GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 269
HOUSE BILL 630

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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1989.