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§ 138A‑24.  Contents ofstatement.

(a)        Any statement ofeconomic interest filed under this Article shall be on a form prescribed by theCommission and sworn to by the filing person. Answers must be provided to allquestions. The form shall include the following information about the filingperson and the filing person's immediate family:

(1)        Except as otherwiseprovided in this subdivision, the name, current mailing address, occupation,employer, and business of the filing person. Any individual holding or seekingelected office for which residence is a qualification for office shall includea home address. A judicial officer may use a current mailing address instead ofthe home address on the form required in this subsection. The judicial officermay also use the initials instead of the name of any unemancipated child of thejudicial officer who also resides in the household of the judicial officer. Ifthe judicial officer provides the initials of an unemancipated child, thejudicial officer shall concurrently provide the name of the unemancipated childto the Commission. The name of an unemancipated child provided by the judicialofficer to the Commission shall not be a public record under Chapter 132 of theGeneral Statutes and is privileged and confidential.

(2)        A list of each assetand liability included in this subdivision of whatever nature (including legal,equitable, or beneficial interest) with a value of at least ten thousanddollars ($10,000) owned by the filing person and the filing person's immediatefamily, except assets or liabilities held in a blind trust. This list shallinclude the following:

a.         All real estatelocated in the State owned wholly or in part by the filing person or the filingperson's immediate family, including descriptions adequate to determine thelocation by city and county of each parcel.

b.         Real estate that iscurrently leased or rented to or from the State.

c.         Personal propertysold to or bought from the State within the preceding two years.

d.         Personal propertycurrently leased or rented to or from the State.

e.         The name of eachpublicly owned company. For purposes of this sub‑subdivision, the term"publicly owned company" shall not include a widely held investmentfund, including a mutual fund, regulated investment company, or pension ordeferred compensation plan, if all of the following apply:

1.         The filing person ora member of the filing person's immediate family neither exercises nor has theability to exercise control over the financial interests held by the fund.

2.         The fund is publiclytraded, or the fund's assets are widely diversified.

f.          The name of eachnonpublicly owned company or business entity, including interests inpartnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures, limited liabilitycompanies, limited liability partnerships, and closely held corporations.

g.         For each company orbusiness entity listed under sub‑subdivision f. of this subdivision, ifknown, a list of any other companies or business entities in which the companyor business entity owns securities or equity interests exceeding a value of tenthousand dollars ($10,000).

h.         A list of allnonpublicly owned businesses of which the filing person and the filing person'simmediate family is an officer, employee, director, partner, owner, or memberor manager of a limited liability company.

i.          For any company orbusiness entity listed under sub‑subdivisions f., g., and h. of thissubdivision, if known, any company or business entity that has any materialbusiness dealings, contracts, or other involvement with the State, or isregulated by the State, including a brief description of the business activity.

j.          For a vested trustcreated, established, or controlled by the filing person of which the filingperson or the members of the filing person's immediate family are thebeneficiaries, excluding a blind trust, the name and address of the trustee, adescription of the trust, and the filing person's relationship to the trust.

k.         A list of allliabilities, excluding indebtedness on the filing person's primary personalresidence, by type of creditor and debtor.

l.          Repealed by SessionLaws 2007‑348, s. 34. See Editor's note for effective date.

m.        A list of all stockoptions in a company or business not otherwise disclosed on this statement.

(3)        The name of each source(not specific amounts) of income of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000)received during the previous year by business or industry type, if that sourceis not listed under subdivision (2) of this subsection. Income shall includesalary, wages, professional fees, honoraria, interest, dividends, rentalincome, and business income from any source other than capital gains, federalgovernment retirement, military retirement, or social security income.

