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2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 13 - Reorganization of Public Utilities. › § 62-290 - Corporations whose property and franchises sold under order of court or execution.

§ 62-290. Corporations whose property and franchises sold under order of court or execution.
When the property and franchises of a public utility corporation are sold under a judgment or decree of a court of this State, or of the district court of the United States, or under execution, to satisfy a mortgage debt or other encumbrance thereon, such sale vests in the purchaser all the right, title, interest and property of the parties to the action in which such judgment or decree was made, to said property and franchises, subject to all the conditions, limitations and restrictions of the corporation; and the purchaser and his associates thereupon become a new corporation, by such name as they select, and they are the stockholders in the ratio of the purchase money by them contributed; and are entitled to all the rights and franchises and subject to all the conditions, limitations and penalties of the corporation whose property and franchises have been so sold. In the event of the sale of a railroad in foreclosure of a mortgage or deed of trust, whether under a decree of court or otherwise, the corporation created by or in consequence of the sale succeeds to all the franchises, rights and privileges of the original corporation only when the sale is of all the railroad owned by the company and described in the mortgage or deed of trust, and when the railroad is sold as an entirety. If a purchaser at any such sale is a corporation, such purchasing corporation shall succeed to all the properties, franchises, powers, rights, and privileges of the original corporation: Provided, that this shall not affect vested rights and shall not be construed to alter in any manner the public policy of the State now or hereafter established with reference to trusts and contracts in restraint of trade. (Code, ss. 697, 698; 1897, c. 305; 1901, c. 2, s. 99; Rev., s. 1238; 1913, c. 25, s. 1; 1919, c. 75; C.S., s. 1221; 1955, c. 1371, s. 2; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 13 - Reorganization of Public Utilities. › § 62-291 - New owners to meet and organize; special rule for railroads.

§ 62-291. New owners to meet and organize; special rule for railroads.
(a) The persons for whom the property and franchises have been purchased pursuant to G.S. 62-290 shall meet within 30 days after the delivery of the conveyance made by virtue of said judgment or decree, and organize the new corporation, 10 days' written notice of the time and place of the meeting having been given to each of said persons. At this meeting they shall adopt a corporate name and seal, determine the amount of the capital stock of the corporation, and shall have power and authority to make and issue certificates of stock in shares of such amounts as they see fit. The corporation may then, or at any time thereafter, create and issue preferred stock to such an amount, and at such time, as they may deem necessary.
(b) Whenever the purchaser of the real estate, track and fixtures of any railroad corporation which has heretofore been sold, or may hereafter be sold, by virtue of any mortgage executed by such corporation or execution issued upon any judgment or decree of any court, shall acquire title to the same in the manner prescribed by law, such purchaser may associate with him any number of persons, and make and acknowledge and file articles of association as prescribed by this Chapter. Such purchaser and his associates shall thereupon be a new corporation, with all the powers, privileges and franchises and subject to all of the provisions of this Chapter.
(c) When any railroad corporation shall be dissolved, or its property sold and conveyed under any execution, deed of trust, mortgage or other conveyance, the owner or purchaser shall constitute a new corporation upon compliance with law. (1871-2, c. 138, s. 5; Code, ss. 1936, 2005; 1901, c. 2, ss. 100, 101, 102; Rev., ss. 1239, 1240, 2552, 2565; C.S., ss. 1222, 3462, 3463; 1955, c. 1371, s. 2; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 13 - Reorganization of Public Utilities. › § 62-292 - Certificate to be filed with Secretary of State.

§ 62-292. Certificate to be filed with Secretary of State.
It is the duty of the new corporation provided for by this Article, within one month after its organization, to make certificate thereof, under its common seal, attested by the signature of its president, specifying the date of the organization, the name adopted, the amount of capital stock, and the names of its president and directors, and transmit the certificate to the Secretary of State, to be filed and recorded in his office. A certified copy of this certificate so filed shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which is located the principal office of the corporation, and is the charter and evidence of the corporate existence of the new corporation. (1901, c. 2, s. 103; Rev., s. 1241; C.S., s. 1223; 1955, c. 1371, s. 2; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 13 - Reorganization of Public Utilities. › § 62-293 - Effect on liens and other rights.

