GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-287
HOUSE BILL 852

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION IN A 911 DATABASE OBTAINED FROM A TELEPHONE COMPANY IS CONFIDENTIAL IF REQUIRED BY THE AGREEMENT OBTAINING THE INFORMATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 132 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 132-1.5.  911 database.
Automatic number identification and automatic location identification information that consists of the name, address, and telephone numbers of telephone subscribers which is contained in a county 911 database is confidential and is not a public record as defined by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes if that information is required to be confidential by the agreement with the telephone company by which the information was obtained.  Dissemination of the information contained in the 911 automatic number and automatic location database is prohibited except on a call-by-call basis only for the purpose of handling emergency calls or for training, and any permanent record of the information shall be secured by the public safety answering points and disposed of in a manner which will retain that security except as otherwise required by applicable law."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of July, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 11:57 a.m. this 10th day of July, 1997