AN ACT to clarify that certain types of proprietary computer code are not a public record.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 132‑1.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(g)	Public Agency Proprietary Computer Code. – Proprietary computer code written by and for use by an agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions is not a public record as defined in G.S. 132‑1."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to public records existing before, on, or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of June, 2013.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 4:29 p.m. this 12th day of June, 2013