| 13 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT TO MODIFY THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF LEGISLATORS DOCUMENTS. 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 120-135 reads as rewritten: 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | "ยง 120-135. Legislator is custodian of documents. 5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | (a) Each legislator, while in office and after leaving office, shall be the custodian of all 6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | documents, supporting documents, drafting requests, and information requests made or received 7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | by that legislator while a legislator. 8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) A legislator, while in office or after leaving office, shall not be required to reveal or 9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | to consent to reveal any document, supporting document, drafting request, or information request 10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | made or received by that legislator while a legislator.legislator, except for with respect to the 11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | following: 12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) Federal grand jury subpoenas. 13 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) Requests for information from investigative authorities. 14 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) Correspondence regarding bills appropriating State funds to businesses and 15 |
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| 28 | 28 | | nonprofits. 16 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (4) Correspondence with lobbyists and lobbyist principals regarding legislation. 17 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (5) Compensation records of the legislator's staff. 18 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (6) Correspondence with State agencies regarding business interests of the 19 |
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| 32 | 32 | | legislator." 20 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 21 |
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