaten or otherwise discriminate against a State employee regarding the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location or privileges of employment because the State employee has refused to carry out a directive which in fact constitutes a violation of State or federal law, rule or regulation or poses a substantial and specific danger to the public health and safety.(b1) No State employee shall retaliate against another State employee because the employee has refused to carry out a directive which may constitute a violation of State or federal law, rule or regulation, or poses a substantial and specific danger to the public health and safety.(c) The protections of this Article shall include State employees who report any activity described in G.S. 126-84 to the State Auditor as authorized by G.S. 147-64.6B, to the Program Evaluation Division as authorized by G.S. 120-36.12(10), or to a legislative panel duly appointed by the President Pro Tempore and/or the Speaker of the House or an agent or employee of such a legislative panel as required by G.S. 120-19.  (1989, c. 236, s. 1; 1997-520, s. 6; 2008-196, s. 2(b); 2008-215, s. 8; 2019-80, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 126-86 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 126 - North Carolina Human Resources Act|Article 14 - Protection for Reporting Improper Government Activities.|§ 126-86 - Civil actions for injunctive relief or other remedies.

 126-86. Civil actions for injunctive relief or other remedies.Any State employee injured by a violation of G.S. 126-85 who is not subject to Article 8 of this Chapter may maintain an action in superior court for damages, an injunction, or other remedies provided in this Article against the person or agency who committed the violation within one year after the occurrence of the alleged violation of this Article; provided, however, any claim arising under Article 21 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes may be maintained pursuant to the provisions of that Article only and may be redressed only by the remedies and relief available under that Article.  (1989, c. 236, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1021, s. 6; 2013-382, s. 7.10.)
NC Gen Stat § 126-87 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 126 - North Carolina Human Resources Act|Article 14 - Protection for Reporting Improper Government Activities.|§ 126-87 - Remedies.

 126-87. Remedies.A court, in rendering a judgment in an action brought pursuant to this Article, may order an injunction, damages, reinstatement of the employee, the payment of back wages, full reinstatement of fringe benefits and seniority rights, costs, reasonable attorney's fees or any combination of these. If an application for a permanent injunction is granted, the employee shall be awarded costs and reasonable attorney's fees. If in an action for damages the court finds that the employee was injured by a willful violation of G.S. 126-85, the court shall award as damages three times the amount of actual damages plus costs and reasonable attorney's fees against the individual or individuals found to be in violation of G.S. 126-84. (1989, c. 236, s.1)
NC Gen Stat § 126-88 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 126 - North Carolina Human Resources Act|Article 14 - Protection for Reporting Improper Government Activities.|§ 126-88 - Notice of employee protections and obligations.

 126-88. Notice of employee protections and obligations.It shall be the duty of an employer of a State employee to post notice in accordance with G.S. 95-9 or use other appropriate means to keep his employees informed of their protections and obligations under this Article. (1989, c. 236, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 126-90 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 126 - North Carolina Human Resources Act|Article 15 - Communications With Members of the General Assembly.|§ 126-90 - Communications with members of the General Assembly.

 126-90. Communications with members of the General Assembly.A State employee's right to speak to a member of the General Assembly at the member's request shall not be directly or indirectly limited by the employee's supervisor or by any policy of the department, agency, or institution that employs that State employee. (1997-443, s. 22.2(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-1 - Composition of militia.

 127A-1. Composition of militia.The militia of the State shall consist of all able-bodied citizens of the State and of the United States and all other able-bodied persons who have or shall declare their intention to become citizens of the United States, subject to the qualifications prescribed in this Chapter, who shall be drafted into the militia or shall voluntarily accept commission, appointment, or assignment to duty therein.  (1917, c. 200, s. 1; C.S., s. 6791; 1949, c. 1130, s. 1; 1957, c. 1043, s. 1; 1963, c. 1016, s. 2; 1967, c. 563, s. 1; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-2 - Classification of militia.

 127A-2. Classification of militia.The militia shall be divided into the organized and unorganized militia. The organized militia shall consist of four classes: the North Carolina National Guard, the naval militia, the State defense militia and historic military commands.  (1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2009-281, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-3 - Organized militia; National Guard.

 127A-3. Organized militia; National Guard.The North Carolina National Guard, both Army and Air, shall consist of regularly commissioned, warrant and enlisted personnel within the age limits established by regulations promulgated by the secretary of the appropriate service and shall be organized, governed, armed, equipped and have the duties and responsibilities provided in this Chapter.  (1917, c. 200, s. 2; C.S., s. 6792; 1949, c. 1130, s. 1; 1957, c. 136, s. 1; 1961, c. 192, s. 1; 1963, c. 1016, s. 2; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2009-281, s. 1; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-4 - Organized militia; naval militia.

 127A-4. Organized militia; naval militia.The naval militia shall consist of regularly commissioned, warrant and enlisted personnel within the age limits established by regulations promulgated by the secretary of the appropriate service and shall be organized, governed, armed, equipped and have the duties and responsibilities provided in this Chapter.  (1917, c. 200, s. 3; C.S., s. 6793; 1949, c. 1130, s. 1; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-5 - Organized militia; State defense militia.

 127A-5. Organized militia; State defense militia.The State defense militia shall consist of commissioned, warrant and enlisted personnel called, ordered, appointed or enlisted therein by the Governor under the provisions of Article 5 of this Chapter and shall be organized, governed, armed, equipped and have the duties and responsibilities provided in this Chapter.  (1963, c. 1016, s. 2; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-6 - Organized militia; historic military commands.

 127A-6. Organized militia; historic military commands.Historic military commands are those historic groups which remain active by meeting at least once a month and which follow military procedures. Only groups designated by the Governor shall fall within this branch of the militia. Any maximum age limits prescribed by this Chapter do not apply to members of historic military commands.  (1957, c. 1043, s. 2; 1967, c. 563, s. 2; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-7 - Composition of unorganized militia.

 127A-7. Composition of unorganized militia.The unorganized militia shall consist of all other able-bodied citizens of the State and of the United States and all other able-bodied persons who have or shall declare their intention to become citizens of the United States, who shall be at least 17 years of age, except those who have been convicted of a felony or discharged from any component of the military under other than honorable conditions.  (1917, c. 200, s. 4; C.S., s. 6794; 1949, c. 1130, s. 1; 1963, c. 1016, s. 2; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 1983, c. 314, s. 1; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-8 - Exemptions from duty with the militia.

 127A-8. Exemptions from duty with the militia.The officers, judicial and executive, of the government of the United States and the State of North Carolina, persons in the military or naval service of the United States, customhouse clerks, persons employed by the United States in the transmission of mail, artificers and personnel employed in the armories, arsenals and navy yards of the United States, pilots, and mariners actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States shall be exempt from duty with the militia without regard to age, and all persons who, because of religious beliefs, claim exemption from duty with the militia, if the conscientious holding of the belief by that person is established under the regulations prescribed for exemption from service with the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be exempted from militia service in a combatant capacity; but no person so exempted shall be exempt from militia service in any capacity that shall be declared noncombatant for the Armed Forces of the United States.  (1917, c. 200, s. 5; C.S., s. 6795; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-9 - Number of troops authorized.

 127A-9. Number of troops authorized.In time of peace the State shall maintain only those troops that are authorized by the President of the United States; but nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed as limiting the rights of the State in the use of the North Carolina National Guard or the State defense militia or both within its borders in time of peace. Nothing contained in this Chapter shall prevent the organization and maintenance of State police or constabulary.  (1917, c. 200, s. 8; C.S., s. 6797; 1963, c. 1016, s. 2; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2009-281, s. 1; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 1 - Classification of Militia.|§ 127A-10 - Corps entitled to retain privileges.

