Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 125-11.10

  • Document: means any printed document including any report, directory, statistical compendium, bibliography, map, regulation, newsletter, pamphlet, brochure, periodical, bulletin, compilation, or register, regardless of whether the printed document is in paper, film, tape, disk, or any other format. See North Carolina General Statutes 125-11.6
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • State agency: means every State department, institution, board, and commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 125-11.6
  • State publication: means any document prepared by a State agency or private organization, consultant, or research firm, under contract with or under the supervision of a State agency:  Provided, however, the term "State publication" does not include administrative documents used only within the issuing agency, documents produced for instructional purposes that are not intended for sale or publication, appellate division reports and advance sheets distributed by the Administrative Office of the Courts, the…. See North Carolina General Statutes 125-11.6

(a) State agencies shall send the requested number of copies of each of their publications to the Clearinghouse within 10 days of issuance.

(b) The head of each State agency shall designate a publications officer who shall be responsible for supplying the requested number of copies of each State publication of that agency to the Clearinghouse.  Each agency shall notify the Clearinghouse of the identity of its publications officer before October 1, 1987, and within 30 days of any change of publications officer.  The publications officer shall supply the Clearinghouse semiannually a complete list of the agency’s State publications issued within the previous six months and any other information regarding the publications of the agency requested by the Clearinghouse.

(c) State agencies may request permission from the State Library to submit fewer than the requested number of copies of a document.  The request shall include information on the cost of the document and the projected public interest in the document. (1987, c. 771, s. 2.)