North Carolina Code — 159
Browse 302 sections in division 159 of the North Carolina code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 159-1. Short title and definitions.
- § 159-2. Computation of time.
- § 159-3. Local Government Commission established.
- § 159-4. Executive committee; appeal.
- § 159-5. Secretary and staff of the Commission.
- § 159-6. Fees of the Commission.
- § 159-7. Short title; definitions; local acts superseded.
- § 159-8. Annual balanced budget ordinance.
- § 159-9. Budget officer.
- § 159-10. Budget requests.
- § 159-11. Preparation and submission of budget and budget message.
- § 159-12. Filing and publication of the budget; budget hearings.
- § 159-13. The budget ordinance; form, adoption, limitations, tax levy, filing.
- § 159-13. 1. Financial plan for intragovernmental service funds.
- § 159-13. 2. Project ordinances.
- § 159-14. Trust and custodial funds; budgets of special districts.
- § 159-15. Amendments to the budget ordinance.
- § 159-16. Interim budget.
- § 159-17. Ordinance procedures not applicable to budget or project ordinance adoption.
- § 159-17. 1. Vending facilities.
- § 159-18. Capital reserve funds.
- § 159-19. Amendments.
- § 159-20. Funding capital reserve funds.
- § 159-21. Investment.
- § 159-22. Withdrawals.
- § 159-24. Finance officer.
- § 159-25. Duties of finance officer; dual signatures on checks; internal control procedures subject to Commission regulation.
- § 159-26. Accounting system.
- § 159-27. Distribution of tax collections among funds according to levy.
- § 159-27. 1. Use of revenue bond project reimbursements; restrictions.
- § 159-28. Budgetary accounting for appropriations.
- § 159-28. 1. Facsimile signatures.
- § 159-29. Fidelity bonds.
- § 159-30. Investment of idle funds.
- § 159-30. 1. Trust for other post-employment benefits.
- § 159-30. 2. Trust for law enforcement special separation allowance benefits.
- § 159-31. Selection of depository; deposits to be secured.
- § 159-32. Daily deposits.
- § 159-32. 1. Electronic payment.
- § 159-33. Semiannual reports on status of deposits and investments.
- § 159-33. 1. Semiannual reports of financial information.
- § 159-34. Annual independent audit; rules and regulations.
- § 159-35. Secretary of Local Government Commission to notify units of debt service obligations.
- § 159-36. Failure of local government to levy debt service taxes or provide for payment of debt.
- § 159-37. Reports on status of sinking funds.
- § 159-38. Local units authorized to accept their bonds in payment of certain claims and judgments.
- § 159-39. Special regulations pertaining to public hospitals.
- § 159-40. Special regulations pertaining to nonprofit corporations receiving public funds.
- § 159-41. Special regulations pertaining to joint municipal power agencies.
- § 159-42. Special regulations pertaining to public housing authorities.
- § 159-42. 1. Establishment of nonprofit corporation by public authority authorized.
- § 159-43. Short title; legislative intent.
- § 159-44. Definitions.
- § 159-45. All general obligation bonds subject to Local Government Bond Act.
- § 159-46. Faith and credit pledged.
- § 159-47. Additional security for utility or public service enterprise bonds.
- § 159-48. For what purposes bonds may be issued.
- § 159-49. When a vote of the people is required.
- § 159-50. Notice of intent to make application for issuance of voted bonds; objection by citizens and taxpayers.
- § 159-51. Application to Commission for approval of bond issue; preliminary conference; acceptance of application.
- § 159-52. Approval of application by Commission.
- § 159-53. Order approving or disapproving an application.
- § 159-54. The bond order.
- § 159-55. Sworn statement of debt; debt limitation; statement of estimated interest on the bonds.
- § 159-56. Publication of bond order as introduced.
- § 159-56. 1. Certain proceedings ratified notwithstanding provisions of § 159-56.
- § 159-57. Hearing; passage of bond order.
- § 159-58. Publication of bond order as adopted.
- § 159-59. Limitation of action to set aside order.
- § 159-60. Petition for referendum on bond issue.
