Current law (GS 143B-1226) requires that a child, as defined in Part 2, Article 14, GS Chapter 143B (Veterans' Affairs Commission), who falls within a described scholarship eligibility class be considered for a wartime veterans' scholarship upon application. GS 143B-1226 describes five scholarship eligibility classes: Class 1-A, 1-B, II, III, and IV.

Amends GS 143B-1224(3), defining child as the term applies to Part 2. Modifies the term to include a person who is a child as defined in 37 USC 401 (federal definition for purposes of certain allowances for uniformed service members; was, who was legally adopted by the veteran prior to said person's reaching the age of 15 years) and who meets other existing criteria, as specified. 

Repeals Section 2(a) of SL 2018-37, which expands scholarship eligibility Classes II and III for wartime veterans' scholarships under GS 143B-1226 to include any person meeting the specified criteria set forth in GS 143B-1224(3)a. or b. and who is a child, as that term is defined in 37 USC 401.

Directs the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to document the number of applicants who apply for scholarships provided under GS 143B-1226 and report to the specified NCGA Committee by March 30, 2020, on the total number of applications received and the total number of applications made eligible as a result of the act. 

Includes whereas clauses.

Amends GS 160A-353 to give counties and cities the authority to require precautions to ensure the safety and well‑being of county and municipal recreation program participants, including concussion awareness information and a response protocol in case of a suspected concussion. Requires the information and response protocol to be consistent with the State Board of Education's rules for interscholastic athletic activities under GS 115C‑12(23). Provides immunity from civil damages to any program director, employee, or volunteer of a county or municipal recreation program for any act authorized above or for any related omission unless that act or omission amounts to gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing. Makes additional technical changes. Effective October 1, 2019. 

Repeals SL 2013-360, Section 8.22, as amended by SL 2014-100, Section 8.3 (qualifications for certain education-based salary supplements). Directs the use of State Board of Education Policy TCP-A-006, as it was in effect on June 30, 2013, to determine whether teachers and instructional support personnel are paid on the M salary schedule and whether they receive a salary supplement for academic preparation at the six-year or doctoral degree level. 

Appropriates $8 million in recurring funds for the 2019-20 fiscal year from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction to reinstate education-based salary supplements for teachers and instructional support personnel in accordance with this act. 

Effective July 1, 2019. 

Includes whereas clauses. 

Amends GS 18B-100, which establishes the purpose of GS Chapter 18B (Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages). Adds that if any provision or application of the Chapter is determined to be invalid or unconstitutional, the provision is stricken, and directs the remainder of the Chapter to be construed with the legislative intent to further limit commerce in alcoholic beverages, and with respect to malt beverages, unfortified wine, and fortified wine, construed to enhance regulatory control over taxation, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages through the three-tier regulatory system and the franchise laws imposed by the Chapter. 

Amends GS 18B-1104(a)(8) regarding the authority of a brewery permit holder to obtain a malt beverage wholesaler permit. Expands the scope of the authorization to include breweries that sell, to consumers at the brewery, to wholesalers, to retailers, and to exporters, fewer than 100,000 barrels (was, fewer than 25,000 barrels) of malt beverages produced by it per year. Modifies the authorization to allow a brewery permit holder to obtain a malt beverage wholesaler permit to sell, deliver, and ship at wholesale up to 50,000 barrels of malt beverages manufactured by the brewery per year to unaffiliated retail permittees (previously, limited to malt beverages by the brewery only, with no reference to year). Adds that the barrelege limitations of subsection (a)(8) apply regardless of the number or type of permits that can be issued to a brewery. Specifies that the ABC Commission has no authority to allow more than three additional retail locations authorized. Includes malt beverages manufactured by a supplier that owns 5% or more of a brewery permittee acting under the authorization in the determination of whether the brewery permittee complies with the barrelage limitations. Does not apply to any exemption order or amendment thereto entered by the ABC Commission prior to the effective date of the act.

Amends GS 18B-300 regarding the purposes of the regulation of business relations between malt beverage manufacturers and importers and the malt beverage wholesalers. Adds seven purposes to the regulation, including protecting wholesalers against unfair treatment by suppliers, and promoting consumer choice by ensuring an independent wholesale distribution tier that enables wholesalers to distribute competing products of other suppliers. 

Makes conforming changes to GS 18B-1305(a1), concerning termination of a franchise agreement by a small brewery authorized to distribute its own malt beverage products pursuant to GS 18B-1104(a)(8), as amended. Specifies that the term barrel is defined as in GS 18B-1104. 

Includes a severability clause.

Identical to H 337, filed 3/12/19.

Makes the following changes to GS 20-109.1 concerning the surrender of salvage vehicle certificates of title. Adds to subdivision (b)(1) regarding the assignment of a salvage vehicle's title by the owner to the insurer upon payment of the claim if the owner does not want to keep the vehicle. Exempts specified title transfers, applications, and affidavits related to the assignment from notarization requirements, including notarization of electronic signature requirements. Limits the scope of subdivision (b)(2), regarding an insurer's right to request from the DMV a form to use to transfer a salvage vehicle from the insurer to a person who buys the vehicle if a salvage owner fails to assign and deliver the title within 30 days of payment of the claim pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), to when the most recent certificate of title for the vehicle was issued by the State. 

