GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 450
     

 
Short Title:	Abolish P. R.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Webster, Carrington;  Allran, Ballantine, Berger, Bingham, Carpenter, Forrester, Foxx, Garwood, Hartsell, Horton, Moore, Rucho, and Shaw of Guilford.	
Referred to:	Appropriations/Base Budget.	
March 14, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to abolish paid lobbyists and public relations persons in north carolina state government.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  No State agency shall employ any person as a lobbyist, legislative liaison personnel as defined by G.S. 120‑47.8, or in public relations.
SECTION 2.  As used in this act "State agency" includes the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and The University of North Carolina, and any board, commission, council, committee, department, division, constituent institution, or other administrative agency of any of them.
SECTION 3.  The amount of savings realized in each State agency on account of Section 1 of this act shall be transferred to a Reserve in the Office of State Budget, Planning, and Management to be used for the digitization of public records.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.