{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-147-86.19","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-86.19","heading":"Central bank digital currency payments prohibited.","body":"(a)\tThe following definitions apply in this section:\n(1)\tCentral bank digital currency. - A digital currency, a digital medium of exchange, or a digital monetary unit of account issued by the United States Federal Reserve System or a federal agency that is made directly available to a consumer by such entities. The term includes a digital currency, a digital medium of exchange, or a digital monetary unit of account issued by the United States Federal Reserve System or a federal agency that is processed or validated directly by such entities.\n(2)\tGeneral Court of Justice. - Includes any agency, institution, bureau, board, commission, or officer of the General Court of Justice as defined in Article IV of the North Carolina Constitution.\n(3)\tState agency. - Includes any institution, bureau, board, commission, officer, or political subdivision of the State.\n(b)\tNo State agency nor the General Court of Justice shall accept a payment using central bank digital currency.\n(c)\tNo State agency nor the General Court of Justice shall participate in any test of central bank digital currency by any Federal Reserve branch. (2024-48, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 147. State Officers.","Article 6A. Cash Management."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_147/GS_147-86.19.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:23:17Z","sha256":"e5862dcce1f3118a5e2f4b286e53fa675c95d1b347efada53065019c976264a5","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-147-86.16-through-147-86.18","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-147-86.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}