NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION
CHAPTER 721
HOUSE BILL 933
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE PROVISIONS OF G.S. 108-45 PERTAINING TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF WELFARE RECORDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 108-45(b) as it appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3A of the General Statutes is hereby rewritten and amended to read as follows:
"(b) The Department of Human Resources shall furnish a copy of the recipient check register monthly to each county auditor showing a complete list of all public assistance recipients, their addresses, and the amounts of the monthly grants. This register shall be a public record open to public inspection during the regular office hours of the county auditor, but said register or the information contained therein may not be used for any commercial or political purpose. Any violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1973.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1973.