{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-145.12","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-145.12","heading":"Limitations on regulations of auxiliary containers; shopping carts.","body":"(a)\tExcept as provided under subsection (b) of this section, no county may adopt an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule to:\n(1)\tRestrict, tax, charge a fee, prohibit, or otherwise regulate the use, disposition, or sale of an auxiliary container.\n(2)\tRegulate the use of shopping carts, including the imposition of a fee or fine on a business for failure to take possession of a shopping cart that was removed from the premises of the business.\n(b)\tA county is authorized to:\n(1)\tOperate a recycling program, a composting program, and a solid waste disposal program as authorized by law.\n(2)\tRegulate the use of auxiliary containers on property owned or maintained by the county.\n(c)\tThe following definitions shall apply in this section:\n(1)\tAuxiliary container. - A bag, cup, package, container, bottle, device, or other packaging made of cloth, paper, plastic, foamed plastic, fiber, expanded plastic, cardboard, corrugated material, aluminum, glass, post-consumer recycled material, or similar coated or laminated material that is designed for the consumption, transportation, or protection of merchandise, food, or beverage at a food service facility, manufacturing facility, distribution facility, processing facility, or retail facility.\n(2)\tShopping cart. - As defined in G.S. 14-72.3(a)(1). (2023-134, s. 5.9(d).)","path":["Chapter 153A. Counties.","Article 6. Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_153A/GS_153A-145.12.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:24:07Z","sha256":"798da045fb4b42540ad15eec42d91b294a72c344133fd977fa0b9527b6884c3b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-145.11","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-146"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}