NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 397

SENATE BILL 31

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE RECEIVING OF COMPENSATION BY ANYONE AIDING OR ASSISTING A PERSON IN OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Compensation for assisting person in obtaining State employment barred. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to collect, accept or receive any compensation, consideration or thing of value for obtaining on behalf of any other person, or aiding or assisting any other person in obtaining employment with the State of North Carolina; provided, however, any person, firm, or corporation that is duly licensed and supervised by the North Carolina Department of Labor as a private employment service acting in the normal course of business, may collect such regular and customary fees for services rendered pursuant to a written contract when such fees are paid by someone other than the State of North Carolina; however, any person, firm, or corporation collecting fees for this service must have been licensed by the North Carolina Department of Labor for a period of not less than one year.

Any person, firm or corporation collecting fees for this service must make a monthly report to the Department of Labor listing the name of the person, firm or corporation collecting fees and the person for whom a job was found, the nature and purpose of the job obtained, and the fee collected by the person, firm or corporation collecting the fee. Violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 2.  This act shall not affect existing contracts.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of May, 1977.