§ 62-293. Effect on liens and other rights.
Nothing contained in this Article in any manner impairs the lien of a prior mortgage, or other encumbrance, upon the property or franchises conveyed under a sale pursuant to this Article when by the terms of the judgment or decree under which the sale was made, or by operation of law, the sale was made subject to the lien of any such prior mortgage or other encumbrance. No such sale and conveyance or organization of such new corporation in any way affects the rights of any person or body politic not a party to the action in which the judgment or decree was made, nor of any party except as determined by the judgment or decree. When a trustee has been made a party to such action and his cestui que trust, for reason satisfactory to the court, has not been made a party thereto, the rights and interest of the cestui que trust are concluded by the decree. (1901, c. 2, s. 103; Rev., s. 1241; C.S., s. 1224; 1955, c. 1371, s. 2; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 14 - Fees and Charges. › § 62-302.1 - Regulatory fee for combustion residuals surface impoundments.

§ 62-302.1. Regulatory fee for combustion residuals surface impoundments.
(a) Fee Imposed. – Each public utility with a coal combustion residuals surface impoundment shall pay a regulatory fee for the purpose of defraying the costs of oversight of coal combustion residuals. The fee is in addition to the fee imposed under G.S. 62-302. The fees collected under this section shall only be used to pay the expenses of the Department of Environmental Quality in providing oversight of coal combustion residuals.
(b) Rate. – The combustion residuals surface impoundment fee shall be twenty-two thousandths of one percent (0.022%) of the North Carolina jurisdictional revenues of each public utility with a coal combustion residuals surface impoundment. For the purposes of this section, the term "North Carolina jurisdictional revenues" has the same meaning as in G.S. 62-302.
(c) When Due. – The fee shall be paid in quarterly installments. The fee is payable to the Department of Environmental Quality on or before the 15th of the second month following the end of each quarter. Each public utility subject to this fee shall, on or before the date the fee is due for each quarter, prepare and render a report on a form prescribed by the Department of Environmental Quality. The report shall state the public utility's total North Carolina jurisdictional revenues for the preceding quarter and shall be accompanied by any supporting documentation that the Department of Environmental Quality may by rule require. Receipts shall be reported on an accrual basis.
(d) Use of Proceeds. – A special fund in the Department of Environmental Quality is created. The fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Coal Combustion Residuals Management Fund. The Fund shall be placed in an interest-bearing account, and any interest or other income derived from the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. Subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, one hundred percent (100%) shall be used by the Department of Environmental Quality. All funds credited to the Fund shall be used only to pay the expenses of the Department of Environmental Quality in providing oversight of coal combustion residuals.
(e) Recovery of Fee. – The North Carolina Utilities Commission shall not allow an electric public utility to recover this fee from the retail electric customers of the State. (2014-122, s. 15(a); 2015-1, s. 3.6; 2015-7, s. 7; 2015-241, ss. 14.30(c), (u); 2016-95, s. 2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-310 - Public utility violating any provision of Chapter, rules or orders; penalty; enforcement by injunction.

§ 62-310. Public utility violating any provision of Chapter, rules or orders; penalty; enforcement by injunction.
(a) Any public utility which violates any of the provisions of this Chapter or refuses to conform to or obey any rule, order or regulation of the Commission shall, in addition to the other penalties prescribed in this Chapter forfeit and pay a sum up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense, to be recovered in an action to be instituted in the Superior Court of Wake County, in the name of the State of North Carolina on the relation of the Utilities Commission; and each day such public utility continues to violate any provision of this Chapter or continues to refuse to obey or perform any rule, order or regulation prescribed by the Commission shall be a separate offense.
(b) If any person or corporation shall furnish water or sewer utility service in violation of any provision of this Chapter applicable to water or sewer utilities, except as to the reasonableness of rates or charges and the discriminatory character thereof, or shall provide such service in violation of any rule, regulation or order of the Commission, the Commission shall apply to a superior court judge who has jurisdiction pursuant to G.S. 7A-47.1 or 7A-48 in the district or set of districts as defined in G.S. 7A-41.1 in which the person or corporation so operates, for the enforcement of any provision of this Chapter or of any rule, regulation or order of the Commission. The court shall have jurisdiction to enforce obedience to this Chapter or to any rule, regulation or order of the Commission by appropriate writ, order or other process restraining such person, corporation, or their representatives from further violation of this Chapter or of any rule, regulation or order of the Commission. (1899, c. 164, s. 23; Rev., s. 1087; C.S., s. 1106; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; c. 307, ss. 36, 37; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1973, c. 1073; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037, s. 96.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-311 - Willful acts of employees deemed those of public utility.

