NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
EXTRA SESSION 1986 

CHAPTER 2
SENATE BILL 4

AN ACT TO ALLOW PUBLICATION OF NOTICES PRIOR TO FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA REGISTER IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THAT ALLOWED UNDER CHAPTER 150A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Prior to the first publication of the North Carolina Register the notice of publication requirements of G.S. 150B‑12(c) are met if an agency publishes in one or more newspapers of general circulation notice which includes:
(1)	A reference to the statutory authority under which the action is proposed.
(2)	The time and place of the public hearing and a statement of the manner in which data, views, and arguments may be submitted to the agency either at the hearing or at other times by any person.
(3)	A statement of the terms or substance of the proposed rule or a description of the subjects and issues involved, and the proposed effective date of the rule.
Sec. 2. Section 14 of Chapter 746 of the Session Laws of 1985 is repealed, except that such repeal shall not affect the validity of any notices published before March 1, 1986, under that section.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of February, 1986.