AN ACT increasing the amount of time an agency has to request a review of a decision by the state chief information officer to deny or suspend approval of an information technology project or deny a request for a deviation.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 147‑33.72D(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Agency Request for Review. – In any instance where the State CIO has denied or suspended the approval of an information technology project, or has denied an agency's request for deviation pursuant to G.S. 147‑33.84, the agency may request a committee review of the State CIO's decision. The agency shall submit a written request for review to the State Controller within 15 working days following the agency's receipt of the State CIO's written grounds for denial or suspension. The agency's request for review shall specify the grounds for its disagreement with the State CIO's determination. The agency shall include with its request for review a copy of the State CIO's written grounds for denial or suspension."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2007.

	s/	 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 2:16 p.m. this 27th day of July, 2007