GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-144
AN ACT to require state reports to be printed on both sides of the paper.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 130A-309.14(j) reads as rewritten:
"(j) The Department of Administration shall develop a model report for reports published by any State agency, the General Assembly, the General Court of Justice, or The University of North Carolina. This model report shall satisfy the following:
(1) The paper in the report shall, to the extent economically practicable, be made from recycled paper and shall be capable of being recycled.
(2) The other constituent elements of the report shall, to the extent economically practicable, be made from recycled products and shall be capable of being recycled or reused.
(3) The report shall,
to the extent practicable, shall be printed on both sides of the
paper if no additional time, staff, equipment, or expense would be required
to fulfill this requirement.
(4) State publications that are of historical and enduring value and importance to the citizens of North Carolina shall be printed on alkaline (acid-free) paper according to G.S. 125-11.13."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of May, 2001.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 11:25 a.m. this 31st day of May, 2001