GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2011-321

SENATE BILL 98

AN ACT to provide that a transcript or altered voice REPRODUCTION MAY be made available for a 911 call so as not to identify the caller by the natural voice.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 132-1.4(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c)       Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, and unless otherwise prohibited by law, the following information shall be public records within the meaning of G.S. 132-1.

(1)        The time, date, location, and nature of a violation or apparent violation of the law reported to a public law enforcement agency.

(2)        The name, sex, age, address, employment, and alleged violation of law of a person arrested, charged, or indicted.

(3)        The circumstances surrounding an arrest, including the time and place of the arrest, whether the arrest involved resistance, possession or use of weapons, or pursuit, and a description of any items seized in connection with the arrest.

(4)        The contents of "911" and other emergency telephone calls received by or on behalf of public law enforcement agencies, except for such contents that reveal the natural voice, name, address, telephone number, or other information that may identify the caller, victim, or witness. In order to protect the identity of the complaining witness, the contents of "911" and other emergency telephone calls may be released pursuant to this section in the form of a written transcript or altered voice reproduction; provided that the original shall be provided under process to be used as evidence in any relevant civil or criminal proceeding.

(5)        The contents of communications between or among employees of public law enforcement agencies that are broadcast over the public airways.

(6)        The name, sex, age, and address of a complaining witness."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17^th day of June, 2011.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 11:09 a.m. this 27^th day of June, 2011