GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

 

 

SESSION LAW 2007-512

HOUSE BILL 943

 

 

AN ACT to require the state registrar to assist county jury commissions in updating their lists of prospective jurors by providing a list of residents of each county who have died recently; to require the state registrar to provide the commissioner of motor vehicles with a list of residents of the state who have died recently; and to exclude from the lists provided by the commissioner of motor vehicles to county jury commissions the names of persons whose drivers licenses have been expired for at least eight years and who have been inactive voters for at least eight years.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 9-2(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      In preparing the list, the jury commission shall use the list of registered voters and persons with drivers license records supplied to the county by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to G.S. 20-43.4. The commission shall remove from the list the names of those residents of the county who are recently deceased, which shall be supplied to the commission by the State Registrar under G.S. 130A-121(a). The commission may use fewer than all the names from the list if it uses a random method of selection. The commission may use other sources of names deemed by it to be reliable."

SECTION 2.  Article 4 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 130A-121.  List of deceased residents for county jury commission and Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

(a)       The State Registrar shall provide to each county's jury commission an alphabetical list of all residents of that county who have died in the two years prior to July 1 of each odd-numbered year, unless an annual jury list is being prepared under G.S. 9-2(a), in which case the list shall be of all residents of the county who have died in the year prior to July 1 of each year. The list shall include the name and address of each deceased resident and may be in either printed or computerized form, as requested by the jury commission.

(b)       The State Registrar shall provide to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles an alphabetical list of all residents of the State who have died in the two years prior to July 1 of each odd-numbered year, unless an annual jury list is being prepared under G.S. 9-2(a), in which case the list shall be of all residents of the State who have died in the year prior to July 1 of each year. The list shall include the name and address of each deceased resident and may be in either printed or computerized form, as requested by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles."

SECTION 3.  G.S. 20-43.4 reads as rewritten:

"§ 20-43.4.  Current list of licensed drivers to be provided to jury commissions.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall provide to each county jury commission an alphabetical list of all persons that the Commissioner has determined are residents of the county, who will be 18 years of age or older as of the first day of January of the following year, and licensed to drive a motor vehicle as of July 1 of each odd-numbered year, provided that if an annual jury list is being prepared under G.S. 9-2(a), the list to be provided to the county jury commission shall be updated and provided annually. The list shall include those persons whose license to drive has been suspended, and those former licensees whose license has been canceled.canceled, except that the list shall not include the name of any formerly licensed driver whose license is expired and has not been renewed for eight years or more. The list shall contain the address and zip code of each driver, plus the driver's date of birth, sex, social security number, and drivers license number, and may be in either printed or computerized form, as requested by each county. Before providing the list to the county jury commission, the Commissioner shall have computer-matched the list with the voter registration list of the State Board of Elections to eliminate duplicates. The Commissioner shall also remove from the list the names of those residents of the county who are recently deceased, which shall be supplied to the Commissioner by the State Registrar under G.S. 130A-121(b). The Commissioner shall include in the list provided to the county jury commission names of registered voters who do not have drivers licenses, and shall indicate the licensed or formerly licensed drivers who are also registered voters, the licensed or formerly licensed drivers who are not registered voters, and the registered voters who are not licensed or formerly licensed drivers. The list so provided shall be used solely for jury selection and election records purposes and no other. Information provided by the Commissioner to county jury commissions and the State Board of Elections under this section shall remain confidential, shall continue to be subject to the disclosure restriction provisions of G.S. 20-43.1, and shall not be a public record for purposes of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes." 

SECTION 4.  G.S. 163-82.11(e) reads as rewritten:

"(e)      Cooperation on List for Jury Commission. - The State Board of Elections shall assist the Division of Motor Vehicles in providing to the county jury commission of each county, as required by G.S. 20-43.4, a list of all registered voters in the county and all persons in the county with drivers license records. The list of registered voters provided by the State Board of Elections shall not include any registered voter who has been inactive for eight years or more."  

SECTION 5.  G.S. 20-7(b2) reads as rewritten:

"(b2)    Disclosure of Social Security Number. - The social security number of an applicant is not a public record. The Division may not disclose an applicant's social security number except as allowed under federal law. A violation of the disclosure restrictions is punishable as provided in 42 U.S.C. § 408, and amendments to that law.

In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 405 and 42 U.S.C. 666, and amendments thereto, the Division may disclose a social security number obtained under subsection (b1) of this section only as follows:

(1)       For the purpose of administering the drivers license laws.

(2)       To the Department of Health and Human Services, Child Support Enforcement Program for the purpose of establishing paternity or child support or enforcing a child support order.

(3)       To the Department of Revenue for the purpose of verifying taxpayer identity.

(4)       To the Office of Indigent Defense Services of the Judicial Department for the purpose of verifying the identity of a represented client and enforcing a court order to pay for the legal services rendered.

(5)       To each county jury commission for the purpose of verifying the identity of deceased persons whose names should be removed from jury lists."

SECTION 6.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2007.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of August, 2007.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 1:12 p.m. this 30th day of August, 2007