Section 1.

Directs the Revisor of Statutes (Revisor) to make the following changes, subject to grammatical rules and general drafting conventions of capitalization:

1. Subject to bullet 2 below, replace "e-mail", "electronic mail", 8 or "electronic mailing" with "email" in GS 1-75.4, 1-507.34, 1-539.2A, 9 1A-1, Rule 4, 1A-1, Rule 5, and any other statutes in which any of these terms appear and make a similar change when any of these terms is plural.
2. Replace "registered, certified, or electronic mail" with "registered mail, certified mail, or email" in GS 143-293.
3. Subject bullets 4 and 5 below, make "Internet" lowercase in GS 14-113.20, 14-113.30, 14-113.31, 14-118.7, 14-196.3, and any other statutes in which the term appears.
4. Replace "Internet protocol" with "Internet Protocol" in GS 105-164.3, 130A-480, and 143B-1400.
5. Replace "internet web site", "internet website", "internet site", or "web site", including any variation in capitalization of any of these terms, with "website"  in GS 7A-38.2, 7A-38.3F, 10B-36, 14-44.1, 14-202.5, and any other statutes in which any of these terms appear and make a similar change when any of these terms is plural.
6. Replace "rule making" or "rule-making" with "rulemaking" in GS 7B-4001,10B-126, 15C-12, 18B-105, 20-37.22, and any other statutes in which either of these terms appear.

Authorizes the Revisor to delete duplicative language resulting from these changes and may replace "an" with "a" to conform with these changes.

Section 2.

Makes technical changes to GS 14-288.9 (assault upon emergency personnel).

Section 3.

Now specifies that the effect of an expunction under GS 15A-145.5 (expunction of certain misdemeanors and felonies without age limitations), GS 15A-145 (expunctions of misdemeanors of first offenders under age 18 and underage persons possessing alcohol), GS 15A-145.1 (expunctions for first offenders under age 18 for convictions of certain gang offenses), GS 15A-145.2 (expunction of records for first offenders over 21 for certain drug offenses), GS 15A-145.3 (expunction of first offender under 21 for certain toxic vapors offenses), GS 15A-145.4 (expunction of records for first offender under 18 for nonviolent felony), GS 15A-145.6 (expunction for certain defendants convicted of prostitution), GS 15A-145.7 (expunction of records for first offenders under 20 years of age at the time of the offense of certain offenses), GS 15A-145.8 (expunction of records when charges are remanded to district court for juvenile adjudication), GS 15A-145.8A (expunction of records under 18 for certain misdemeanors and felonies upon completion of sentence), GS 15A-145.9 (expunction of certain offenses committed by human trafficking victims), GS 15A-146 (expunction of records when charges are dismissed or there are findings of not guilty), GS 15A-147 (expunction of records when charges dismissed or findings of not guilty due to identity theft), and GS 15A-149 (expunction of records when pardon of innocence is granted) is governed by the prohibited practices by employers, educational institutions, agencies of State and local governments related to expunctions set forth in GS 15A-153. (Currently, specifies that such persons whose records are expunged under GS 15A-145.5 shall be held thereafter under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of that person's failure to recite or acknowledge the arrest, indictment, information, trial, or conviction.) Makes technical, organizational, and clarifying changes.  

Makes technical changes to GS 15A-153 (effect of expunction).

Section 4.

Makes technical changes to GS 48-3-309, including to the statute's title (mandatory criminal history checks for certain prospective adoptive parents).

Section 5.

Effective July 1, 2025, expands GS 58-36-43 so that the types of insurance policies where an insurer is not allowed to condition the acceptance, renewal or underwriting criteria of a policy on the policyholder accepting optional enhancement to include residential private flood insurance (currently, just automobile or homeowner’s enhancements). Makes technical changes, including to section title.

Section 6.

