2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 120-102. Powers and duties of Committee.

§ 120‑102.  Powers and duties of Committee.

In addition to the other powers and duties specified in this Article, the Committee has the following powers and duties:

(1)       To prescribe forms for the statements of economic interest and other reports required by this Article, and to furnish these forms to persons who are required to file statements or reports.

(2)       To receive and file any information voluntarily supplied that exceeds the requirements of this Article.

(3)       To organize in a reasonable manner statements and reports filed with it and to make these statements and reports available for public inspection and copying during regular office hours.  Copying facilities shall be made available at a charge not to exceed actual cost.

(4)       To preserve statements and reports filed with the Committee for a period of 10 years from the date of receipt.  At the end of the 10‑year period, these documents shall be destroyed.

(5)       To prepare a list of ethical principles and guidelines to be used by each legislator in determining his role in supporting or opposing specific types of legislation, and to advise each General Assembly committee of specific danger areas where conflict of interest may exist and to suggest rules of conduct that should be adhered to by committee members in order to avoid conflict.

(6)       To advise General Assembly members or render written opinions if so requested by the member about questions of ethics or possible points of conflict and suggested standards of conduct of members upon ethical points raised.

(7)       To propose rules of legislative ethics and conduct.  The rules, when adopted by the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall be the standards adopted for that term.

(8)       Upon receipt of information that a legislator owes money to the State and is delinquent in making repayment of such obligation, to investigate and dispose of the matter according to the terms of this Article. (1975, c. 564, s. 1; 1979, c. 864, s. 3; 1991, c. 700, s. 1.)