GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 866 
SENATE BILL 229 

AN ACT REQUIRING A COST STATEMENT TO APPEAR ON STATE PUBLICATIONS. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The third sentence of G.S. 143-168 is repealed. 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-169 (a) is repealed. 
Sec. 3.  G.S. 143-169.1(a) is amended by changing the period at the end of the subsection to a comma and adding the following language: 
"or are recipients contemplated for receipt of the pertinent public document by express provision of statute or judicial order." 
Sec. 4.  G.S. 143-169.1(b) is rewritten to read: 
"(b)	For the purposes of this Article, the term 'public document' shall mean any annual, biennial, regular or special report or publication of which at least 200 copies are printed, but shall not include intra-agency communications nor agency correspondence." 
Sec. 5.  G.S. 143-169.1(c) is rewritten to read: 
"(c)	For the purposes of this Article, the term 'agency' shall mean and include, as the context may require, State department, institution, commission, committee, board, division, bureau, officer or official; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the General Assembly, the Department of Revenue, the Department of Commerce, or to the Administrative Office of the Courts and the court system." 
Sec. 6.  Article 13 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: 
"§ 143-170.1. Statement of cost of public documents.–Every agency of this State publishing a public document, other than one published for the principal purpose of sale to the public, shall cause the following statement to be printed adjacent to the identification of the agency responsible for the publication: 
'(number of copies) copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $____, or $____ per copy.' 
For the purposes of this Article the term 'cost' shall include only direct reproduction costs in the form of labor and materials." 
Sec. 7.  The chief administrator of the agency authorizing the printing is charged with agency compliance with the provisions of this Article. 
Sec. 8.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983 and shall apply only to publications printed after the effective date. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of July, 1983.