Amends GS 115C-210.4 to modify the duties of the State Advisory Council on Indian Education (Council)to include annually reviewing relevant data from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI)onIndian students regarding academic performance, growth, suspension and expulsion events, dropouts, and graduation rates. Provides that the review is not limited to these topics. Directs the Council to make an annual presentation to advise the State Board of Education on ways to meet the educational needs of Indian students more effectively. Deletes the requirement that the Council prepare an annual report on the status of Indian education to be presented to the State Board of Education. Directs the Council to work closely withDPI (was, work closely with the Division of Indian Education inDPI)to improve coordination and communication between and among programs.Makes organizational and technical changes.

Amends GS 113-270.1A (Hunter safety course required), requiring that any person procuring a hunting license in North Carolina must produce a hunter education certificate of competency, a NC hunting heritage apprentice permit from the Wildlife Commission (Commission), or a hunting license issued prior to July 1, 2013, by the Commission.

Exempts people who qualify for a disabled license, pursuant to GS 113-270.1C(b)(5) or (6), GS 113-270.1D(b)(7) or (8), or GS 113-351(c)(3)(f) or (g), from complying with GS 113-270.1A(a), the section above (previously, only exempted  those that qualified for a totally disabled combination license under GS 113-270.1C(b)(4)), when the same only makes use of the license when accompanied by an adult of at at least 18 years of age who is licensed to hunt and when the licensed adult maintains a proximity close enough to remain within sight and hearing distance without the help of electronic devices (previously, only stated that the disabled hunter must be accompanied by an adult and that the adult must stay close enough to communicate with the disabled hunter).

Makes technical and conforming changes to GS 113-270.1A(b). Also expands the organizations that the Commission may work with to develop courses.

Amends GS 113-270.1A(c) to state that, on or after July 1, 2013 (was, on or after July 1, 1991), any person who obtains a hunting license by a fictitious certificate of competency or through other means of fraud will have his or her hunting privileges revoked by the Commission for a period not to exceed one year.

Amends GS 113-270.1A(d) by adding the Nonresident Lifetime Sportsman License, the Age 65 Resident Lifetime Sportsman License, and the Lifetime Unified Sportsman/Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses to the list of lifetime licenses that may be purchased by or in the name of people who have not obtained a hunter education certificate of competency, subject to specified conditions. Makes technical and conforming changes to GS 113-270.1A(d).

Amends GS 113-270.2A, stating that an applicant for a hunting license can make a contribution to the Commission for the purpose of funding a hunter safety education program (was, can make a contribution of 50 cents).

Amends GS 113-274(c) by enacting new GS 113-274(c)(3c), which provides for the issuance of a Hunting Heritage Apprentice Permit by the Commission. The permit authorizes a person that does not meet the hunter education course requirements to purchase a hunting license and hunt if accompanied by an adult at least 18 years old who is licensed in North Carolina, or if accompanied by an adult landholder or spouse that is exempt from the hunting license requirement pursuant to GS 113-276(c) if hunting on the landholder's land. Defines accompanied as previously described in GS 113-270.1A(a1). Hunting with a permit issued pursuant to this section but not complying with all the requirements violates GS 113-270.1B, hunting without first procuring a current and valid license.

Amends GS 113-276, making technical and conforming changes.

Act replaces references to hunter safety with hunter education throughout. Also, elaborates that being accompanied by an adult signifies having a person 18 years of age or older maintain a proximity close enough to remain within sight and hearing distance without the help of electronic devices.

Effective July 1, 2013.

 

Section #1

Amends GS 55-6-21(a), allowing powers granted to the board of directors (board) in GS 55-6-21 (Issuance of shares) to be delegated by the board to one or more officers of the corporation, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws state otherwise.

Section #2

Amends GS 55-6-24(a), also allowing designated officers of the corporation, in addition to its board, to determine the terms on which the rights, options, or warrants are issued, their form and content, and the consideration needed for their issuance.

