{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-44","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-44","heading":"Members excused from voting.","body":"The board may excuse a member from voting, but only upon questions involving the member's own financial interest or official conduct or on matters on which the member is prohibited from voting under G.S. 14-234 or G.S. 160D-109. For purposes of this section, the question of the compensation and allowances of members of the board does not involve a member's own financial interest or official conduct. (Code, s. 706; Rev., s. 1317; C.S., s. 1296; 1945, c. 132; 1951, c. 904, s. 1; 1961, c. 154; 1967, c. 617, s. 1; 1969, c. 349, s. 1; c. 1036; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 2001-409, s. 8; 2005-426, s. 5.1(b); 2013-126, s. 6; 2022-62, s. 39.)","path":["Chapter 153A. Counties.","Article 4. Form of Government.","Part 3. Organization and Procedures of the Board of Commissioners."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_153A/GS_153A-44.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:24:07Z","sha256":"ca02c18d504185e6fbe842cc1fc4156d47bda52b8c1c19cae7847b1e78b2af2c","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-43","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}