21 NCAC 12a .0905         MULTIPLE CLAIMS

(a)  Any time the Board has notice of more than one application or potential claim for payment from the fund arising out of the conduct of a single general contractor, the Board may, in its discretion, direct that all applications filed before a date determined by the Board, be consolidated for hearing.

(b)  When consolidation is appropriate, the Board shall issue to the general contractor, the applicants and potential claimants, an Order of Consolidation setting forth the deadline for filing all applications to be consolidated.  On or before the deadline, the Board may, in its discretion, either extend the deadline or issue to the general contractor and all applicants notice of the time, date and place set for a hearing on the consolidated applications.

(c)  Claims for which the Board has received no notice or for which no application has been filed prior to the deadline set forth in the Order of Consolidation shall not be considered by the Board until after the completion of all proceedings relating to the consolidated applications and payment thereon.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 87‑15.6; 87‑15.7;

Eff. January 4, 1993;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. July 23, 2016;

Recodified from 21 NCAC 12 .0905 Eff. January 2, 2020.