GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 752*

Short Title:  State Land Records Exempt.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Sherron, Martin of Pitt; and Carpenter.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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April 8, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO TEMPORARILY EXEMPT CERTAIN STATE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 132-6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 132-6. Inspection and examination of records.
(a)	Every person having custody of public records shall permit them to be inspected and examined at reasonable times and under his supervision by any person, and he shall furnish certified copies thereof on payment of fees as prescribed by law.
	(b)	Notwithstanding the foregoing, public records relating to the proposed expansion or location of specific business or industrial projects in the State may be withheld so long as their inspection, examination or copying would frustrate the purpose for which such public records were created; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to permit the withholding of public records relating to general economic development policies or activities.
(c)	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all records, except appraisals, of any State or local governmental agency, made or received, in conjunction with the proposed acquisition of any interest in real property, whether by purchase, exchange, gift, condemnation, or lease, or the proposed disposition of any interest in real property owned by the State, whether by sale, exchange, or lease, shall be temporarily exempt from the provisions of this section until such time as the proposed acquisition or proposed disposition has been presented either to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations or the Council of State, or the proposed transaction has been terminated or abandoned by the Department of Administration, whichever occurs first.  Appraisals, made or received, in these proposed acquisitions or dispositions, shall remain exempt until such time as the property has been acquired or sold, as evidenced by the recording of a deed or lease, a final judgment has been entered in a condemnation action, or the proposed transaction has been terminated or abandoned by the Department of Administration, whichever occurs first."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.