Amends GS 126-23 (certain records to be kept by state agencies open to inspection) by enacting new (d) to provide that individuals in the custody of, or under the supervision of, the Department of Corrections and those in the custody of local jails are not entitled to access to and are prohibited from obtaining the records that are made public under the statute.
Enacts new GS 126-28.1 to make it a Class 3 misdemeanor, with a fine of up to $500, for any public official or employee to knowingly and willingly provide access to or custody or possession of any portion of a public employee record to persons prohibited from obtaining them under new GS 126-23(d). Amends GS 14-258.1 to make it a Class 1 misdemeanor to knowingly (1) give public employee records obtained under GS 126-23 to those prohibited from obtaining them under new (d) or (2) give or sell those records to a person for delivery to persons who are prohibited from obtaining those records under (d). Also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person in the custody or under the supervision of the Department or Correction or in the custody of a local jail to possess public employee records that the individual is prohibited from obtaining. Effective December 1, 2011.