AN ACT TO require the retirement system division of the department of state treasurer to provide direct access to information requested by the fiscal research division.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 120‑32.01 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120‑32.01.  Information to be supplied.
(a)	Every State department, State agency, or State institution shall furnish the Legislative Services Office and the Research, Fiscal Research, and Bill Drafting Divisions any information or records requested by them. Except when accessibility is prohibited by a federal statute, federal regulation or State statute, every State department, State agency, or State institution shall give the Legislative Services Office and the Fiscal Research Division access to any data base or stored information maintained by computer, telecommunications, or other electronic data processing equipment, whether stored on tape, disk, or otherwise, and regardless of the medium for storage or transmission.
(b)	Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, access to the State Personnel Management Information System by the Research and Bill Drafting Divisions shall only be through the Fiscal Research Division.
(c)	Consistent with subsection (a) of this section and notwithstanding any other law relating to privacy of personnel records, the Retirement Systems Division of the Department of State Treasurer shall furnish the Fiscal Research Division direct online read‑only access to active and retired member information or records maintained by the Retirement Systems Division in online information systems. Direct online read‑only access shall not include access to medical records of individual members. Nothing in this subsection shall limit the provisions of subsection (a) of this section."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of June, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 3:27 p.m. this 21st day of June, 2007