GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	3 

HOUSE BILL 898*
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/23/97
Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 8/19/97

Short Title:  UNC Public Records/Open Meeting.  	(Public)

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Referred to:  Rules and Operations of the Senate.

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April 8, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW TO INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Legislative Research Commission may study the relationship of the Open Meetings Law, as set forth in Article 33C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, and the Public Records Law, as set forth in Chapter 132 of the General Statutes, to The University of North Carolina and its constituent institutions.  The study shall include at least the following:
(1)	Excluding from the definition of public records, attorney work product, certain donor and alumni records, and drafts of certain documents;
(2)	Inclusion of faculty as professional staff under the Open Meetings Law; and
(3)	Other ways to assist the University system to best serve its educational purposes within the public purposes of the Open Meetings Law and the Public Records Law.
Section 2.  The Legislative Research Commission may make an interim report to the 1997 General Assembly, 1998 Regular Session, and shall make a final report to the 1999 General Assembly.
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.