 127A-10. Corps entitled to retain privileges.Any corps of artillery, cavalry, or infantry existing in the State on the passage of the act of Congress of May 8, 1792, which by the laws, customs, or usages of the State has been in continuous existence since the passage of that act, under its provisions and under the provisions of section 232 and sections 1625 to 1660, both inclusive, of Title 16 of the revised statutes of 1873 and the act of Congress of January 21, 1903, relating to the militia, shall be allowed to retain its ancient privileges, subject, nevertheless, to all duties required by law of the militia; but these organizations may be a part of the North Carolina National Guard, and entitled to all the privileges of this Chapter, and shall conform in all respects to the organization, discipline, and training of the North Carolina National Guard in time of war. For purposes of training and when on active duty in the service of the United States they may be assigned to higher units, as the President may direct, and shall be subject to the orders of officers under whom they shall be serving.  (1917, c. 200, s. 87; C.S., s. 6798; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2009-281, s. 1; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 2 - General Administrative Officers.|§ 127A-16 - Governor as commander in chief.

 127A-16. Governor as commander in chief.(a) The Governor shall be commander in chief of the militia and shall have power to call out the militia to execute the laws, secure the safety of persons and property, suppress riots or insurrections, repel invasions and provide disaster relief.(b) The Governor shall have the additional power, subject to the availability of funding, to place individuals, units, or parts of units of the North Carolina National Guard in a State Active Duty status to assist with the planning, support, and execution of activities connected with the swearing in and installation of the Governor and other members of the Council of State. (1917, c. 200, s. 11; C.S., s. 6799; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 1999-442, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 2 - General Administrative Officers.|§ 127A-17 - Commander in chief to prescribe regulations.

 127A-17. Commander in chief to prescribe regulations.The commander in chief shall have the power and the duty, from time to time, to issue orders and to prescribe regulations relating to the organized and unorganized militia that are necessary for the militia at all times to conform to the federal requirements of the United States government relating thereto.  (1917, c. 200, s. 36; C.S., s. 6800; 1963, c. 1016, s. 2; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-17.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 2 - General Administrative Officers.|§ 127A-17.1 - Confidentiality of National Guard records.

 127A-17.1. Confidentiality of National Guard records.Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes, no records of the North Carolina National Guard in the Department of Public Safety shall be disclosed or used for any purpose except for official purposes, and no records shall be disclosed, destroyed or used in any manner which is in violation of any existing federal law or regulation. Nothing in this Chapter shall convert records which are the property of the federal government into State property.  (1977, c. 70, s. 3; 2009-281, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g); 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 2 - General Administrative Officers.|§ 127A-18 - Personal staff of Governor.

 127A-18. Personal staff of Governor.The Governor may detail not more than 10 active North Carolina National Guard members and two active naval militia members who shall in addition to their regular duties, perform the duties of aides-de-camp on the personal staff of the Governor.  (1917, c. 200, s. 12; C.S., s. 6801; 1959, c. 218, s. 1; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2009-281, s. 1; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 2 - General Administrative Officers.|§ 127A-20 - Administrative and operational relationships of the Adjutant General.

 127A-20. Administrative and operational relationships of the Adjutant General.In all administrative and operational matters affecting the militia while under State control, the Adjutant General shall be responsible to and subject to the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Public Safety.  (1973, c. 620, s. 9; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 1977, c. 70, s. 2; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 2 - General Administrative Officers.|§ 127A-21 - United States property and fiscal officer.

 127A-21. United States property and fiscal officer.(a) The Governor of the State, in consultation with the Secretary of Public Safety, shall appoint, designate, or detail, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, a qualified commissioned officer of the North Carolina National Guard who is also a commissioned officer of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, as the case may be, to be the United States property and fiscal officer for North Carolina. If the officer is not on active duty, the President may order the officer to active duty, with the officer's consent, to serve as a property and fiscal officer.(b) The status of the United States property and fiscal officer is that of a reserve commissioned officer of the United States Army or Air Force, as appropriate, on extended active duty and detailed for duty with the National Guard Bureau for administrative purposes. In the officer's capacity as United States property and fiscal officer, the officer will function under the direction of and cooperate fully with the State Adjutant General.(c) The assumption and performance of duties and responsibilities, pay and allowances, and other personnel actions to include retention and retirement of an officer appointed and serving as the United States property and fiscal officer will be governed by regulations promulgated by the National Guard Bureau or pursuant to regulations promulgated by the secretary of the appropriate service.  (1975, c. 604, s. 2; 1977, c. 70, s. 2; 2009-281, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g); 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 2 - General Administrative Officers.|§ 127A-22 - North Carolina property and fiscal officer.

