Chapter 143

The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Commission. - The Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. (2) Compensatory programs. - Programs developed by the Commission to identify, locate, compensate, and indemnify tobacco producers, allotment holders, and persons engaged in toba…

(a) Creation. - The Tobacco Trust Fund Commission is created. The Commission shall be administratively located within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services but shall exercise its powers independently of the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Department. All adminis…

The Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To administer the provisions of this Article. (2) To develop compensatory programs and qualified agriculture programs, including guidelines and criteria for eligibility for and disbursement of funds, the forms of dire…

(a) Fund Established. - The Tobacco Trust Fund is established in the Office of the State Treasurer. The Fund shall be used for the purposes provided in this Article. (b) Fund Earnings, Assets, and Balances. - The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separate and apart from all oth…

(a) Funds held in the Fund may be expended on compensatory programs as provided in this section. (b) The Fund may provide direct and indirect financial assistance, in accordance with criteria established by the Commission and to the extent allowed by law, to accomplish the follow…

(a) Funds held in the Fund may be expended on qualified agricultural programs as provided in this section. (b) In implementing qualified agricultural programs, the Commission shall endeavor to identify those areas of the tobacco-related segment of the State's economy in need of a…

(a) The chair of the Commission shall report each year by November 1 to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and the Fiscal Research Division regarding the implem…

The Open Meetings Law (Article 33C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes) and the Public Records Act (Chapter 132 of the General Statutes) apply to the Fund and the Commission, and the Fund and the Commission are subject to audit by the State Auditor as provided by law. The Comm…

(a) Findings. - The General Assembly of North Carolina finds the following: (1) North Carolina is competing with other states for the ability to commercialize innovations resulting from in-State, world-class higher education research institutions. (2) By fully optimizing the comm…

(a) The Office of Managed Care Patient Assistance Program shall hereafter be known as the Health Insurance Smart NC. (b) The Health Insurance Smart NC shall provide information and assistance to individuals enrolled in health care plans. (c) Health Insurance Smart NC shall have t…

(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Agency head" means the Governor, a Council of State member, a cabinet secretary, the President of The University of North Carolina, the President of the Community College System, the State Controller, and other independent appointed offi…

(a) Requirements. - A State agency shall establish a program of internal auditing that: (1) Promotes an effective system of internal controls that safeguards public funds and assets and minimizes incidences of fraud, waste, and abuse. (2) Determines if programs and business opera…

(a) The Council of Internal Auditing is created, consisting of the following members: (1) The State Controller who shall serve as Chair. (2) The State Budget Officer. (3) The Secretary of Administration. (4) The Attorney General. The Attorney General may appoint a designee. (5) T…

Internal audit work papers are confidential except as otherwise provided in this section or upon subpoena issued by a duly authorized court. A published internal audit report is a public record as defined in G.S. 132-1 to the extent it does not include information which is confid…

It shall be a Class 2 misdemeanor for any officer, employee, or agent of a State agency subject to the provisions of this Article to willfully make or cause to be made to a State agency internal auditor or the internal auditor's designated representatives any false, misleading, o…

(a) If a development permit applicant submits a permit application for any type of development and a rule or ordinance is amended, including an amendment to any applicable land development regulation, between the time the development permit application was submitted and a develop…

State agencies, boards, offices, departments, institutions, branches of government, including The University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Community College System, and political subdivisions of the State, including local boards of education, are preempted from regulat…

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Employee Fair Classification Act." (2017-203, s. 1.)

(a) The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Chairman. - The Chairman of the Industrial Commission. (2) Employ. - As defined by G.S. 95-25.2(3). For the purposes of this Article, an entity or individual shall not be deemed to be an employer of an individual hired or o…

(a) The Employee Classification Section is established within the Industrial Commission. (b) The Chairman shall appoint a director of the Section to serve at the Chairman's pleasure with such authority as the Chairman deems necessary to direct and oversee the Section in carrying …

(a) The Section shall have the following duties: (1) Be available during business hours to receive reports of employee misclassification by telephonic, written, or electronic communication. (2) Investigate reports of employee misclassification and coordinate with and assist all r…

(a) Every State occupational licensing board or commission that is authorized to issue any license, permit, or certification shall include on every application for licensure, permit, or certification, or application for renewal of the same, the following: (1) Certification by the…

(a) The records of the Section are not public records under G.S. 132-1. (b) The Section shall exchange information as required by this Article. (c) The Section may share information with other State and federal agencies as permitted or required by law. (2017-203, s. 1.)

The North Carolina Department of Revenue, the North Carolina Department of Labor, the Division of Employment Security within the North Carolina Department of Commerce, and the North Carolina Industrial Commission shall disclose all reports and investigations of employee misclassi…

(a) No State agency or local government entity shall submit payment or otherwise communicate with an entity that has engaged in a cybersecurity incident on an information technology system by encrypting data and then subsequently offering to decrypt that data in exchange for a ra…

(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 14-456 and G.S. 14-456.1, a public agency shall not permit the viewing of pornography by its employees on a network of that public agency. Notwithstanding G.S. 14-456 and G.S. 14-456.1, the judicial branch shall not permit the viewing of pornography by it…