A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reduce the number of recipients of hard copies of the appellate division reports distributed at state expense, As recommended by the Legislative Research Commission's Committee on Judicial Efficiency and Effective Administration of Justice.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑343.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A‑343.1.  Distribution of copies of the appellate division reports.
(a)	The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall, at the State's expense distribute such number of copies of the appellate division reports to federal, State departments and agencies, as follows:
						Office of the Attorney General	1
																							Archives and History, Division of	1
		Legislative Library	1
Justices of the Supreme Court	1 ea.
Judges of the Court of Appeals	1 ea.
	Clerks of the Superior Court	1 ea.

Supreme Court Library	
	5
Appellate Division Reporter	1
																						United States Department of Justice	1
		Library of Congress	5
	Marshal of the United States Supreme Court	1
	Federal Clerks of Court resident in North Carolina	1 ea.
Supreme Court Library exchange list	1
Cherokee Supreme Court, Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians	1
The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall develop a process through which all other persons or entities may obtain copies of the appellate division reports by purchase. The purchase price shall represent the actual cost to the State of publication and shipping.
Each justice of the Supreme Court and judge of the Court of Appeals shall receive for private use, one complete and up‑to‑date set of the appellate division reports. The copies of reports furnished each justice or judge as set out in the table above may be retained personally to enable the justice or judge to keep up‑to‑date the personal set of reports.
(b)	The appellate division reports shall be made available by electronic means, at no cost to the recipient, through publication in a downloadable format on a publicly available Web site."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.