AN ACT exempting from public records documents collected or compiled in connection with an application for licensure under the laws regulating real estate brokers and salespersons.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 93A‑4 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:
"(b2)	Records, papers, and other documentation containing personal information collected or compiled by the Commission in connection with an application for examination, licensure, certification, or renewal or reinstatement, or the subsequent update of information shall not be considered public records within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes unless admitted into evidence in a hearing held by the Commission."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 2013.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 6:12 p.m. this 18th day of July, 2013