Enacts new subdivision (b)(3), providing for an insurer to request the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) send a form to use to transfer title to a salvage vehicle from the insurer to a person who buys the vehicle from the insurer if the salvage owner fails to assign and deliver the vehicle's certificate of title to the insurer within 30 days of payment of the claim pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) (similar to existing subdivision(b)(2)). Limits the new subdivision's application to when the most recent certificate of title was issued in another state; the vehicle records of the issuing jurisdiction indicate there are no recorded liens against the vehicle; and the vehicle was damaged, stolen, or recovered in this State and owned by a State resident immediately prior to payment of the claim by the insurer, or as otherwise permitted by the DMV. Details parameters regarding proof of payment of the claim and proof of notice to the owner requesting the vehicle's certificate of title. Deems the title assigned to the insurer upon the DMV's receipt of the request. Sets requirements for when the insurer sells the vehicle or a buyer rebuilds the vehicle. 

Amends GS 20-52, allowing for an application for a salvage certificate of title to be submitted with an electronic signature in accordance with Article 40, GS Chapter 66. Makes conforming changes to GS 20-63. Further amends GS 20-63 to include the completion and filing of documents required for the issuance of a salvage certificate of title or its duplicate in the required contract between the DMV and at least two online vehicle registration vendors that can contract with dealers to complete and file DMV required documents for titles and registrations. Specifies that the dealer transactions authorized include submissions to the DMV on behalf of insurers pursuant to GS 20-109.1, as amended.

Adds transfers to an insurer pursuant to new GS 20-109.1(b)(3) to those exempt from the notarization requirements for title assignments and transfers in GS 20-72(b). Additionally, exempts any transfer of title to or from an insurer pursuant to GS 20-109.1, as amended, from the subsection's requirement that an assignment and warranty of title be executed in the presence of a notary. Adds titles of salvage vehicles transferred pursuant to new GS 20-109.1(b)(3) to those not required to be forwarded to the DMV. 

Amends GS 20-75, removing the requirement for an insurance company to execute a reassignment and warranty of title in the presence of a notary. Adds titles of salvage vehicles transferred pursuant to new GS 20-109.1(b)(3) to those not required to be forwarded to the DMV. 

Makes conforming changes to GS 20-78(a), regarding issuance of a salvage certificate of title.

Amends GS 20-85, removing the fee for applications for a salvage certificate of title made by an insurer pursuant to GS 20-109.1(b)(2).

Effective October 1, 2019.

Enacts GS 9-6.2 to require the clerk of superior court to keep a record of the name, address, and reason for the excusal request of every person excused from jury duty based on disqualification(s) under GS 9-3 (qualifications of prospective jurors). Records must be maintained for no less than two years from the date of excusal. Provides that these records are not public records under GS 132-1. Additionally, if a person is excused from jury duty for a reason related to qualifications under GS 160A-841 (Qualifications to vote; exclusion from electoral franchise), the clerk must provide a record of the person's name, address, reason for excusal, and the date of excusal to the State Board of Elections. Provides that these records are public records under GS 132-1. 

Makes a conforming change to GS 9-6(e) to require the clerk of superior court to keep a record of excuses separate from the master jury list in accordance with GS 9-6.2, as enacted by this act.

Directs the Administrative Office of the Courts to amend the Rules of Recordkeeping to include procedures necessary to implement the new law. 

Effective January 1, 2020.

Adds to GS 58-50-290, prohibiting agreements between insurers or other entities and dental service providers contracting for the provision of dental services from containing restrictions on the methods of claim payment whereby the only acceptable payment method from the insurer or entity to the provider is a credit card payment.

Enacts GS 58-50-291, prohibiting an insurer who provides a health benefit plan for dental services from using more than 25% of its prepaid charges or premiums for marketing and administrative expenses. Requires marketing and administrative expenses to be defined by rule by the Commissioner of Insurance for purposes of the statute. Clarifies that the statute does not affect the applicability of the Chapter's provisions.

Enacts GS 58-50-292, prohibiting insurers who provide health benefit plans for dental services from providing a third party access to a dental provider network contract or information pertaining to discounts for services pursuant to that dental provider network contract. Defines dental provider network contract to mean a contract between an insurer and a dental services provider specifying the rights and responsibilities of the insurer and the provider for the delivery of and payment for dental services. Defines insurer and third party. Establishes that no provider is bound or required to perform services under a dental provider network contract that has been provided to a third party in violation of the statute. Deems an insurer's willful failure to comply with the statute an unfair and deceptive trade practice actionable under GS Chapter 75. Clarifies that the statute does not foreclose other available remedies under law. 

Removes dental plans from the kinds of insurance not included in the definition of health benefit plan under GS 58-3-200 (miscellaneous insurance and managed care coverage and network provisions) and GS 58-3-190 (coverage required for emergency care).

Applies to health and benefit contracts issued, renewed, or amended on or after October 1, 2019.