GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1333
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/22/98

Short Title:  Publish Register and Code on Internet.	(Public)

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May 19, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE CODIFIER OF RULES TO PUBLISH THE NORTH CAROLINA REGISTER AND THE NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ON THE INTERNET.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 150B-21.17(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 150B-21.17.  North Carolina Register.
(a)	Content. – The Codifier of Rules must publish the North Carolina Register in print and on the Internet.  The North Carolina Register must be published at least two times a month and must contain the following:
(1)	Temporary rules entered in the North Carolina Administrative Code.
(1a)	Notices of rule-making proceedings, the text of proposed rules, and the text of permanent rules approved by the Commission.
(2)	Notices of receipt of a petition for municipal incorporation, as required by G.S. 120-165.
(3)	Executive orders of the Governor.
(4)	Final decision letters from the United States Attorney General concerning changes in laws that affect voting in a jurisdiction subject to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as required by G.S. 120-30.9H.
(5)	Orders of the Tax Review Board issued under G.S. 105-241.2.
(6)	Other information the Codifier determines to be helpful to the public."
Section 2.  G.S. 150B-21.18 reads as rewritten:
"§ 150B-21.18.  North Carolina Administrative Code.
The Codifier of Rules must compile all rules into a Code known as the North Carolina Administrative Code. The format and indexing of the Code must conform as nearly as practical to the format and indexing of the North Carolina General Statutes. The Codifier must publish printed copies of the Code and must publish the Code on the Internet. The Codifier must keep the Code current by publishing the Code in a loose-leaf format and periodically providing new pages to be substituted for outdated pages, by publishing the Code in volumes and periodically publishing cumulative supplements, or by another means. The Codifier may authorize and license the private indexing, marketing, sales, reproduction, and distribution of the printed version of the Code. The Codifier must keep superseded rules. "
Section 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of Administrative Hearings the sum of three hundred forty-six thousand six hundred forty-five dollars ($346,645) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to be allocated as follows:  three hundred two thousand forty-five dollars ($302,045) to publish the North Carolina Register and the North Carolina Administrative Code on the Internet; and forty-four thousand six hundred dollars ($44,600) to maintain the recurring cost of supporting the bimonthly publication of the North Carolina Register and the periodic publication of updates to the North Carolina Administrative Code on the Internet.
Section 4.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1999.