GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	3
SENATE BILL 15
Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 4/25/01
Third Edition Engrossed 4/26/01

Short Title:	Penalties/Unauth. Disclosure Employee Info.	()	
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January 29, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ELIMINATE AUTHORIZATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ACCESS CONFIDENTIAL PERSONNEL INFORMATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND STATE EMPLOYEES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 126-24(3) is repealed.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 120-19 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120-19.  State officers, etc., upon request, to furnish data and information to legislative committees.
Except as provided in G.S. 105-259, 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.  This section shall not apply to personnel information of employees that is confidential under Chapters 115C, 115D, and 126 of the North Carolina General Statutes."
	SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.