GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 725

Short Title:  EEOC Deferral Agency/Proceedings.	(Public)

─────────────────────────────────────── 
Sponsors: Senators Miller; and Reeves.

─────────────────────────────────────── 
Referred to:  Judiciary.

─────────────────────────────────────── 

April 7, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT PERTAINING TO THE FILING OF A DEFERRED CHARGE WITH EEOC OR THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS BY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-759 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:
"(b1)	The filing of any deferred charge with either the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or with the Office of Administrative Hearings by a State or local government employee covered under Chapter 126 of the General Statutes shall be construed as a commencement of proceedings under State law for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(c)."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to charges pending or filed on and after that date.