GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 630
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/25/89

Short Title:  Economic Development Records.	(Public)
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March 15, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECORDS FROM DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 132 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 132-1.2.  Trade secrets.
Nothing in this Article shall be construed to require or authorize a public agency to disclose any information which:
(1)	Constitutes a ‘trade secret' as defined in G.S. 66-152(3);
(2)	is the property of a private ‘person' as defined in G.S. 66-152(2);
(3)	Is disclosed or furnished to the public agency in connection with the owner's performance of a public contract or in connection with a bid, application, proposal, or industrial development project; and
(4)	Is designated as ‘confidential' and/or as a ‘trade secret' at the time of its initial disclosure to the public agency."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.