GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-191
SENATE BILL 645

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DISCLOSURE OF PROPERTY INTERESTS AND ASSETS BY GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Every member of the Guilford County Board of Education shall, within 30 days after the effective date of this act or within 30 days after assuming office, whichever comes later, disclose any legal, equitable or beneficial interest the member or the member's spouse may have in any real property which is in Guilford County.
This disclosure shall be filed in writing with the Clerk of Superior Court of Guilford County and shall include all real property which any council member holds title to, individually or jointly, any real property held in trust, as well as any pecuniary interest he may have in any business, firm, or corporation of whatever nature, which holds title to or has any ownership interest in any real property within Guilford County.
Section 2.  Every member of the Guilford County Board of Education shall disclose any legal, equitable or beneficial ownership interest he may have in any business, firm, or corporation, of whatever nature, which is doing business with the Guilford County School Administrative Unit pursuant to contracts which have been awarded by the Guilford County School Administrative Unit.
Section 3.  Every member of the Guilford County Board of Education shall disclose any legal, equitable or beneficial ownership interest he may have in any business, firm, or corporation, of whatever nature, which is attempting to secure the award of a bid from the Guilford County School Administrative Unit, prior to the award of any contract.
Section 4.  The acquisition by any member subject to this act of any legal, equitable or beneficial interest in real property within Guilford County shall be disclosed within 30 days after the acquisition of that property. Any legal, equitable or beneficial ownership interest which any member has in any business, firm, or corporation, of whatever nature, with whom the Guilford County School Administrative Unit is now doing business, shall be disclosed within 30 days after the effective date of this act or within 30 days after acquisition of the ownership interest, whichever is later.
Section 5.  Every Guilford Board of Education member who has an ownership interest required to be disclosed by this act shall disqualify himself from voting on any matter involving any such ownership interest which comes for official action before the Guilford County Board of Education.
Section 6.  Any member who violates any provision of this act shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Section 7.  This act applies to the Guilford County Board of Education only.
Section 8.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1998.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of June, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives