AN ACT to eliminate the requirement that notice of legislative meetings be posted on the press room door; to substitute a requirement of mailing and electronic posting of the meeting notice, and to require Appointing authorities to provide additional information regarding appointees to Certain State commissions, Councils, committees, and boards.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑318.14A(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Reasonable public notice of all meetings of commissions, committees, and standing subcommittees of the General Assembly shall be given. For purposes of this subsection, "reasonable public notice" includes, but is not limited to:
(1)	Notice given openly at a session of the Senate or of the House; or
(2)	Notice  mailed or sent by electronic mail to those who have requested notice, and to the Legislative Services  Office, which shall post the notice on the General Assembly web site.
G.S. 143‑318.12 shall not apply to meetings of commissions, committees, and standing subcommittees of the General Assembly."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 143‑47.7 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143‑47.7.  Notice and record of appointment required. 
(a)	Within 30 days after acceptance of appointment by a person appointed to public office, the appointing authority shall file written notice of  the appointment with the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Legislative Library, the State Library, and the State Controller. For the purposes of this section, a copy of the letter from the appointing  authority, a copy of the properly executed notice of appointment as set forth in subsection (c) of this section, or a copy of the properly executed Commission of Appointment shall be sufficient to be filed if  the copy contains the information required in subsection (b) of this section.
(b)	The notice required by this Article shall  contain the following information:
(1)	The name and office of the appointing authority;
(2)	The public office to which the appointment is made;
(3)	The name and address of the appointee;
(4)	The county of residence of the appointee;
(5)	The citation to the law or other authority authorizing the appointment;
(6)	The specific statutory qualification for the public office to which the appointment is made, if applicable;
(7)	The name of the person the appointee replaces, if applicable;
(8)	The date the term of the appointment begins; and
(9)	The date the term of the appointment ends.
(c)	The following form may be used to comply with the requirements of this section:
'NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Notice is given that 	 is hereby appointed to the following
				Name
public office:

Public Office:  	

Citation to Law or Other Authority Authorizing the Appointment:  

Specific Statutory Qualification for the Public Office, if Applicable:  

Address of the Appointee: 	

County of Residence of the Appointee:  	

Date Term of Appointment Begins:  	

Date Term of Appointment Ends:  	

Name of Person the Appointee Replaces, if applicable: 

			
	Date of Appointment					Signature
		
								Office of Appointing Authority

Distribution:
	Governor
	Secretary of State
	Legislative Library
	State Library
	State Controller' "
SECTION 3.  G.S. 143‑47.8 is repealed.
SECTION 4.  G.S. 143-47.7, as amended by Section 2 of this act, applies only to appointments made after this act becomes effective.

SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective 30 days after it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2003.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 11:07 a.m. this 1st day of August, 2003