Changes references from “cash” to “currency” in Part 1 of Article 45 in GS Chapter 66 (Pawnbrokers and Currency (was, cash) Converters Modernization Act). Makes technical changes throughout the part. Amends GS 25-9-201 by removing references to regulations regulating the rates, charges, agreements, and practices for loans, credit sales, or other extensions of credit, and to any consumer-protection regulations.

Section 7.

Renumbers the subunits of GS 75D-3 (State RICO act) to conform to the General Statutes numbering system and reorders the definitions in GS 75D-3 so that they appear in alphabetical order. Removes repealed statutes from the statutory exemptions from the definition of racketeering activity under GS 75D-3 (definitions provision) as amended by the act and Section 1(b) of SL 2024-22 (pertaining to money launder laws). Makes technical, clarifying, and organizational changes. Limits the person entitled to initiate and prosecute a RICO forfeiture proceeding under GS 75D-5 to the AG (was, AG or designated representative thereof). Makes technical and clarifying changes. Makes technical changes to GS 75D-8 (available RICO remedies).

Section 8.

Reorders the definitions in GS 85B-1 (concerning auctions and auctioneers) so they appear in alphabetical order.  Makes technical and organizational changes to GS 85-1 as amended by the act.

Section 9.

Redesignates GS 128-26A to GS 128-26.1 (concerning reciprocity of credible service with other State-administered retirement systems under the Local Government Employees Retirement System). 

Section 10.

Modifies defined term cost in GS 131A-3 so that the described costs of reimbursing a public or nonprofit agency so that it no longer excludes reimbursements  or refinance of cost if payment was made or cost incurred two years prior to the enactment of the Article (i.e. November 6, 2019). Adds specialized hospitals to the examples provided in defined term health care facilities.

Makes organizational and technical changes.  

Removes defined term programmatic supervision from GS 143B-181.16 (definitions pertaining to the long-term care ombudsman office) and modifies term willful obstruction so it includes unnecessary obstruction and applies to both the Regional and States Ombudsmen. Makes organizational and technical changes, including to the statute's title.

Section 11.

Recodifies these subsections of GS Chapter 131E as follows:

• GS 131E-176(5a) to GS 131E-176(5c) (definition of chemical dependency treatment facility)
• GS 131E-176(10) to GS 131E-176(7e) (definition of health maintenance organization or HMO)
• GS 131E-176(13) to GS 131E-176(13d) (definition of hospital).

Directs the Revisor to substitute "GS 131E-176" for "GS 131E-176(13)" wherever it appears in GS 90-414.4. Amends GS 131E-176 as amended by the act, to make technical, conforming organizational, and clarifying changes to the definitions contained therein, including removing outdated language.  Makes conforming change to term State Medical Facilities Plan to remove language concerning mailing lists, notice and public hearings, and public notice and comment that are reenacted as new GS 131E-176.2 (concerning state medical facilities plans). Makes technical changes to GS 131E-177 (designating DHHS as the State Health Planning and Development Agency). 

Effective November 21, 2026, makes technical changes to defined terms diagnostic center, magnetic resonance imaging scanner, and major medical equipment in GS 131E-176 as amended by the act. 

Effective November 21, 2025, makes technical change to term health service facility in GS 131E-176 as amended by the act.

Section 12.

Changes reference from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Adult Corrections as the agency excluded from Article 2A of GS Chapter 150B (the APA), with respect to matters relating to executions and solely to persons in its custody or under its supervision, including prisoners, probationers, and parolees in GS 150B-1(policy and scope). Makes conforming, technical, and clarifying changes.

Section 13.

Retroactive to October 25, 2024, removes requirements in SL 2024-53 for the Department of Environmental Quality to report on their status of the two described submissions to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that were directed to start on January 1, 2025 until repeal of the described statutory provisions under GS 113A-118 and GS 113A-115.1.

Section 14.

Modifies the effective date of SL 1983-601 (concerning lease fees for shellfish leases) so that the act no longer has to be reconsidered every six years by the specified NCGA committee.