GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1796*

Short Title:  Convenience Fee for Court Records.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Culpepper, Easterling, McCrary, Tolson; and Miller.

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Referred to:  Judiciary IV.

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May 25, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE THE CONVENIENCE FEE FOR REMOTE ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-109(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	In order to facilitate public access to court records, except where public access is prohibited by law, the Director may enter into one or more nonexclusive contracts with third parties to provide remote electronic access to the records by the public.  Each third-party contractor shall be charged a one-time setup fee to cover the actual cost of installation and termination of telephone lines and equipment and other setup costs.  Each third-party contractor shall also be charged an access fee of twenty-five cents (25¢) for each instance in which a person remotely accessing court records presses a key that displays information on the person's viewing screen.  Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted to the State Treasurer to be held in the Court Information Technology Fund established in G.S. 7A-343.2."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 15, 2000, and applies to all contracts entered into, renewed, or extended on or after that date.