GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

 

 

SESSION LAW 2013-96

HOUSE BILL 125

 

 

AN ACT to clarify that certain types of proprietary computer code are not a public record.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 132-1.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(g)       Public Agency Proprietary Computer Code. - Proprietary computer code written by and for use by an agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions is not a public record as defined in G.S. 132-1."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to public records existing before, on, or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of June, 2013.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Pat McCrory

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 4:29 p.m. this 12th day of June, 2013