§ 62-311. Willful acts of employees deemed those of public utility.
The willful act of any officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, acting within the scope of his official duties of employment, shall, for the purpose of this Article, be deemed to be the willful act of the utility. (1933, c. 307, s. 29; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-312 - Actions to recover penalties.

§ 62-312. Actions to recover penalties.
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, an action for the recovery of any penalty under this Chapter shall be instituted in Wake County, and shall be instituted in the name of the State of North Carolina on the relation of the Utilities Commission against the person incurring such penalty; or whenever such action is upon the complaint of any injured person, it shall be instituted in the name of the State of North Carolina on the relation of the Utilities Commission upon the complaint of such injured person against the person incurring such penalty. Such action may be instituted and prosecuted by the Attorney General, the district attorney of the Wake County Superior Court, or the injured person. The procedure in such actions, the right of appeal and the rules regulating appeals shall be the same as provided by law in other civil actions. (Code, s. 1976; 1885, c. 221; 1899, c. 164, ss. 8, 15; Rev., ss. 1092, 1113, 2647; C.S., ss. 1062, 1111, 3415; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; c. 307, s. 30; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1973, c. 47, s. 2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-313 - Refusal to permit Commission to inspect records made misdemeanor.

§ 62-313. Refusal to permit Commission to inspect records made misdemeanor.
Any public utility, its officers or agents in charge thereof, that fails or refuses upon the written demand of the Commission, or a majority of said Commission, and under the seal of the Commission, to permit the Commission, its authorized representatives or employees to examine and inspect its books, records, accounts and documents, or its plant, property, or facilities, as provided for by law, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Each day of such failure or refusal shall constitute a separate offense and each such offense shall be punishable only by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). (1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 483; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-314 - Violating rules, with injury to others.

§ 62-314. Violating rules, with injury to others.
If any public utility doing business in this State by its agents or employees shall be guilty of the violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by the Commission, and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof, if residing in the State, or, if not, to the manager or superintendent or secretary or treasurer if residing in the State, or, if not, then to any local agent thereof, ample and full recompense for the wrong or injury done thereby to any person as may be directed by the Commission shall not be made within 30 days from the time of such notice, such public utility shall incur a penalty for each offense of five hundred dollars ($500.00). (1899, c. 164, s. 15; Rev., s. 1086; C.S., s. 1105; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-315 - Failure to make report; obstructing Commission.

§ 62-315. Failure to make report; obstructing Commission.
Every officer, agent or employee of any public utility, who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commission for the purposes of this Chapter, or who shall willfully or unlawfully hinder, delay or obstruct the Commission in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon it, shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, to be recovered in an action in the name of the State. A delay of 10 days to make and furnish such report shall raise the presumption that the same was willful. (1899, c. 164, s. 18; Rev., s. 1089; C.S., s. 1108; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-316 - Disclosure of information by employee of Commission unlawful.

§ 62-316. Disclosure of information by employee of Commission unlawful.
It shall be unlawful for any agent or employees of the Commission knowingly and willfully to divulge any fact or information which may come to his knowledge during the course of any examination or inspection made under authority of this Chapter, except as he may be directed by the Commission or by a court or judge thereof. (1947, c. 1008, s. 30; 1949, c. 1132, s. 30; 1953, c. 1140, s. 4; 1957, c. 1152, s. 16; 1961, c. 472, ss. 8, 11; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1971, c. 736, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-317 - Remedies for injuries cumulative.

§ 62-317. Remedies for injuries cumulative.
The remedies given by this Chapter to persons injured shall be regarded as cumulative to the remedies otherwise provided by law against public utilities. (1899, c. 164, s. 26; Rev., s. 1093; C.S., s. 1112; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-318 - Allowing or accepting rebates a misdemeanor.

