AN ACT authorizing law ENFORCEMENT agencies to DISSEMINATE an assessment of criminal intelligence information to a school principal pursuant to federal law.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 13A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14‑50.27A.  Dissemination of criminal intelligence information.
A law enforcement agency may disseminate an assessment of criminal intelligence information to the principal of a school when necessary to avoid imminent danger to the life of a student or employee of the school or to the public school property pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 23.20. The notification may be made in person or by telephone. As used in this subsection, the term "school" means any public or private school in the State under Chapter 115C of the General Statutes."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 2009.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 4:32 p.m. this 11th day of June, 2009