North Carolina § 143-318 - 9. Public policy.

§ 143-318. 9. Public policy.

Whereas the public bodies that administer the legislative, policy-making, quasi-judicial, administrative, and advisory functions of North Carolina and its political subdivisions exist solely to conduct the people's business, it is the public policy of North Carolina that the hearings, deliberations, and actions of these bodies be conducted openly. History (1979, c. 655, s. 1.) Local Modification. - (As to Article 33C) Alamance: 2009-52, s. 1(g), as amended by 2013-70, s. 4; Buncombe County: 2009-52, s. 1(g); 2018-116, ss. 1, 2; (As to Article 33C) Edgecombe: 1991, c. 404, ss. 3(h), 4(h) and 5(e); (as to Article 33C) Franklin: 1993, c. 341; (As to Article 33C) Mecklenburg: 2009-52, s. 1(g); (As to Article 33C) Pitt: 2009-52, s. 1(g), as amended by 2013-70, s. 4, as amended by 2018, s. 1; (As to Article 33C) Wake: 2009-52, s. 1(g), as amended by 2013-70, s. 4, as amended by 2013-270, s. 2; (as to Article 33C) city of Charlotte: 2000-26, s. 1, as amended by 2007-255, s. 1; city of Durham: 1983, c. 373; city of Fayetteville: 1989, c. 355, s. 1; (as to Article 33C) city of Franklinton: 1993, c. 341; (as to Article 33C) city of Greensboro: 1987, c. 51; (As to Article 33C) city of Rocky Mount: 2003-327, as amended by 2009-74. Cross References. - As to meetings of agencies concerned with public education, see G.S. 115C-4 . Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1979, c. 655, s. 3, provided: "All provisions of general laws, city charters, and local acts in effect as of October 1, 1979, and in conflict with the provisions of G.S. Chapter 143 , Article 33C, as enacted by Section 1 of this act, are repealed insofar as they conflict with the provisions of G.S. Chapter 143 , Article 33C. No general law, city charter, or local act enacted or taking effect after October 1, 1979, may be construed to modify, amend, or repeal any provision of Article 33C unless it expressly so provides by specific reference to the appropriate section number of that Article." Session Laws 1997-443, s. 11.57(b), provides that meetings of the State Child Fatality Review Team are not subject to the provisions of Article 33C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Interpreting North Carolina's Law," see 54 N.C.L. Rev. 777 (1976). For survey of 1976 case law dealing with administrative law, see 55 N.C.L. Rev. 898 (1977). For survey of 1977 law on open meetings, see 56 N.C.L. Rev. 861 (1978). For comment, "Circumvention by Delegation? An Analysis of North Carolina's Open Meetings Law and the Byrd Loophole," see 31 Campbell L. Rev. 535 (2009). For article, "Defining North Carolina's Public Records and Open Meetings Feeshifting Provisions in the Larger National Context,” see 96 N.C.L. Rev. 1725 (2018).