A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the program evaluation division of the General Assembly to inventory and evaluate antipoverty efforts in the state and to write a history of the state's efforts to reduce poverty, as recommended by the joint legislative commission on poverty reduction and economic recovery.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 120‑36.12 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120‑36.12.  Duties of Program Evaluation Division.
The Program Evaluation Division of the Legislative Services Commission has the following powers and duties:
(1)	To examine a program or an activity of a State agency and evaluate the merits of the program or activity and the agency's effectiveness in conducting the program or activity.
(2)	To develop quantitative indicators for measuring the activities performed and services provided by a State agency and the extent to which the activities and services are achieving desired results.
(3)	To develop unit cost measures to determine the cost of activities performed and services provided by a State agency.
(4)	To determine if a program or an activity of a State agency complies with the agency's mission, as established by law.
(5)	To make unannounced visits to a State agency when needed to evaluate a program or an activity of the agency.
(6)	To make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a State agency.
(7)	To determine the extent to which a State agency has implemented any of the Division's recommendations concerning the agency.
(8)	To require a State agency to submit a written response to a proposed or final recommendation of the Division and to submit a written explanation of the extent to which the agency has implemented the Division's recommendations.
(9)	To make periodic reports of the activities and recommendations of the Division and of any savings achieved by the implementation of its recommendations.
(10)	To receive reports alleging improper activities or matters of public concern listed in G.S. 126‑84. The individual making the report may, at the individual's discretion, remain anonymous. Any report received under this subdivision, in whatever form, shall not be a "public record" as defined by G.S. 132‑1 and becomes available to the public only as provided in G.S. 120‑131.
(11)	To conduct and update an inventory of State programs that are aimed at reducing or alleviating the condition of poverty, to evaluate the outcomes and effectiveness of those programs, and to write and update a history of State efforts to reduce poverty."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.