§ 62-318. Allowing or accepting rebates a misdemeanor.
If any person shall participate in illegally pooling freights or shall directly or indirectly allow or accept rebates on freights, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1879, c. 237, s. 2; Code, s. 1968; Rev., s. 3762; C.S., s. 3520; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 484; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-319 - Riding on train unlawfully; venue.

§ 62-319. Riding on train unlawfully; venue.
If any person, with the intention of being transported free in violation of law, rides or attempts to ride on top of any car, coach, engine or tender, on any railroad in this State, or on the drawheads between cars, or under cars, on truss rods, or trucks, or in any freight car, or on a platform of any baggage car, express car or mail car on any train, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Any person charged with a violation of this section may be tried in any county in this State through which such train may pass carrying such person, or in any county in which such violation may have occurred or may be discovered. (1899, c. 625; 1905, c. 32; Rev., s. 3748; C.S., s. 3508; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 485; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-321 - Penalty for nondelivery of intrastate telegraph message.

§ 62-321. Penalty for nondelivery of intrastate telegraph message.
Any telegraph company doing business in this State that shall fail to transmit and deliver any intrastate message within a reasonable time shall forfeit and pay to anyone who may sue for same a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Such penalty shall be in addition to any right of action that any person may have for the recovery of damages. Proof of the sending of any message from one point in this State to another point in this State shall be prima facie evidence that it is an intrastate message. (1919, c. 175; C.S., s. 1704; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-322 - Unauthorized manufacture or sale of switch-lock keys a misdemeanor.

§ 62-322. Unauthorized manufacture or sale of switch-lock keys a misdemeanor.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, manufacture, sell or give away to any other person any duplicate key to any lock used by any railroad company in this State on its switches or switch tracks, except upon the written order of that officer of such railroad company whose duty it is to distribute and issue switch-lock keys to the employees of such railroad company. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1909, c. 795; C.S., s. 3477; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 487; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-323 - Willful injury to property of public utility a misdemeanor.

§ 62-323. Willful injury to property of public utility a misdemeanor.
If any person shall willfully do or cause to be done any act or acts whatever whereby any building, construction or work of any public utility, or any engine, machine or structure or any matter or thing appertaining to the same shall be stopped, obstructed, impaired, weakened, injured or destroyed, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1871-2, c. 138, s. 39; Code, s. 1974; Rev., s. 3756; C.S., s. 3478; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 488; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-324 - Disclosure of information as to shipments unlawful.

§ 62-324. Disclosure of information as to shipments unlawful.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in intrastate commerce or any officer, receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or employee of such carrier, or for any other person authorized by such carrier, to receive information, knowingly to disclose to, or permit to be acquired by any person other than the shipper or consignee without the consent of such shipper or consignee, any information concerning the nature, kind, quantity, destination, consignee, or routing of any property tendered or delivered to such common carrier for such transportation, which information may be used to the detriment or prejudice of such shipper or consignee, or which may improperly disclose his business transactions to a competitor; and it shall also be unlawful for any person to solicit or knowingly receive any such information which may be so used.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the giving of such information in response to any legal process issued under the authority of any court, or any officer or agent of the State or of the government of the United States, in the exercise of his power, or to any officer or other duly authorized person seeking such information for the prosecution of persons charged with or suspected of crimes or to another carrier, or its duly authorized agent, for the purpose of adjusting mutual traffic accounts in the ordinary course of business of such carriers. (1947, c. 1008, s. 30; 1961, c. 472, s. 8; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-326 - Furnishing false information to the Commission; withholding information from the Commission.

§ 62-326. Furnishing false information to the Commission; withholding information from the Commission.
(a) Every person, firm or corporation operating under the jurisdiction of the Utilities Commission or who is required by law to file reports with the Commission who shall knowingly or willfully file or give false information to the Utilities Commission in any report, reply, response, or other statement or document furnished to the Commission shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(b) Every person, firm, or corporation operating under the jurisdiction of the Utilities Commission or who is required by law to file reports with the Commission who shall willfully withhold clearly specified and reasonably obtainable information from the Commission in any report, response, reply or statement filed with the Commission in the performance of the duties of the Commission or who shall fail or refuse to file any report, response, reply or statement required by the Commission in the performance of the duties of the Commission shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1969, c. 765, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 490; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-327 - Gifts to members of Commission, Commission employees, or Public Staff.