(4)        If the filing personis a practicing attorney, an indication of whether the filing person, or thelaw firm with which the filing person is affiliated, earned legal fees duringthe past year in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from any of thefollowing categories of legal representation:

a.         Administrative law.

b.         Admiralty law.

c.         Corporate law.

d.         Criminal law.

e.         Decedents' estateslaw.

f.          Environmental law.

g.         Insurance law.

h.         Labor law.

i.          Local governmentlaw.

j.          Negligence or othertort litigation law.

k.         Real property law.

l.          Securities law.

m.        Taxation law.

n.         Utilities regulationlaw.

(5)        Except for a filingperson in compliance under subdivision (4) of this subsection, if the filingperson is a licensed professional or provides consulting services, eitherindividually or as a member of a professional association, a list of categoriesof business and the nature of services rendered, for which payment for serviceswere charged or paid during the past year in excess of ten thousand dollars($10,000).

(6)        An indication ofwhether the filing person, the filing person's employer, a member of the filingperson's immediate family, or the immediate family member's employer islicensed or regulated by, or has a business relationship with, the board oremploying entity with which the filing person is or will be associated. Thissubdivision does not apply to a legislator, a judicial officer, or thatlegislator's or judicial officer's immediate family.

(7)        A list of societies,organizations, or advocacy groups, pertaining to subject matter areas over whichthe public servant's agency or board may have jurisdiction, in which the publicservant or a member of the public servant's immediate family is a director,officer, or governing board member. This subdivision does not apply to alegislator, a judicial officer, or that legislator's or judicial officer'simmediate family.

(8)        A list of all thingswith a total value of over two hundred dollars ($200.00) per calendar quartergiven and received without valuable consideration and under circumstances thata reasonable person would conclude that the thing was given for the purpose oflobbying, if such things were given by a person not required to report underChapter 120C of the General Statutes, excluding things given by a member of thefiling person's extended family. The list shall include only those thingsreceived during the 12 months preceding the reporting period under subsection(d) of this section, and shall include the source of those things. The listrequired by this subdivision shall not apply to things of monetary valuereceived by the filing person prior to the time the filing person filed or wasnominated as a candidate for office, as described in G.S. 138A‑22, or wasappointed or employed as a covered person.

(9)        A list of any felonyconvictions of the filing person, excluding any felony convictions for which apardon of innocence or order of expungement has been granted.

(10)      Any other informationthat the filing person believes may assist the Commission in advising thefiling person with regards to compliance with this Chapter.

(11)      A list of anynonprofit corporation or organization with which associated during thepreceding calendar year, including a list of which of those nonprofitcorporations or organizations with which associated do business with the Stateor receive State funds and a brief description of the nature of the business,if known or with which due diligence could reasonably be known.

(12)      A statement ofwhether the filing person or the filing person's immediate family is or has beena lobbyist or lobbyist principal registered under Chapter 120C of the GeneralStatutes within the preceding 12 months.

(b)        The Supreme Court,the Committee, constitutional officers of the State, heads of principaldepartments, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, theState Board of Community Colleges, other boards, and the appointing authorityor employing entity may require a filing person to file supplementalinformation in conjunction with the filing of that filing person's statement ofeconomic interest. These supplemental filings requirements shall be filed withthe Commission and included on the forms to be filed with the Commission. TheCommission shall evaluate the supplemental forms as part of the statement ofeconomic interest. The failure to file supplemental forms shall be subject tothe provisions of G.S. 138A‑25.

(c)        Each statement ofeconomic interest shall contain sworn certification by the filing person thatthe filing person has read the statement and that, to the best of the filingperson's knowledge and belief, the statement is true, correct, and complete.The filing person's sworn certification also shall provide that the filingperson has not transferred, and will not transfer, any asset, interest, orother property for the purpose of concealing it from disclosure while retainingan equitable interest therein.

(c1)      Reserved for futurecodification purposes.

(c2)      A public servantappointed to a board determined and designated as nonadvisory under G.S. 138A‑10(a)(3)shall file the initial statement of economic interest within 60 days ofnotification of the designation by the Commission and as provided in thissection thereafter.

