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Full Text of Senate Bill 799-Discipline Disclosure Act. (Public) hftp:/twww.ncga.state.nc.us/.htmi1997/bills/senate/sbilr - " ''.htmi 23 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1997 S3 SENATE BILL 799 Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 4/30/97 Third Edition Engrossed 5/1/97 Short Title: Discipline Disclosure Act. (Public) Sponsors: Referred to: April 10, 1997 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO BRING MORE OPENNESS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BY PROVIDING GREATER ACCESS TO PERSONNEL RECORDS. Additional Information Available on: Section 1. Article 1 of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: "g 132-1.5. Public employee's personnel records. (a) Each department, agency, institution, commission, bureau of the State of North Carolina, The University of North Carolina and its constituent institutions, public hospital, county, municipality, local board of education and area mental health authority shall maintain a record of each of its employees, showing the following information with respect to each such public employee: name, age, date of original employment or appointment to the service, current position, title, current salary, date and amount of most recent increase or decrease in salary, date of most recent promotion, demotion, transfer, suspension, separation, or other change in position classification, and the office or station to which the public employee is currently assigned. Such information is a public record. (b) Information contained in a public employees personnel record that demonstrates the employee's qualifications for the position held by a public employee is a public record. Such information includes, but is not limited to, educational degrees, previous employment experience, and the dates the public employee held previous relevant employment and dates of military service and highest rank attained. Letters of recommendation written on or after January 1, 1998 are public records so long as the person who writes the recommendation does not object in writing to public disclosure of the letter of recommendation. The use of the word 'confidential ' on a letter of recommendation will suffice to keep said letter confidential. (c) Records related to serious disciplinary actions imposed on a public employee are public records after the disciplinary determination by the public employer is final and all rights to administrative appeal by the public employee have been exhausted or waived. As used in this Article, serious disciplinary actions are dismissal, demotion, or suspension. At a minimum, every supervisor shall place in the public 1 of 8 05/15/97 09:08:34