- § 159-61. Bond referenda; majority required; notice of referendum; form of ballot; canvass.
- § 159-62. Limitation on actions contesting validity of bond referenda.
- § 159-63. Repeal of bond orders.
- § 159-64. Within what time bonds may be issued.
- § 159-65. Resolution fixing the details of the bonds.
- § 159-66. Validation of former proceedings and actions.
- § 159-67. Procedures if a county votes to relocate the county seat.
- § 159-68. Certain provisions not applicable to refunding bonds.
- § 159-72. Purposes for which funding and refunding bonds may be issued; when such bonds may be issued.
- § 159-73. Financing or refinancing agreements.
- § 159-74. Test cases testing validity of funding or refunding bonds.
- § 159-75. Judgment validating issue; costs of the action.
- § 159-76. Validation of bonds and notes issued before March 26, 1931.
- § 159-77. Validation of all proceedings in connection with the authorization of bonds taken before April 28, 1975.
- § 159-78. Special obligation refunding bonds.
- § 159-79. Variable rate demand bonds and notes.
- § 159-80. Short title; repeal of local acts.
- § 159-81. Definitions.
- § 159-82. Purpose.
- § 159-83. Powers.
- § 159-84. Authorization of revenue bonds.
- § 159-85. Application to Commission for approval of revenue bond issue; preliminary conference; acceptance of application.
- § 159-86. Approval of application by Commission.
- § 159-87. Order approving or denying the application.
- § 159-88. Adoption of revenue bond order.
- § 159-89. Special covenants.
- § 159-90. Limitations on details of bonds; additional provisions.
- § 159-91. Lien of revenue bonds.
- § 159-92. Status of revenue bonds under Uniform Commercial Code.
- § 159-93. Agreement of the State.
- § 159-94. Limited liability.
- § 159-95. Approval of State agencies.
- § 159-96. Limitation on extraterritorial operation of enterprises financed by revenue bonds.
- § 159-97. Taxes for supplementing revenue bond projects.
- § 159-99. Definition; terms and conditions.
- § 159-100. Authorization.
- § 159-101. Short title.
- § 159-102. Unit of local government defined.
- § 159-103. Authorization of project development financing debt instruments; purposes.
- § 159-104. Application to Commission for approval of project development financing debt instrument issue; preliminary conference; acceptance of application.
- § 159-105. Approval of application by Commission.
- § 159-106. Order approving or denying the application.
- § 159-107. Determination of incremental valuation; use of taxes levied on incremental valuation; duration of the district.
- § 159-108. Agreements with property owners.
- § 159-109. Special covenants.
- § 159-110. Security of project development financing debt instruments.
- § 159-111. Additional security for project development financing debt instruments.
- § 159-112. Limitations on details of debt instruments.
- § 159-113. Annual report.
- § 159-120. Definitions.
- § 159-121. Coupon or registered bonds to be issued.
- § 159-122. Maturities of bonds.
- § 159-123. Sale of bonds by sealed bids; private sales.
- § 159-124. Date of sale; notice of sale and blank proposal.
- § 159-125. Bid instructions; bid deposit.
- § 159-126. Rejection of bids.
- § 159-127. Award of bonds.
- § 159-128. Makeup and formal execution of bonds; temporary bonds.
- § 159-129. Obligations of units certified by Commission.
- § 159-130. Record of issues kept.
- § 159-131. Contract for services to be approved by Commission.
- § 159-132. State Treasurer to deliver bonds and remit proceeds.
- § 159-133. Suit to enforce contract of sale.
- § 159-134. Fiscal agents.
- § 159-135. Application of proceeds.
- § 159-136. Issuing unit to make and report debt service payments.
- § 159-137. Lost, stolen, defaced, or destroyed bonds or notes.
- § 159-138. Cancellation of bonds and notes.
- § 159-139. Destruction of cancelled bonds, notes, and coupons.
- § 159-140. Bonds or notes eligible for investment.
- § 159-141. Terms and conditions of sale.
- § 159-146. Additional powers of units of local government; issuance of special obligation bonds and notes.
- § 159-148. Contracts subject to Article; exceptions.
