GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 995

Short Title:  Regulate Certain Empl. Agencies.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Wainwright; Cunningham, Fitch, Hensley, H. Hunter, Kahl, Luebke, McAllister, and Michaux.
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Referred to:  Economic Expansion.
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April 19, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REGULATE CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES EXEMPTED FROM CURRENT REGULATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 95-47.1(16) reads as rewritten:
"(16)	'Private personnel service' means any business operated in the State of North Carolina by any person for profit which secures employment or by any form of advertising holds itself out to applicants as able to secure employment or to provide information or service of any kind purporting to promote, lead to or result in employment for the applicant with any employer other than itself, regardless of whether an applicant may become liable for the payment of a fee to the private personnel service, either directly or indirectly. 'Private personnel service' does not include:
a.	Any educational, religious, charitable, fraternal or benevolent organization which charges no fee for services rendered in securing employment or providing information about employment;
b.	Any employment service operated by the State of North Carolina, the Government of the United States, or any city, county, or town, or any agency thereof;
	d.	Any newspaper of general circulation or other business engaged primarily in communicating information other than information about specific positions of employment and that does not purport to adapt the information provided to the needs or desires of an individual subscriber;
e.	Employment offices that charge no fee to the applicant other than union dues or to the employer and which are used solely for the hiring of employees under a valid union contract by the employer subscribing to this contract.
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Sec. 2. G.S. 95-47.14 is repealed.
Sec. 3. G.S. 95-47.15 is repealed.
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective October 1, 1991.