AN ACT to remove the state auditor from certain ex officio duties.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 147‑33.93 reads as rewritten:
"§ 147‑33.93.  Fees; dispute resolution panel.
In addition to the powers granted pursuant to Article 6B of this Chapter or by any other provision of law, the Office of Information Technology Services may go before a panel consisting of the State Treasurer, the State Controller, and the State Budget Officer, or their designees, to resolve disputes concerning services, fees, and charges incurred by State government agencies receiving information technology services from the Office. The State Treasurer shall adopt rules for the dispute resolution process. The decisions of the panel shall be final in the settlement of all fee disputes that come before it."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 147‑64.6(c)(17) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The Auditor shall be responsible for the following acts and activities:
…
	…."
SECTION 3.  Article 6 of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 147‑86.2.  Information Technology Services fees; dispute resolution panel.
The State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee, in conjunction with the State Controller and the State Budget Officer or their designees, shall handle the resolution of fee disputes between the Office of Information Technology Services and the State agencies receiving information technology services from the Office."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 116‑220(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The Board is authorized to create a Liability Insurance Trust Fund Council composed of not more than 13 members; one member each shall be appointed by the State Attorney General, the State Insurance Commissioner, the Director of the Office of State Budget and Management, and the State Treasurer; the remaining members shall be appointed by the Board. Subject to all requirements and limitations of this Article and to any rules and regulations adopted by the Board under the terms of subsection (b) of this section, the Board may delegate to the Liability Insurance Trust Fund Council responsibility and authority for the administration of the self‑insured liability insurance program and of the insurance trust accounts established pursuant to such program."

SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 2009.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 11:51 a.m. this 19th day of June, 2009