 127A-22. North Carolina property and fiscal officer.(a) Upon full mobilization of the North Carolina National Guard into federal service to the extent that the functions of a United States property and fiscal officer no longer exist or are authorized under federal statutes, the Governor of the State, in consultation with the Secretary of Public Safety, may appoint, designate or detail a qualified individual to serve at the pleasure of the Governor as the North Carolina property and fiscal officer for any composition of a nonfederally recognized State National Guard or State defense militia organized under the provisions of this Chapter.(b) In consideration of the North Carolina property and fiscal officer's services for the responsibility, care, utilization, and issue of State or federal facilities and property, under the jurisdiction of the State of North Carolina, the officer shall receive from the State a just and proper salary as authorized by the Governor; the salary to constitute a charge upon appropriations made to the Department of Public Safety.(c) The North Carolina property and fiscal officer shall be an employee of the Department of Public Safety. The officer shall be required to give good and sufficient bond to the State, the amount thereof to be determined by the Governor, for the faithful performance of duties and for the safekeeping and proper distribution of the funds and property entrusted to the officer's care. The officer shall receipt for and account for all funds and property allotted to the officer's custody from the appropriation for military purposes by State and federal agencies, and shall make returns and reports through the Secretary of Public Safety concerning the property and funds as required by the Governor or State laws.  (1917, c. 200, ss. 24, 25; C.S., ss. 6804, 6805; 1929, c. 317, s. 1; 1957, c. 136, s. 3; 1963, c. 1016, s. 2; 1973, c. 620, s. 9; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 1977, c. 70, s. 2; 2009-281, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g); 2011-195, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 127A-23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 127A - Militia|Article 2 - General Administrative Officers.|§ 127A-23 - Commissions for commandants and officers at qualified educational institutions.

 127A-23. Commissions for commandants and officers at qualified educational institutions.The Governor of North Carolina is authorized to appoint and commission, as staff officers of the North Carolina unorganized militia, the officers of any university, college, academy or other educational institution which qualifies as provided in this section. Any university, college, academy or other educational institution shall be qualified under this section when the institution has been regularly incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of North Carolina; the institution, as a part of its courses of study, regularly teaches military science and tactics; the Department of Defense at Washington, D.C., has detailed an officer of the Armed Forces of the United States as professor or assistant professor of military science and tactics; the institution has been designated as qualified by the secretary of the appropriate service and has been made a unit of the Senior or Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or the institution, not having a unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, has been approved and authorized by the Secretary of Defense to participate in the National Defense Cadet Corps Training Program or other military training programs under Title 10, United States Code, sections 3540 and 4651.Any qualified institution desiring the appointment of officers in the North Carolina unorganized militia shall make application to the Governor setting forth all requisite facts as to its qualifications, the names of the persons to be commissioned, the rank desired for each, and the person's position at the institution. The application shall be signed by the chancellor, president, superintendent or other presiding official, under the seal of the institution. Upon receipt of the application, the Governor may appoint and commission the officers of a qualified institution as follows: the chancellor, president, superintendent or other presiding official, as colonel; the vice-president, principal or other officer second in authority, as major; the professors and members of the faculty, as captains. The persons so commissioned shall have no connection with the North Carolina National Guard or other military forces of the State, nor shall they exercise any military authority other than in the discharge of their duties at their respective institutions. The commissions issued under this section may be terminated at the will of the Governor.  (1919, c. 265, ss. 1, 2, 3; C.S., s. 6812; 1929, c. 61, s. 1; 1963, c. 1095; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2009-281, s. 1; 2011-195, s. 1(a).)