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Date	Title	Statute	Requestor
08/23/78	Social Services; Welfare Fraud; Client Interviews; Warnings as to Constitutional Rights	N/A	Ward, Robert
08/14/78	Employment Agency; Definition includes a For Profit Business	95-37,	Boddie, John
08/10/78	Streets and Highways; Weight Limits; Special Permits	136-72, 160A-296, 160A-300, 20-115, 20-118, 20-119, 20-141,	Canty, F. Douglas
08/08/78	Temp. Custody of Respondant by Out-Patient Facility Pending Commitment	122-55.1, 122-58.16, 122-58.4, 122-58.6, 122-58.7, 122-58.8,	Bickel, R.J.
08/02/78	Double Office Holding; Police Officer Elected as Commissioner	128-1.1, 160A-284,	Messick, Paul
08/02/78	Municipalities; Powell Bill Fund; Village of Pinehurst	136-41.1, 136-41.2,	Monroe, Joseph
07/31/78	Patients’ Rights Entitlement Where Services Are On A Contractual Basis	122-35.49, 122-36, 122-55.1, 122-55.13, 122-55.14, 122-56.2,	Bickel, R.J.
07/24/78	Insurance; Tax on group insurance premiums; group insurance	58-2, 58-58.3,	Ingram, John
07/07/78	Counties; Cities; Collection of Taxes; Interlocal Cooperation	160A-146, 160A-460,	Cogswell, Robert
07/05/78	Motor Vehicles; Chauffeur’s License	N/A	Foxwell, Toni
07/05/78	Duration of contract of employment of New Superintendent When Vacancy	115-39, 115-55,	Hardy, John
06/19/78	Dialysis Technicians and Home Dialysis Aides; Care of ESRD Patients	90-158, 90-167,	Hobbs, Rodney
06/15/78	Floodplain Ordinances	143-215.51, 143-215.61, 143-215.62, 153A-341, 153A-347, 160A-381, 160A-383, 160A-391,	Sherron, J.K.
05/13/78	Motor Vehicles; Rules of the Road; Non-resident Violator Compact	20-4.19,	Tester, Lt. R.T.
05/11/78	Elections; Expenditures in Support of or in Opposition to Referendum Issue by Corporations	163-269, 163-270, 163-278.19,	Tison, Ben
05/10/78	Consumer Protection; collection agencies; service charges for returned checks.	6-21.3, 66-46,	Brown, W. Kenneth
05/04/78	State Departments, Institutions, and Agencies; Personnel; Licenses and Licensing; Architects	126-4, 133-1.1, 83-1, 89C-19, 90-187, 90-270.4, 90-294,	Webb, Harold
05/04/78	State Departments, Institutions, and Agencies; Personnel; Licenses and Licensing; Engineers	126-4, 39C-3, 89C-13, 89C-19, 89C-2, 89C-23, 89C-24, 89C-25, 89C-26, 89C-3,	Webb, Harold
04/26/78	Motor Vehicles; Passing a Stopped School Bus	2-217, 20-217, 20-4.01,	Jenkins, Colonel John
04/19/78	Mental Health; Police Officers; Involuntary Commitment; Process for Return of Escaped Patient	122-58.13, 122-58.11, 122-58.8,	Hamm, t.h.
04/19/78	Expenditure of State Funds to Satisfy a Judgment Against Area Mental Health	122-35.36, 122-35.53, 143-300.6,	Bickel, R.J.
04/19/78	Retirement; G.S. 135-4(m); Effect of Chapter 875 of the 1975 Session Laws	135-4, 135-5,	Hambleton, W.H.
04/06/78	State Departments, Institutions, and Agencies; Sick Pay; Social Security	115-11, 126-4, 126-8,	Hambleton, W.H.
