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NC S263

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2019

Primary Sponsor

Paul Lowe

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Amends G.S. 132-1.4A to define "citizen review board" as a board legally established by a city council to review police matters and complaints against officers.

  • Defines "deceased person" as someone whose image or voice is captured in a recording who was living when the recording began and died during or after the recorded event.

  • Establishes that law enforcement agencies must disclose recordings to district attorneys for criminal review, discovery, or court proceedings, and may disclose recordings to citizens review boards, city/county managers, and city/town councils under specific conditions including confidentiality agreements.

  • Allows citizens review boards, managers, and council members to view recordings only in closed sessions and upon execution of confidentiality agreements, with public release only upon court order.

  • Makes knowing and willful violation of recording disclosure restrictions a Class 3 misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $500.00, and applies the law exclusively to the City of Winston-Salem.

Legislative Description

Law Enforcement Recordings/Winston-Salem

Last Action

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

3/18/2019

Committee Referrals

Rules and Operations of the Senate3/18/2019

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