A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR BETTER DISCLOSURE OF SPECIAL PROVISIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE BILLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Executive Budget Act, Article 1 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 143‑13.1. Disclosure of sponsors of special provisions and special projects in budget and finance bills.
(a)	The Current Operations Appropriations Bill, a bill making general revisions in that act for the second year of the biennium, and any bill affecting taxes and fees that has more than one provision, shall list the member or members who requested each:
(1)	Special provision in such appropriation bill.
(2)	Special item of appropriation or budget narrative in the committee report accompanying a budget bill.
(3)	Item levying, raising, or reducing any tax or fee, or making any special exemption to such tax or fee.
(b)	The list required by subsection (a) of this section shall either be contained directly in the bill or committee report, or in a separate report from the committee. If contained in a separate report, that report must be distributed to all members at the same time as the bill or committee report, and must be published on the General Assembly's Web site contemporaneously with publication of the bill or report on the Web site."
SECTION 2.  Effective July 1, 2007, G.S. 143‑13.1 as enacted by Section 1 of this act is recodified as G.S. 143C‑5‑6.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.