§ 62-327. Gifts to members of Commission, Commission employees, or Public Staff.
It shall be unlawful for any officer, agent, employee, or attorney of any public utility or any public utility holding company, subsidiary, or affiliated company, to knowingly offer or make to any member of the Commission, Commission staff, or Public Staff, any gift of money, property, or anything of value. It shall be unlawful for any member of the Commission, Commission staff, or Public Staff to knowingly accept any gift of money, property, or anything of value from any officer, agent, employee, or attorney of any public utility or any public utility holding company, subsidiary, or affiliated company; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful for members of the Commission, Commission staff, or Public Staff to attend public breakfasts, lunches, dinners, or banquets sponsored by such entities. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and may only be fined in the discretion of the court; provided, further, that any member of the Commission staff, or member of the Public Staff violating this section shall also be subject to dismissal for cause. (1977, c. 468, s. 16; 1993, c. 539, s. 491; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2021-23, s. 24.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 15 - Penalties and Actions. › § 62-328 - Unauthorized use of Citizens Band equipment.

§ 62-328. Unauthorized use of Citizens Band equipment.
(a) As used in this section, "Citizens Band radio equipment" means Citizens Band radio equipment authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully and knowingly to use Citizens Band radio equipment not authorized by the Federal Communications Commission. Unauthorized Citizens Band radio equipment includes the use of power amplifiers or equipment prohibited under applicable federal regulations.
(c) This section does not apply to any licensee that is exempted under the provisions of 47 U.S.C. § 302a(f)(2).
(d) Any person willfully and knowingly violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (2004-72, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 16 - Security Provisions. › § 62-333 - Screening employment applications.

§ 62-333. Screening employment applications.
The Chief Personnel Officer, or that person's designee, of any public utility franchised to do business in North Carolina shall be permitted to obtain from the State Bureau of Investigation a confidential copy of criminal history record information for screening an applicant for employment with or an employee of a utility or utility contractor where the employment or job to be performed falls within a class or category of positions certified by the North Carolina Utilities Commission as permitting or requiring access to nuclear power facilities or access to or control over nuclear material.
The State Bureau of Investigation shall charge a reasonable fee to defray the administrative costs of providing criminal history record information for purposes of employment application screening. The State Bureau of Investigation is authorized to retain fees charged pursuant to this section and to expend those fees in accordance with the State Budget Act for the purpose of discharging its duties under this section. (1979, c. 796; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1212, s. 10; 2013-410, s. 6.1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 17 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › § 62-351 - Demand-side management policy; pilot project.

§ 62-351. Demand-side management policy; pilot project.
(a) Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State for government-owned facilities that have backup or emergency generators that meet the criteria of utility demand-side management programs or rates to enroll in such programs or rates to the extent those programs or rates are available without diminishing the purpose or use of the facility having the backup or emergency generator.
(b) Department of Public Safety Pilot Program. – By no later than January 1, 2018, the Department of Public Safety shall designate a backup or emergency generator to enroll in the demand-side management program or rate available that would allow electricity load to be shifted to its generator in response to utility-administered programs.
(c) Report. – The Department of Public Safety shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy by January 31 of each year on the status of the designated backup or emergency generator and whether it is enrolled in the utility demand-side response program or rate.
(d) Sunset. – The pilot program and report required by subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall expire on January 1, 2020. (2017-192, s. 9.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62 - Public Utilities › Article 17 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › § 62-352 - Facilities for hearings outside the Commission's offices; security; costs of hearings.

§ 62-352. Facilities for hearings outside the Commission's offices; security; costs of hearings.
The senior resident superior court judge shall provide suitable facilities for the conduct of hearings under this Chapter in the county or counties within the judge's district at the time the Commission schedules hearings therein. The senior resident superior court judge shall provide or arrange for security at the Commission hearings upon the request of the chair. The Commission shall promptly reimburse the court system or the local government, as the case may be, for the actual costs of conducting the hearings, and the Commission may charge such costs to the involved utility or utilities in cases involving class A or B utilities. (2021-23, s. 20.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › §§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

Article 3.
Emergency Telephone Service.
§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-41 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-42 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-43 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-44 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-45 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-46 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-47 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-48 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-49 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-50 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-51 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-52 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-53 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-54 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-55 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 62A - Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service › Article 3 - Emergency Telephone Service. › § 62A-56 - 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.

