Bill Summary for S 78 (2013-2014)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE NORTH CAROLINA COURTS COMMISSION TO STUDY REQUIRING CITIES AND COUNTIES TO REMOVE PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM RECORDS AVAILABLE ON INTERNET WEB SITES MAINTAINED BY COUNTIES AND CITIES WHEN REQUESTED BY CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, PROSECUTORS, AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS.Intro. by Hartsell.
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House committee substitute deletes all the provisions of the 3rd edition and replaces it withAN ACT TO REQUIRE CITIES AND COUNTIES TO REMOVEPERSONALINFORMATION FROM TAXRECORDS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON AN INTERNET WEBSITE WHEN REQUESTED BY LAWENFORCEMENTOR A DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Enacts new GS 153A-148.2, pertaining to each county in the state, and new GS 160A-208.2, pertaining to each city in the state. Requires each county and each city to develop a process to be used by a law enforcement officer, a district attorney, or an assistant district attorney to request that an individual's personal information, including the person's address and telephone number, be removed from any Internet website displaying local tax records that is maintained by the city or maintained by the county and available to the public. Requires the request to specify the personal information to be removed from the website. Mandates that the city or county remove the information if properly requested. Provides that the information removed from the website continues to be a public record if it would otherwise be a public record under GS Chapter 132.