- § 159-149. Application to Local Government Commission for approval of contract.
- § 159-150. Sworn statement of debt; debt limitation.
- § 159-151. Approval of application by Commission.
- § 159-152. Order approving or denying the application.
- § 159-153. Approval of other financing arrangements.
- § 159-160. Definitions.
- § 159-161. Bond anticipation notes.
- § 159-162. Security of general obligation bond anticipation notes.
- § 159-163. Security of revenue bond anticipation notes.
- § 159-163. 1. Security of project development financing debt instrument anticipation notes.
- § 159-164. Form of notes to be issued.
- § 159-165. Sale and delivery of bond anticipation notes.
- § 159-168. "Unit" defined.
- § 159-169. Tax anticipation notes.
- § 159-170. Revenue anticipation notes.
- § 159-171. Grant anticipation notes.
- § 159-172. Authorization and issuance of notes.
- § 159-175. 10. Additional requirements for review of city financing application; communications service.
- § 159-176. Commission to aid defaulting units in developing refinancing plans.
- § 159-177. Power to require reports and approve budgets.
- § 159-178. Duration of Commission's powers.
- § 159-181. Enforcement of Chapter.
- § 159-182. Offending officers and employees removed from office.
- § 159-188. Borrowing authority.
- § 159-193. Definitions.
- § 159-194. Swap agreements.
- § 159-195. Nature of duties of a governmental unit under a swap agreement.
- § 159-196. Approval by Commission.
- § 159-197. Additional method.
- § 159-198. Severability.
- § 159-199. Validation of preexisting swap agreements.
- § 159-200. Liberal construction.
- § 159-210. Borrowing authority.
- § 159-216. Borrowing authority for landfills.
- § 159B-1. Short title.
- § 159B-2. Legislative findings and purposes.
- § 159B-3. Definitions.
- § 159B-4. Authority of municipalities to jointly cooperate.
- § 159B-5. Joint ownership of a project; provisions of the contract or agreement with respect thereto.
- § 159B-5. 1. Joint ownership with other public or private entities engaged in generation, transmission or distribution of electric power for resale.
- § 159B-6. Sale of capacity and output by a municipality.
- § 159B-7. Licenses, permits, certificates and approvals.
- § 159B-9. Creation of a joint agency; board of commissioners.
- § 159B-10. Executive committee, composition; powers and duties; terms.
- § 159B-11. General powers of joint agencies; prerequisites to undertaking projects.
- § 159B-12. Sale of capacity and output by a joint agency; support contracts; other contracts with a joint agency.
- § 159B-13. Sale of excess capacity and output by a joint agency.
- § 159B-14. Bonds of a joint agency.
- § 159B-15. Issuance of bonds.
- § 159B-16. Resolution or trust agreement.
- § 159B-16. 1. Revenues - NCEMPA members.
- § 159B-17. Revenues - other municipalities.
- § 159B-18. Trust funds; investment authority.
- § 159B-19. Remedies.
- § 159B-20. Status of bonds under Uniform Commercial Code.
- § 159B-21. Bonds eligible for investment.
- § 159B-22. Agreement of the State.
- § 159B-23. Limited liability.
- § 159B-24. Approval and sale of bonds.
- § 159B-25. Refunding bonds.
- § 159B-26. Tax exemption.
- § 159B-27. Taxes; payments in lieu of taxes.
- § 159B-28. Personnel.
- § 159B-29. Dissolution of joint agencies.
- § 159B-30. Annual reports.
- § 159B-30. 1. Additional reports.
- § 159B-31. Legislative consent to the application of laws of other states.
- § 159B-32. Government grants and loans.
- § 159B-33. Eminent domain.
- § 159B-34. Liability and defense.
- § 159B-35. Additional method.
- § 159B-37. Actions relating to bonds or to security for bonds.
- § 159B-38. Confidentiality of contract discussions.
- § 159B-39. Permitted uses of revenue from electric power rates.
- § 159B-42. Joint municipal assistance agencies.
- § 159B-43. Joint municipal assistance agencies authorized.
- § 159B-43. 1. Alternative to board of commissioners.
