GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

 

 

SESSION LAW 2012-67

HOUSE BILL 1056

 

 

AN ACT to limit access to identifying information of minor participants in programs funded by the north carolina partnership for children or other local partnerships, as recommended by the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 132-1.12 is rewritten to read:

"§ 132-1.12.  Limited access to identifying information of minors participating in local government parks and recreation programs.programs and programs funded by the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., or a local partnership.

(a)        A public record, as defined by G.S. 132-1, does not include, as to any minor participating in a park or recreation program sponsored by a local government or combination of local governments, a program funded by the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., under G.S. 143B-168.12, or a program funded by a local partnership under G.S. 143B-168.14, any of the following information as to that minor participant: (i) name, (ii) address, (iii) age, (iv) date of birth, (v) telephone number, (vi) the name or address of that minor participant's parent or legal guardian, or (vii) any other identifying information on an application to participate in such program or other records related to that program.

(b)        The county, municipality, and zip code of residence of each participating minor covered by subsection (a) of this section is a public record, with the information listed in subsection (a) of this section redacted.

(c)        Nothing in this section makes the information listed in subsection (a) of this section confidential information."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 2012.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 4:07 p.m. this 26th day of June, 2012