NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 362

HOUSE BILL 13

AN ACT TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES PUBLISHING PERIODICALS, REPORTS, BULLETINS, BROCHURES AND SIMILAR MATERIALS TO UPDATE MAILING LISTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  State agency public document mailing lists to be updated. (a) On or before July 1 of each year, beginning with July 1, 1976, the head of every agency of this State shall certify to the Director of the Budget that the mailing lists for each public document issued by his agency have been carefully reviewed, updated and corrected within the previous 12 months. The above date may be extended by the Director of the Budget for 90 days for good cause shown. The reviewed, updated and corrected mailing lists shall be comprised only of those persons and organizations who, within the previous 12 months, have either requested that they be included in such a mailing list or have renewed a request that they be so included.

(b)        For the purposes of this section, the term "public document" shall mean any annual, biennial, regular or special report or publication of which at least 500 copies are printed for distribution by mail to the general public.

(c)        For the purposes of this section, the term "agency" shall mean and include, as the context may require. State department, institution, commission, committee, board, division, bureau, officer or official; provided, however, the provisions of this act shall not apply to the General Assembly of North Carolina.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1976.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of May, 1975.