Section #3

Amends GS 55-7-05(a), requiring the board, if they have authorized participation in an annual and special shareholders' meeting by means of remote communication, to issue notice, not only of the date, time, and the place of the meetings, but also of the means of remote communication to be used to participate in such meetings.

Section #4

Repeals GS 55-7-08. Majority of language repealed is incorporated into the below new section, GS 55-7-09.

Section #5

Enacts new GS 55-7-09 (Remote participation in meetings), allowing, to the extent authorized by the board, shareholders of any class or series to participate in any meeting of shareholders by remote communication. Such participation is subject to any guidelines and procedures set by the board. Shareholders participating by remote communication are considered present and can vote at such a meeting if the corporation has established reasonable measures to (1) verify that each person participating remotely is a shareholder and (2) to provide each shareholder participating remotely a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders, including an opportunity to communicate and read or hear the proceedings of the meeting, substantially concurrently with the proceedings.

Section #6

Amends GS 55-7-20(c), making conforming and technical changes, replacing a reference to GS 55-7-08 with GS 55-7-09.

Section #7

Enacts new GS 55-8-26 (Submission of matters for shareholder vote), authorizing a corporation to submit a matter to a vote of its shareholders even if, after approving the matter, the board determines it no longer recommends the matter.

Section #8

Amends GS 55-10-03(b) and (e), making technical and clarifying changes. Adds a reference to new section GS 55-8-26 (above) to language that requires the board to communicate the basis for not recommending the approval of an amendment if GS 55-8-26 is the reason for not recommending the amendment or a conflict of interest exists.

Section #9

Amends GS 55-11-03, making conforming and technical changes. Inserts a reference to GS 55-8-26 to language that requires the board to communicate the basis for not recommending the approval of the plan of merger if GS 55-8-26 is the reason for not recommending the merger plan or a conflict of interest exists.

Section #10

Amends GS 55-11-04, changing section title to Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries. Makes several clarifying changes. Requires the board of foreign subsidiaries to get approval of its board and shareholders, as required under the law the foreign subsidiary is organized under, before merging.

Section #11

Amends GS 55-11A-11, making technical and clarifying changes. Inserts a reference to GS 55-8-26 to language that requires the board to communicate the basis for not recommending the approval of the plan of conversion if GS 55-8-26 is the reason for not recommending the plan or a conflict of interest exists.

Section #12

Amends GS 55-12-01, changing section title to Disposition of assets not requiring shareholder approval and mortgage of assets. Gives a corporation authority to, as approved by its board and without the approval of the shareholders, sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any of its property not in the usual course of business, if such action does not dispose of all or substantially all of the corporation's property. If the action would leave the corporation with a continuing business activity of at least 25% of total assets at the end of the most recent completed fiscal year and at least 25% of either (1) income from continuing operations before taxes or (2) revenues from continuing operations for that fiscal year, then the action will be considered to be of less than all, or substantially all, of the corporation's property.

Section #13

Amends GS 55-12-02, changing section title to Disposition of assets requiring shareholder approval. Makes technical and clarifying changes. Inserts  a reference to GS 55-8-26 to language that requires the board to communicate the basis for not recommending the approval of the proposed transaction if GS 55-8-26 is the reason for not recommending the transaction or a conflict of interest exists.

Section #14

Amends GS 55-14-02(b), making technical and clarifying changes. Inserts  a reference to GS 55-8-26 to language that requires the board to communicate the basis for not recommending the approval of a proposal to dissolve if GS 55-8-26 is the reason for not recommending the proposal to dissolve or a conflict of interest exists.

Effective October 1, 2013.

 

Enacts new GS 105-129.16K, allowing a $2,000 credit for a taxpayer that hires and retains a qualified employee for at least one year. Defines a qualified employee as an individual who has received the maximum regular benefits allowable during the benefit year who has not been employed since the time of receiving unemployment benefits. Requires the taxpayer to satisfy the wage and health insurance standards in GS 105-129.83 to be eligible for the credit. Repealed for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016. Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.