(d)        All informationprovided in the statement of economic interest shall be current as of the lastday of December of the year preceding the date the statement of economicinterest was due.

(e)        The Commissionshall prepare a written evaluation of each statement of economic interestrelative to conflicts of interest and potential conflicts of interest. Thissubsection does not apply to statements of economic interest of legislators andjudicial officers. The Commission shall submit the evaluation to all of thefollowing:

(1)        The filing personwho submitted the statement.

(2)        The head of the agencyin which the filing person serves.

(3)        The Governor forgubernatorial appointees and employees in agencies under the Governor'sauthority.

(4)        Repealed by SessionLaws 2008‑213, s. 74, effective August 15, 2008.

(5)        The appointing orhiring authority for those public servants not under the Governor's authority.

(6)        The State Board ofElections for those filing persons who are elected.

(7)        Repealed by SessionLaws 2008‑213, s. 74, effective August 15, 2008.

(f)         The Commissionshall prepare a written evaluation of each statement of economic interest fornominees of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina electedpursuant to G.S. 116‑6, and nominees of the State Board of CommunityColleges elected pursuant to G.S. 115D‑2.1 within seven days of thesubmission of the completed statement of economic interest to the Commission.  (2006‑201, s. 1; 2007‑29,s. 1; 2007‑348, s. 34; 2008‑187, s. 32; 2008‑213, ss. 67‑72(a),73, 74, 74.5, 91; 2009‑549, s. 14; 2009‑570, s. 45.)

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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_138A > GS_138A-24

§ 138A‑24.  Contents ofstatement.

(a)        Any statement ofeconomic interest filed under this Article shall be on a form prescribed by theCommission and sworn to by the filing person. Answers must be provided to allquestions. The form shall include the following information about the filingperson and the filing person's immediate family:

(1)        Except as otherwiseprovided in this subdivision, the name, current mailing address, occupation,employer, and business of the filing person. Any individual holding or seekingelected office for which residence is a qualification for office shall includea home address. A judicial officer may use a current mailing address instead ofthe home address on the form required in this subsection. The judicial officermay also use the initials instead of the name of any unemancipated child of thejudicial officer who also resides in the household of the judicial officer. Ifthe judicial officer provides the initials of an unemancipated child, thejudicial officer shall concurrently provide the name of the unemancipated childto the Commission. The name of an unemancipated child provided by the judicialofficer to the Commission shall not be a public record under Chapter 132 of theGeneral Statutes and is privileged and confidential.

(2)        A list of each assetand liability included in this subdivision of whatever nature (including legal,equitable, or beneficial interest) with a value of at least ten thousanddollars ($10,000) owned by the filing person and the filing person's immediatefamily, except assets or liabilities held in a blind trust. This list shallinclude the following:

a.         All real estatelocated in the State owned wholly or in part by the filing person or the filingperson's immediate family, including descriptions adequate to determine thelocation by city and county of each parcel.

b.         Real estate that iscurrently leased or rented to or from the State.

c.         Personal propertysold to or bought from the State within the preceding two years.

d.         Personal propertycurrently leased or rented to or from the State.

e.         The name of eachpublicly owned company. For purposes of this sub‑subdivision, the term"publicly owned company" shall not include a widely held investmentfund, including a mutual fund, regulated investment company, or pension ordeferred compensation plan, if all of the following apply:

1.         The filing person ora member of the filing person's immediate family neither exercises nor has theability to exercise control over the financial interests held by the fund.