§§ 62A-40 through 62A-56: Recodified as G.S. 143B-1400 through 143B-1416 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.3(2), effective September 18, 2015.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 1 - Municipal Airports. › § 63-2 - Cities and towns authorized to establish airports.

§ 63-2. Cities and towns authorized to establish airports.
The governing body of any city or town in this State is hereby authorized to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, operate, and regulate airports or landing fields for the use of airplanes and other aircraft, either within or without the limits of such cities and towns and may use for such purpose or purposes any property suitable therefor that is now or may at any time hereafter be owned or controlled by such city or town. (1929, c. 87, s. 2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 1 - Municipal Airports. › § 63-3 - Counties authorized to establish airports.

§ 63-3. Counties authorized to establish airports.
The governing body of any county in this State is hereby authorized to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, operate, and regulate airports or landing fields for the use of airplanes and other aircraft within or without the limits of such counties, and may use for such purpose or purposes any property suitable therefor that is now or may at any time hereafter be owned or controlled by such county. (1929, c. 87, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 1 - Municipal Airports. › § 63-4 - Joint airports established by cities, towns and counties.

§ 63-4. Joint airports established by cities, towns and counties.
The governing bodies of any city, town and county in this State are hereby authorized to jointly acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, operate, and regulate airports or landing fields for the use of airplanes and other aircraft within or without the limits of such cities, towns and counties, and may use for such purpose or purposes any property suitable therefor that is now or may at any time hereafter be jointly owned or controlled by such city, town and county. (1929, c. 87, s. 4.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 1 - Municipal Airports. › § 63-5 - Airport declared public purpose; eminent domain.

§ 63-5. Airport declared public purpose; eminent domain.
Any lands acquired, owned, controlled, or occupied by such cities, towns, and/or counties, for the purposes enumerated in G.S. 63-2, 63-3 and 63-4, shall and are hereby declared to be acquired, owned, controlled and occupied for a public purpose, and such cities, towns and/or counties shall have the right to acquire property for such purpose or purposes under the power of eminent domain as and for a public purpose. (1929, c. 87, s. 5.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 1 - Municipal Airports. › § 63-6 - Acquisition of sites; appropriation of moneys.

§ 63-6. Acquisition of sites; appropriation of moneys.
Private property needed by a city, town and/or county for an airport or landing field may be acquired by gift or devise or shall be acquired by purchase if the city, town and/or county is or are able to agree with the owners on the terms thereof, and otherwise by condemnation, in the manner provided by Chapter 40A. The purchase price, or award for property acquired for an airport or landing field may be paid for by appropriation of moneys available therefor, or wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds of the city, town and/or county, as the governing body and/or bodies of such city, town and/or county shall determine. (1929, c. 87, s. 6; 1981, c. 919, s. 7.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 1 - Municipal Airports. › § 63-7 - Airports already established declared public charge; regulations and fees for use of.

§ 63-7. Airports already established declared public charge; regulations and fees for use of.
The governing body or bodies of a city, town and/or county which has or have established an airport or landing field, and acquired, leased, or set apart real property for such purpose, may construct, improve, equip, maintain, and operate the same. The expenses of such construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation shall be a city, town and/or county charge as the case may be. The governing body or bodies of a city, town and/or county may adopt regulations and establish fees or charges for the use of such airport or landing field. (1929, c. 87, s. 7.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 1 - Municipal Airports. › § 63-8 - Appropriations.

