GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 172
SENATE BILL 657

AN ACT TO REQUIRE JOB LISTING SERVICES TO SECURE A BOND AS A CONDITION OF LICENSURE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 95-47.22 reads as rewritten:
"§ 95-47.22.  Licensing procedure.
(a)	In addition to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, the procedure, under rules adopted pursuant to this Article, for the issuance, denial and renewal of job listing service licenses and other aspects of the licensing of job listing services by the Commissioner shall be substantially the same as that provided under Article 5A of this Chapter for the licensing of private personnel services.
(b)	Before the Department may issue or renew a license under this Article, each licensee shall deposit with the Department a bond payable to the State of North Carolina and executed by a surety company duly authorized to transact business in this State. The bond shall be in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and, if the job listing service terminates its business, shall be held by the Department until all refunds due applicants under this Article have been paid by the job listing service."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 95-47.24 reads as rewritten:
"§ 95-47.24. Certain practices prohibited.
Under regulations adopted pursuant to this Article, a job listing service shall abide by provisions substantially the same as those provided under G.S. 95-47.6(7) (kickbacks), G.S. 95-47.6(9) (misrepresentation), and G.S. 95-47.2(d)(3)c. (loan or collection agencies) for a private personnel service."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of June, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives