S.L. 2012-139

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2012-139

HOUSE BILL 278

AN ACT to broaden the exception to the public records act for identifying information of minors participating in local government parks and recreation programs to include all local government programs and also to protect e-mail addresses of minors in such programs in the TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, FUQUAY-VARINA, GARNER, HOLLY SPRINGS, KNIGHTDALE, MORRISVILLE, ROLESVILLE, WAKE FOREST, WENDELL, AND ZEBULON, AND THE CITY OF RALEIGH, and to authorize the city of kinston to delegate to the city manager or an appointed board the power to grant, renew, extend, amend, revoke, or suspend a taxicab franchise.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 132-1.12 reads as rewritten:

"§ 132-1.12. Limited access to identifying information of minors participating in local government ~~parks and recreation~~ programs.

(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, 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, (vii) e-mail address, or ~~(vii)~~ (viii) any other identifying information on an application to participate in such program or other records related to that program. Notwithstanding this subsection, the name of a minor who has received a scholarship or other local government-funded award of a financial nature from a local government is a public record.

(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.

SECTION 1.(b) This section applies to the Towns of Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell, and Zebulon, and the City of Raleigh only.

SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 160A-76 reads as rewritten:

"§ 160A-76. Franchises; technical ordinances.

(a) No ordinance making a grant, renewal, extension, or amendment of any franchise shall be finally adopted until it has been passed at two regular meetings of the council, and no such grant, renewal, extension, or amendment shall be made otherwise than by ordinance.

(a1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a municipality may by ordinance delegate to the city manager, or to a board of at least three members appointed by the city council, the power to grant, renew, extend, amend, revoke, or suspend a taxicab franchise, in accordance with a taxicab ordinance adopted by the municipality pursuant to G.S. 160A-304. The city council shall hear any appeal of a decision of the manager or review board pursuant to this subsection.

(b) Any published technical code or any standards or regulations promulgated by any public agency may be adopted in an ordinance by reference subject to G.S. 143-138(e). A technical code or set of standards or regulations adopted by reference in a city ordinance shall have the force of law within the city. Official copies of all technical codes, standards, and regulations adopted by reference shall be maintained for public inspection in the office of the city clerk."

SECTION 2.(b) This section applies only to the City of Kinston.

SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2^nd day of July, 2012.

s/ Walter H. Dalton

President of the Senate

s/ Thom Tillis

Speaker of the House of Representatives