GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

 

 

SESSION LAW 2007-119

SENATE BILL 211

 

 

AN ACT to revise the law governing electronic signatures by clarifying that public agencies may use, as well as accept, electronic signatures.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 66-58.4 reads as rewritten:

"§ 66-58.4.  Use of electronic signatures.

All public agencies may use and accept electronic signatures pursuant to this Article, pursuant to Article 40 of this Chapter (the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act), or pursuant to other law."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2007.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 5:33 p.m. this 27th day of June, 2007