AN ACT to revise the law governing electronic signatures by clarifying that public agencies may use, as well as accept, electronic signatures.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 66‑58.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 66‑58.4.  Use of electronic signatures.
All public agencies may use and accept electronic signatures pursuant to this Article, pursuant to Article 40 of this Chapter (the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act), or pursuant to other law."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2007.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2007