GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 898*
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/23/97

Short Title:  Public Records Law Amendments.  	(Public)

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April 8, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW TO CLARIFY PROVISIONS CONCERNING CORRESPONDENCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 132-6 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( g)	Upon receipt of a request by any person to inspect, examine or copy letters or other documents transmitted or received by a public agency by any mode of delivery or communication (including, but not limited to, the United States Postal Service, commercial postal delivery, electronic means, or hand delivery) the custodian of the agency's records: (i) shall promptly sort the letters or other documents to remove any items that are not public records, (ii) is not required to permit the inspection, examination or copying of items that are not public records, and (iii) is not required to permit the inspection, examination or copying of items that are public records until such sorting has occurred. Nothing in this section restricts the right of the addressee or recipient to route a letter or other document received in the course of public business to another person, but the addressee or recipient may make copies of the letter or other document and make them available for inspection and copying as provided by this Chapter."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.