§ 63-8. Appropriations.
The governing body or bodies of a city, town and/or county to which this Article is applicable, having power to appropriate, individually or jointly, money therein, are hereby authorized to annually appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation in such city, town and/or county or to use from the net proceeds derived from the operation, by such city, town or county, of any public utility a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this Article in such proportion and upon such pro-rata basis as may be determined upon by a joint board to be appointed by and from the governing body or bodies of the city, town and/or the county or individually as the case may be. Provided, nothing herein shall be construed to permit the governing bodies of any county, city or town to issue bonds under the provisions of this Article without a vote of the people. (1929, c. 87, s. 8.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 1 - Municipal Airports. › § 63-9 - Partial invalidity.

§ 63-9. Partial invalidity.
If any part or parts of this Article shall be held to be unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Article. The General Assembly expressly declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Article, if it had known that such part or parts thereof would be declared unconstitutional. (1929, c. 87, s. 9.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 2 - State Regulation. › § 63-11 - Sovereignty in space.

§ 63-11. Sovereignty in space.
Sovereignty in space above the lands and waters of this State is declared to rest in the State, except where granted to and assumed by the United States. (1929, c. 190, s. 2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 2 - State Regulation. › § 63-12 - Ownership of space.

§ 63-12. Ownership of space.
The ownership of the space above the lands and waters of this State is declared to be vested in the several owners of the surface beneath, subject to the right of flight described in G.S. 63-13. (1929, c. 190, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 2 - State Regulation. › § 63-13 - Lawfulness of flight.

§ 63-13. Lawfulness of flight.
Flight in aircraft over the lands and waters of this State is lawful, unless at such a low altitude as to interfere with the then existing use to which the land or water, or the space over the land or water, is put by the owner, or unless so conducted as to be injurious to the health and happiness, or imminently dangerous to persons or property lawfully on the land or water beneath. The landing of an aircraft on the lands or waters of another, without his consent, is unlawful, except in the case of a forced landing. For damages caused by a forced landing, however, the owner or lessee of the aircraft or the aeronaut shall be liable as provided in G.S. 63-14. (1929, c. 190, s. 4; 1947, c. 1001, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 2 - State Regulation. › § 63-15 - Collision of aircraft.

§ 63-15. Collision of aircraft.
The liability of the owners of one aircraft to the owner of another aircraft, or to aeronauts or passengers on either aircraft, for damages caused by collision on land or in the air shall be determined by the rules of law applicable to torts on land. (1929, c. 190, s. 6.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 2 - State Regulation. › § 63-16 - Jurisdiction over crimes and torts.

§ 63-16. Jurisdiction over crimes and torts.
All crimes, torts, and other wrongs committed by or against an airman or passenger while in flight over this State shall be governed by the laws of this State; and the question whether damage occasioned by or to an aircraft while in flight over this State constitutes a tort, crime or other wrong by or against the owner of such aircraft shall be determined by the laws of this State. (1929, c. 190, s. 7; 1971, c. 936, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 2 - State Regulation. › § 63-17 - Jurisdiction over contracts.

§ 63-17. Jurisdiction over contracts.
All contractual and other legal relations entered into by airmen or passengers while in flight over this State shall have the same effect as if entered into on the land or water beneath. (1929, c. 190, s. 8; 1971, c. 936, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 2 - State Regulation. › § 63-18 - Dangerous flying a misdemeanor.

§ 63-18. Dangerous flying a misdemeanor.
Any airman or passenger who, while in flight over a thickly inhabited area or over a public gathering within this State, shall engage in trick or acrobatic flying, or in any acrobatic feat, or shall except while in landing or taking off, fly at such a low level as to disturb the public peace or the rights of private persons in the enjoyment of their homes, or injure the health, or endanger the persons or property on the surface beneath, or drop any object except loose water or loose sand ballast, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1929, c. 190, s. 9; 1947, c. 1001, s. 2; 1971, c. 936, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 493; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 63 - Aeronautics › Article 2 - State Regulation. › § 63-20 - Qualifications of operator; federal license.

§ 63-20. Qualifications of operator; federal license.
The public safety requiring, and the advantages of uniform regulation making it desirable, in the interest of aeronautical progress, that a person engaging within this State in operating aircraft, in any form of aerial navigation for which a license to operate aircraft issued by the United States government would then be required if such aerial navigation were interstate, should have the qualifications necessary for obtaining and holding such a license, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in operating aircraft within the State, in any such form of aerial navigation, unless he have such federal license. (1929, c. 190, s. 11.)