GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 15

 
 
Short Title:	Access to State Emp. Records.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Reeves;  Carter and Metcalf.	
Referred to:	Judiciary II.	
January 29, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT ALLOWING ACCESS TO CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL STATE EMPLOYEE INFORMATION UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S.120-19 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120‑19.  State officers, etc., upon request, to furnish data and information to legislative committees.
(a)	Except as provided by G.S. 105-259 or subsection (b) of this section, all officers, agents, agencies and departments of the State are required to give to any committee of the General Assembly, upon request, all information and all data within their possession, or ascertainable from their records. This requirement is mandatory and shall include requests made by any individual member of the General Assembly or one of its committees or the chair of a committee. 
(b)	Confidential information in the personnel files of State employees shall be made available to individual members of the General Assembly only upon the prior approval of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.