04/06/78	Taxation; Ad Valorem Taxes; Personal Property; Tax Liens, Priority; Motor Vehicles	105-355, 105-356, 105-366, 105-367,	Lowers, Edgar
04/04/78	Courts; Juveniles; Mental Health; Applicability of Article 56, Chapter 15A to Juvenile Proceedings	15A-1001, 15A-1005, 15A-1008, 7A-277, 7A-280,	Behar, Lenore
03/27/78	Consumer Protection; Worthless Checks; Remedies for Returned Check	6-21.3,	Mills, William
03/27/78	Social Services; Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act	108-24, 108-24(2), 108-45, 110-119, 110-122, 110/117, 7A-278,	Harper, Carl
03/21/78	Gain From Sale of Property;Nonrecognition of Gain;Exchange of Like Property	105-142, 105-145,	Brown, B.W.
03/21/78	Execution on Property Held by Husband and Wife as Tenants in Common	N/A	Searcy, Joe
03/21/78	Civil Procedure; Executions	1-313,	Harris, Resa
03/21/78	Criminal Law and Procedure; Service of Subpoenas for the Attendance of Witnesses	15A-801, 15A-802, 1A-1,	Livingston, Howard
03/12/78	Elderly and Disabled Persons; Disposable Income	105-141.3, 105-277.1,	Holbrook, D.R.
03/12/78	Applicability of G.S. 58-260 to Group Insurance Contracts	58-26, 58-28,	of Insurance, N.C. Department
02/27/78	Emergency Energy Program	113B-1, 113B-2, 113B-20, 113B-23, 113B-9, 147-33.2,	Flattery, Brian
02/23/78	Motor Vehicles; DUI	20-11, 20-12, 20-12.1,	Faulkner, Officer T.W.
02/07/78	Cooperation Between Law Enforcement Agencies; Request Temporary Assistance	15A-402, 160A-288,	Long, T.J.
02/07/78	Motor Vehicles; Parking; Handicapped Drivers	20-37, 20-37.6,	Follin-Mace, Lockhart
02/01/78	Public Officers and Employees; Boards of Education; Conflict of Interest	14-234,	Rogister, George
01/31/78	North Carolina Memorial Hospital; State Contractual Service Contracts	143-49,	Berry, Dennis
01/31/78	State Departments, Institutions and Agencies, Municipalities, Taxation, Refuse Collection, Fees	143-49, 143-53, 160A-192, 160A-314,	Grimsley, Joseph
01/25/78	Municipalities; Eligibility; Airport Grant Pursuant to Article 1B of Chapter 113	113-28.8,	Plentl, Will
01/24/78	Release of Information to News Media after Hearing; Open Grievance Hearings	126-22, 126-23, 126-25, 126-27, 126-28, 126-29, 126-34, 126-39, 126-5, 132-6, 143-318.1, 143B-10, 150A-11, 150A-2, 150A-23, 150A-27,	Carlton, J. Phil
01/20/78	Summary Ejectment – Undertaking on Appeals from Judgments	N/A	Montague, Bert
01/19/78	Counties and Municipalities; Advertising; Use of Tax and Non-tax funds	153A-149, 158-1, 158-2, 158-7.1,	Folger, Fred
01/17/78	State Departments, Institutions, and Agencies; Industrial Commission; Salaries; Statutes	129-42, 143B-15, 143B-58, 97-78,	Williams, John
01/17/78	Motor Vehicles; Chauffeur’s License; City-Owned Recreation Vehicle	20-4.01,	Britt, Luther
01/13/78	Corrections; Work-release funds	148-33.1, 148-33.2,	Reed, Amos
01/13/78	Mortgages and Deeds of Trust: Foreclosure – Notice and Hearing Requirements	28A-12-4, 28A-18-1, 28A-4-1, 45-21.16,	McLeod, C.M.
01/13/78	Mortgages and Deeds of Trust: Discharge of Instrument by Acknowledgment	45-10, 45-11, 45-37, 45-37.1,	Carriker, Mary
01/13/78	Bond Referendum in Sanitary District, Registration and Conduct of Election	159-61, 163-284, 163-284.1, 163-286, 163-288, 163-67,	Dellinger, James

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