LEO PRIVACY PROTECTION.

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 477 (Public) Filed Wednesday, April 1, 2015
AN ACT TO EXEMPT GOVERNMENT‑ISSUED MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL FROM DISCLOSURE AS A PUBLIC RECORD.
Intro. by Malone, Saine, Faircloth, McNeill.

Status: Re-ref Com On Judiciary II (Senate Action) (Jul 13 2015)

SOG comments (2):

Change Long Title

House committee substitute to 1st edition changed long title.  Long title was AN ACT TO REQUIRE 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.

Long title change

The House amendment to the 2nd edition changed the act's title. The previous long title was: AN ACT TO DIRECT THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT 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 AND TO EXEMPT GOVERNMENT‑ISSUED MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL FROM DISCLOSURE AS A PUBLIC RECORD.

H 477

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 29 2015 - View Summary

    House amendment makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

    Deletes the study requirement and makes conforming changes. Changes the act's long title. 


  • Summary date: Apr 27 2015 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Deletes all provisions of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.

    Requires the Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government to study the development of a process to remove personal information of nonelected officials from records available on websites maintained by cities and counties. Specifies seven issues to be considered. Requires a report to the 2016 Session of the 2015 General Assembly.

    Amends GS 132-1.7 to add that public records do not include mobile phone numbers issued by local, county, or state government to (1) law enforcement officers or public law enforcement agency employees, (2) fire department employees, and (3) employees whose duties include emergency response.

    Amends the act's long title.


  • Summary date: Apr 1 2015 - View Summary

    Identical to S 516, filed 3/25/15.

    Creates a new provision, GS 153A-148.2, requiring all counties to comply with requests from certain non-elected local, state and federal law enforcement personnel to remove the law enforcement personnel’s personal information, including address and telephone number from any Internet website maintained by the county and available to the general public, including tax records. Creates identical requirements for municipalities in new GS 160A-208.2. The law enforcement personnel authorized to make such requests of local governments are federal, state, or local law enforcement officers, state criminal magistrates, assistant district attorneys, North Carolina Department of Justice prosecutors, United States Attorneys, Assistant United States Attorneys, and federal judges. 

    Requires that information removed from local government websites under these new provisions remain public records if it would otherwise be subject to disclosure under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes.  States that requests from law enforcement personnel under these new provisions are not public records and must be kept confidential. Provides immunity for local governments and their officials, agents, and employees for good faith actions implementing the new provisions but states that such officials, employees, or agents may be subject to liability as permitted by the laws of the state if their actions were outside the scope of their official duties.