- § 159B-44. General powers of joint municipal assistance agencies and municipalities.
- § 159B-45. Dissolution.
- § 159B-46. Reports, liability, and personnel.
- § 159B-47. Defense.
- § 159B-48. Nonmunicipal members; constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina.
- § 159B-49. Associate members.
- § 159B-52. Chapter liberally construed.
- § 159D-1. Short title.
- § 159D-2. Legislative findings and purposes.
- § 159D-3. Definitions.
- § 159D-4. 1. Jurisdiction of the agency.
- § 159D-5. General powers.
- § 159D-6. Bonds.
- § 159D-7. Approval of project by Secretary of Commerce.
- § 159D-8. Approval of bonds.
- § 159D-9. Sale of bonds.
- § 159D-10. Location of projects.
- § 159D-11. Financing agreements.
- § 159D-12. Security documents.
- § 159D-13. Trust funds.
- § 159D-14. Tax exemption.
- § 159D-15. Construction contracts.
- § 159D-16. Conflict of interest.
- § 159D-17. Credit of State not pledged.
- § 159D-18. Bonds eligible for investment.
- § 159D-19. Revenue refunding bonds.
- § 159D-20. No power of eminent domain.
- § 159D-24. Officers not liable.
- § 159D-25. Additional method.
- § 159D-26. Liberal construction.
- § 159D-27. Inconsistent laws inapplicable.
- § 159D-35. Short title.
- § 159D-36. Legislative findings.
- § 159D-37. Definitions.
- § 159D-38. Capital facilities finance agency.
- § 159D-39. General powers.
- § 159D-40. Criteria and requirements.
- § 159D-41. Procedural requirements.
- § 159D-42. Operations of projects; agreements of sale on leases; conveyance of interest in projects.
- § 159D-43. Construction contracts.
- § 159D-44. Credit of State not pledged.
- § 159D-45. Bonds and notes.
- § 159D-46. Trust agreement or resolution.
- § 159D-47. Revenues; pledges of revenues.
- § 159D-48. Trust funds.
- § 159D-49. Remedies.
- § 159D-50. Investment securities.
- § 159D-51. Bonds or notes eligible for investment.
- § 159D-52. Refunding bonds or notes.
- § 159D-53. Annual report.
- § 159D-54. Officers not liable.
- § 159D-55. Tax exemption.
- § 159D-56. Conflict of interest.
- § 159D-57. Additional method.
- § 159G-20. Definitions.
- § 159G-21. Revenue for water projects.
- § 159G-22. Water Infrastructure Fund.
- § 159G-23. Priority consideration for loan or grant from Wastewater Reserve or Drinking Water Reserve.
- § 159G-24. Fee imposed on a loan or grant from Water Infrastructure Fund.
- § 159G-25. Expenditure for emergency corrective action at a wastewater treatment works.
- § 159G-25. 5: Repealed by Session Laws 2019-241, s. 11(a), effective November 6, 2019.
- § 159G-26. Annual reports on Water Infrastructure Fund.
- § 159G-30. Department's responsibility.
- § 159G-31. Entities eligible to apply for loan or grant.
- § 159G-32. Projects eligible for loan or grant.
- § 159G-33. Loans and grants available from Wastewater Reserve.
- § 159G-34. Loans and grants available from Drinking Water Reserve.
- § 159G-34. 5. Grant types available from Viable Utility Reserve.
- § 159G-35. Criteria for loans and grants.
- § 159G-36. Limits on loans and grants.
- § 159G-37. Application to CWSRF, Wastewater Reserve, DWSRF, Drinking Water Reserve, and Viable Utility Reserve.
- § 159G-38. Environmental assessment and public hearing.
- § 159G-39. Review of applications and award of loan or grant.
- § 159G-40. Terms of loan and execution of loan documents.
- § 159G-41. Withdrawal of loan or grant.
- § 159G-42. Disbursement of loan or grant.
- § 159G-43. Inspection of project.
- § 159G-44. Rules.
- § 159G-45. Assessment of local government units; assistance.
- § 159G-70. State Water Infrastructure Authority created.