§ 111-13 Administration of assistance; objective standards for personnel; rules and regulations
§ 111-14 Application for benefits under Article; investigation and award by county commissioners
§ 111-15 Eligibility for relief
§ 111-16 Application for aid; notice of award; review
§ 111-17 Amount and payment of assistance; source of funds
§ 111-18 Payment of awards
§ 111-18.1 Award and assistance checks payable to decedents
§ 111-19 Intercounty transfer of recipients
§ 111-20 Awards subject to reopening upon change in condition
§ 111-21 Disqualifications for relief
§ 111-22 Beneficiaries not deemed paupers
§ 111-23 Misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining assistance
§ 111-24 Cooperation with federal departments or agencies; grants from federal government
§ 111-25 Acceptance and use of federal aid
§ 111-26 Termination of federal aid
§ 111-27 Department of Health and Human Services to promote employment of blind persons; vending stands on public property
§ 111-27.1 Department of Health and Human Services authorized to conduct certain business operations
§ 111-27.2 Blind vending-stand operators; retirement benefits
§ 111-28 Department of Health and Human Services authorized to receive grants for benefit of blind and visually impaired; use of information concerning blind persons
§ 111-28.1 Department of Health and Human Services authorized to cooperate with federal government in rehabilitation of blind and visually impaired
§ 111-29 Expenditure of equalizing funds; grants affording maximum federal aid; lending North Carolina reports
§ 111-30 Personal representatives for certain recipients of aid to the blind
§ 111-31 Courts for purposes of §§ 111-30 to 111-33; records
§ 111-32 Findings under § 111-30 not competent as evidence in other proceedings
§ 111-33 Sections 111-30 to 111-33 are not to affect provisions for payments for minors
§ 111-35 Authority of director of social services
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 111 > Article 2 - Aid to the Blind

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • month: shall be construed to mean a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3