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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-129 (2026)

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As used in this Article:

(1) Document. - All records, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing records, artifacts, communications, or other documentary material regardless of physical form or characteristics made or received in the transaction of legislative business.

(1a) Legislative commission. - Any commission or committee which the Legislative Services Commission is directed or authorized to staff by law or resolution and which it does, in fact, staff.

(2) Legislative employee. - Employees and officers of the General Assembly, consultants and counsel to members and committees of either house of the General Assembly or of legislative commissions who are paid by State funds, students at an accredited law school while in an externship program at the General Assembly approved by the Legislative Services Commission, and employees of the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The term does not include legislators and members of the Council of State.

(3) Legislator. - Any of the following with respect to the North Carolina Senate or House of Representatives:

a. A member-elect.

b. A member-designate.

c. A member. (1983, c. 900, s. 1; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1038, ss. 1-3; 2006-264, s. 29(i); 2009-129, s. 1; 2010-96, s. 20; 2010-169, s. 24(a); 2023-134, s. 27.7(a).)

 

§ 120-130.  Drafting and information requests to legislative employees.

(a) A drafting request made to a legislative employee from a legislator is confidential. Neither the identity of the legislator making the request nor, except to the extent necessary to answer the request, the existence of the request may be revealed to any person who is not a legislative employee without the consent of the legislator.

(b) An information request made to a legislative employee from a legislator is confidential. Neither the identity of the legislator making the request nor, except to the extent necessary to answer the request, the existence of the request may be revealed to any person who is not a legislative employee without the consent of the legislator. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences of this subsection, the periodic publication by the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Office of a list of information requests is not prohibited, if the identity of the legislator making the request is not revealed.

(c) Any supporting documents submitted or caused to be submitted to a legislative employee by a legislator in connection with a drafting or information request are confidential. Except to the extent necessary to answer the request, neither the document nor copies of it, nor the identity of the person, firm, or association producing it, may be provided to any person who is not a legislative employee without the consent of the legislator.

(d) Drafting or information requests or supporting documents are not "public records" as defined by G.S. 132-1. (1983, c. 900, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Dickson v. Rucho, 366 NC 332, 737 S.E.2d 362 (N.C. 2013).
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Dickson v. Rucho, 366 NC 332, 737 S.E.2d 362 (N.C. 2013). · cites it 22× “In this opinion the majority has either repudiated the long-standing rule that only confidential communications are entitled to the protection of the attorney- client privilege, which is inconsistent with all prior authority; or, it has rewritten N.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-129(1) — 1 case
Dickson v. Rucho, 366 NC 332, 737 S.E.2d 362 (N.C. 2013). “In this opinion the majority has either repudiated the long-standing rule that only confidential communications are entitled to the protection of the attorney- client privilege, which is inconsistent with all prior authority; or, it has rewritten N.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-129(2) — 1 case
Dickson v. Rucho, 366 NC 332, 737 S.E.2d 362 (N.C. 2013). “In this opinion the majority has either repudiated the long-standing rule that only confidential communications are entitled to the protection of the attorney- client privilege, which is inconsistent with all prior authority; or, it has rewritten N.”
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