§ 8-58.63 – (Article has a contingent effective date see note) Preemption of local laws.
8-58.63. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Preemption of local laws. No local law, rule, ordinance, or permit condition may circumvent or limit the privilege established by this Article or the exercise of the privileges or the presumption and immunity established by this Article. (2015-286, s. 4.1(a).)
§ 8-58.1 – Injured party as witness when medical charges at issue.
8-58.1. Injured party as witness when medical charges at issue. (a) Whenever an issue of hospital, medical, dental, pharmaceutical, or funeral charges arises in any civil proceeding, the injured party or his guardian, administrator, or executor is competent to give evidence regarding the amount paid or required to be paid in full satisfaction of such […]
§ 8-59 – Issue and service of subpoena.
8-59. Issue and service of subpoena. In obtaining the testimony of witnesses in causes pending in the trial divisions of the General Court of Justice, subpoenas shall be issued and served in the manner provided in Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for civil actions. Provided that in criminal cases any employee of […]
§ 8-58.20 – Forensic analysis admissible as evidence.
8-58.20. Forensic analysis admissible as evidence. (a) In any criminal prosecution, a laboratory report of a written forensic analysis, including an analysis of the defendant’s DNA, or a forensic sample alleged to be the defendant’s DNA, as that term is defined in G.S. 15A-266.2(2), that states the results of the analysis and that is signed […]
§ 8-61 – Subpoena for the production of documentary evidence.
8-61. Subpoena for the production of documentary evidence. Subpoenas for the production of records, books, papers, documents, or tangible things may be issued in criminal actions in the same manner as provided for civil actions in Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. (1797, c. 476, P.R.; R.C., c. 31, s. 81; Code, s. […]
§ 8-58.50 – (Article has a contingent effective date see note)Purpose.
8-58.50. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note). Purpose. (a) In order to encourage owners and operators of facilities and persons conducting activities regulated under those portions of the General Statutes set forth in G.S. 8-58.52, or conducting activities regulated under other environmental laws, to conduct voluntary internal environmental audits of their compliance […]
§ 8-63 – Witnesses attend until discharge; effect of nonattendance.
8-63. Witnesses attend until discharge; effect of nonattendance. Every witness, being summoned to appear in any of the said courts, in manner before directed, shall appear accordingly, and, subject to the provisions of G.S. 6-51, continue to attend from session to session until discharged, when summoned in a civil action or special proceeding, by the […]
§ 8-58.51 – (Article has a contingent effective date see note) Definitions.
8-58.51. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality. (2) "Enforcement agencies" means the Department, any other agency of the State, and units of local government responsible for enforcement of environmental laws. (3) "Environmental audit" means a voluntary, […]
§ 8-58.52 – (Article has a contingent effective date see note) Applicability.
8-58.52. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Applicability. (a) This Article applies to activities regulated under environmental laws, including all of the following provisions of the General Statutes, and rules adopted thereunder: (1) Article 7 of Chapter 74. (2) Chapter 104E. (3) Article 25 of Chapter 113. (4) Articles 1, 4, and […]
§ 8-58.53 – (Article has a contingent effective date see note) Environmental audit report; privilege.
8-58.53. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Environmental audit report; privilege. (a) An environmental audit report or any part of an environmental audit report is privileged and, therefore, immune from discovery and is not admissible as evidence in civil or administrative proceedings, except as provided in G.S. 8-58.54 and G.S. 8-58.56. Provided, […]