GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 825

HOUSE BILL 935

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTERIZED RECORDS STUDY COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The Criminal Justice Information System and Computerized Records Study Commission is hereby created.  It shall consist of 18 voting members, six to be appointed by the President of the Senate, six to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and six to be appointed by the Governor.  Of the members appointed by the President of the Senate, one shall be a register of deeds, one shall be a chief of police, one shall be a representative of the media, one shall be a district attorney, and two shall be members of the Senate.  Of the members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one shall be a clerk of court, one shall be a sheriff, one shall be from the Department of Justice, one shall be a member of the North Carolina bar, and two shall be members of the House of Representatives.  Of the members appointed by the Governor, one shall be from the Department of Administration, one shall be from the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, one shall be from the Governor's Crime Commission, one shall be from the Administrative Office of the Courts, and two shall be at large.  A vacancy in membership shall be filled by the appointing authority who made the initial appointment.

It shall be the duty of the Commission to make a study of the computerized information systems established to aid the criminal justice system in North Carolina and the present and anticipated computerization of municipal, county, and State records, including but not limited to recorded deeds and trusts, court records, birth, death, marriage, and adoption records, and wills and estates. The Commission shall examine the storage and retrievability of such records and corrections to the records. The Commission shall particularly examine questions relating to access to such records, and issues concerning rights to privacy. The Commission may report to the General Assembly on or before the first day of the 1983 Session, Second Session 1984, if there is one, and the Commission shall report to the General Assembly on or before the first day of the 1985 Session. The report shall be in writing and shall set forth the Commission's findings, conclusions, and recommendations including any proposed legislation.

The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint a cochairman for the Commission. The Commission shall meet at such times and places as the cochairmen shall designate. The facilities of the State Legislative Building and the Legislative Office Building shall be available to the Commission, subject to the approval of the Legislative Services Commission. Legislative members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for subsistence and travel expenses at the rates set out in G.S. 120-3.1. Members of the Commission who are not officers or employees of the State shall receive compensation and reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses at the rates specified in G.S. 138-5. Members of the Commission who are officers or employees of the State shall receive reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses at the rates set out in G.S. 138-6.

The Commission may solicit, employ, or contract for technical assistance and clerical assistance, and may purchase or contract for the materials and services it needs. Subject to the approval of the Legislative Services Commission, the staff resources of the Legislative Services Commission shall be available to this Commission without cost except for travel, subsistence, supplies, and materials.

Sec. 2.  The expenses of the Criminal Justice Information System and Computerized Records Study Commission shall be paid from funds available to the General Assembly.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of July, 1983.