AN ACT providing that the office of state budget and management must approve certain fees relating to government e‑commerce in consultation with the state chief information officer and the joint legislative commission on governmental operations.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 66‑58.12(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The fee imposed under subsection (b) of this section must be approved by the Office of State Budget and Management, in consultation with the State Chief Information Officer and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. The revenue derived from the fee must be credited to a nonreverting agency reserve account. The funds in the account may be expended only for e‑commerce initiatives and projects approved by the State Chief Information Officer, in consultation with the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology. For purposes of this subsection, the term "public agencies" does not include a county, unit, special district, or other political subdivision of government."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 2005.

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		 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2005