GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
S 2
SENATE BILL 50
Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 2/12/13
Short Title: Discharged Veterans/Identity Theft Protection. |
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February 6, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to prevent identity theft of discharged veterans by restricting the release of military service discharge documents.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 47-113.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 47-113.2. Restricting access to military discharge documents.
(a) All military
discharge documents filed on or after January 1, 2004, shall be considered a
public record, but for confidential safekeeping and restricted access to such
documents, these documents will be filed with the registers of deeds in this
State. These documents are exempt from public inspection and access except as
allowed in subsection (b)subsections (b) and (m) of this section.
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(e) No copy of a
military discharge document or any other information from such document filed
after the effective date of this section January 1, 2004, shall
be made available other than in accordance with subsection (b) or (m) of this
section.
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(l) The
register of deeds shall, to the greatest extent possible, take appropriate
protective actions in accordance with any limitations determined necessary by
the register of deeds with regard to records that were filed before the
effective date of this section.January 1, 2004.
(m) Subsection (e) of
this section shall not apply to images of military discharge documents that
have been on file for over 50 years.80 years.
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(q) The words
"register of deeds" appearing in this section shall be interpreted to
mean "register of deeds, assistant register of deeds, or deputy register
of deeds".deeds.""
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.