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20518
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This bulletin discusses on-street and off-street legal issues that have arisen since the early 1950s, including enforcement of parking regulations by both criminal remedies and civil penalties; adoption, by ordinance, of evidentiary rules to be used in enforcement actions; towing--when it is permitted and under what procedures; and the use of towing and criminal remedies in publicly owned off-street lots. It also questions whether earlier cases should be accorded the full weight of precedent.
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20522
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G.S. 160A-195uthorizes cities to regulate the speed of trains within city limits. This bulletin discusses two recent federal district court cases that strongly suggest that this authority may now have been preempted by regulations of the Federal Railroad Administration. It also suggests ways that cities that wish to keep their regulations may appeal the court decisions.
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20523
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Some people smoke in the workplace; others don't. Some employers allow it--others restrict it. Evidence suggests that both groups are harmed by the smoke to some extent. This bulletin reviews existing law on this subject from North Carolina and elsewhere, weighs possible areas of future liability, and concludes that the prudent employer may now wish to consider some restrictions.
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20538
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This bulletin discusses the definition of real estate transaction under the current regulations in the context of certain uniquely governmental transactions and outlines the reporting requirements to be fulfilled by the reporting person.
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20544
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This bulletin addresses two questions: 1) can a citizen refuse to provide his or her Social Security account number to the government, and if so, when? and 2) once a government has acquired a person's social security number, is that number a public record, accessible to anyone who cares to ask?
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20554
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The 1994 NC General Assembly enacted Chapter 570 (HB 120), which makes significant changes to the state's open meetings law. The major changes are made in two areas of the statute--first, in the definition of public body, the type of group subject to the statute, and second, in the authorizations to hold closed sessions.
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20570
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A number of North Carolina cities and towns are seeking to attract new business by offering incentive grants linked to property taxes. This means that a business that invests money in a new plant and equipment would receive property tax relief for a specified number of years. In essence the local government is refunding part of the taxes paid on property and creating a partial exception of the property from taxation. This bulletin examines whether such action is legal under the NC Constitution.
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20574
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Calvin H. Wiley was the Superintendent of Common Schools from 1852 to 1865 in North Carolina. Though a slave owner, Wiley held more sympathetic views towards African Americans. By analyzing Wiley's portrayal of African Americans in two of his novels, \"Alamance\" and \"Roanoke,\" the author evaluates Wiley's perspective on slavery and how this differed from his peers.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Jan 1964,
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20577
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In Multi-Media Publishing of North Carolina, Inc. v. Henderson County, decided on February 15, 2000, the NC Court of Appeals explored the contours of the open meetings law provision that allows a public body to hold a closed session to \"consult with an attorney employed or retained by the public body in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the attorney and the public body.\"
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20581
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This bulletin presents a broad review of questions that arise under the authorization for closed sessions, which has been the subject of four court of appeals decisions in recent years and undertakes a detailed consideration of the authorization, both to review the recent decisions and to discuss other aspects of the statutory language.
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20582
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ThisbBulletin discusses a Court of Appeals decision, August 6, 2002, Boney Publishers, Inc. v. Burlington City Council, which addresses the purchase of real property and the circumstances in which the name of the landowner, the location of the property, and the city's proposed use of the property are not material terms of a contract to acquire property. Consequently the local government is obliged to disclose those facts in open session.
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20596
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This article examines the journalism profession, newspaper production, and editors' writings and ethics between 1815 and 1835.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 3, July 1953,
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20686
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This bulletin summarizes the obligations of North Carolina public employers when employees leave to serve in the United States Armed Forces during a military mobilization.
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20687
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The United States Supreme Court decided a record number of employment law cases in its 2001-2002 term. This Public Personnel Bulletin is the first of two that will discuss those decisions, and it focuses on four Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) cases.
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20688
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This Public Personnel Law Bulletin is the second of two discussing the employment law decisions issued by the United States Supreme Court during its 2001-2002 term. Part I discussed four Americans with Disabilities Act cases. This bulletin discusses six cases covering a range of personnel law issues.
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