2.         The fund is publiclytraded, or the fund's assets are widely diversified.

f.          The name of eachnonpublicly owned company or business entity, including interests inpartnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures, limited liabilitycompanies, limited liability partnerships, and closely held corporations.

g.         For each company orbusiness entity listed under sub‑subdivision f. of this subdivision, ifknown, a list of any other companies or business entities in which the companyor business entity owns securities or equity interests exceeding a value of tenthousand dollars ($10,000).

h.         A list of allnonpublicly owned businesses of which the filing person and the filing person'simmediate family is an officer, employee, director, partner, owner, or memberor manager of a limited liability company.

i.          For any company orbusiness entity listed under sub‑subdivisions f., g., and h. of thissubdivision, if known, any company or business entity that has any materialbusiness dealings, contracts, or other involvement with the State, or isregulated by the State, including a brief description of the business activity.

j.          For a vested trustcreated, established, or controlled by the filing person of which the filingperson or the members of the filing person's immediate family are thebeneficiaries, excluding a blind trust, the name and address of the trustee, adescription of the trust, and the filing person's relationship to the trust.

k.         A list of allliabilities, excluding indebtedness on the filing person's primary personalresidence, by type of creditor and debtor.

l.          Repealed by SessionLaws 2007‑348, s. 34. See Editor's note for effective date.

m.        A list of all stockoptions in a company or business not otherwise disclosed on this statement.

(3)        The name of each source(not specific amounts) of income of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000)received during the previous year by business or industry type, if that sourceis not listed under subdivision (2) of this subsection. Income shall includesalary, wages, professional fees, honoraria, interest, dividends, rentalincome, and business income from any source other than capital gains, federalgovernment retirement, military retirement, or social security income.

(4)        If the filing personis a practicing attorney, an indication of whether the filing person, or thelaw firm with which the filing person is affiliated, earned legal fees duringthe past year in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from any of thefollowing categories of legal representation:

a.         Administrative law.

b.         Admiralty law.

c.         Corporate law.

d.         Criminal law.

e.         Decedents' estateslaw.

f.          Environmental law.

g.         Insurance law.

h.         Labor law.

i.          Local governmentlaw.

j.          Negligence or othertort litigation law.

k.         Real property law.

l.          Securities law.

m.        Taxation law.

n.         Utilities regulationlaw.

(5)        Except for a filingperson in compliance under subdivision (4) of this subsection, if the filingperson is a licensed professional or provides consulting services, eitherindividually or as a member of a professional association, a list of categoriesof business and the nature of services rendered, for which payment for serviceswere charged or paid during the past year in excess of ten thousand dollars($10,000).

(6)        An indication ofwhether the filing person, the filing person's employer, a member of the filingperson's immediate family, or the immediate family member's employer islicensed or regulated by, or has a business relationship with, the board oremploying entity with which the filing person is or will be associated. Thissubdivision does not apply to a legislator, a judicial officer, or thatlegislator's or judicial officer's immediate family.

(7)        A list of societies,organizations, or advocacy groups, pertaining to subject matter areas over whichthe public servant's agency or board may have jurisdiction, in which the publicservant or a member of the public servant's immediate family is a director,officer, or governing board member. This subdivision does not apply to alegislator, a judicial officer, or that legislator's or judicial officer'simmediate family.

(8)        A list of all thingswith a total value of over two hundred dollars ($200.00) per calendar quartergiven and received without valuable consideration and under circumstances thata reasonable person would conclude that the thing was given for the purpose oflobbying, if such things were given by a person not required to report underChapter 120C of the General Statutes, excluding things given by a member of thefiling person's extended family. The list shall include only those thingsreceived during the 12 months preceding the reporting period under subsection(d) of this section, and shall include the source of those things. The listrequired by this subdivision shall not apply to things of monetary valuereceived by the filing person prior to the time the filing person filed or wasnominated as a candidate for office, as described in G.S. 138A‑22, or wasappointed or employed as a covered person.

(9)        A list of any felonyconvictions of the filing person, excluding any felony convictions for which apardon of innocence or order of expungement has been granted.

(10)      Any other informationthat the filing person believes may assist the Commission in advising thefiling person with regards to compliance with this Chapter.

(11)      A list of anynonprofit corporation or organization with which associated during thepreceding calendar year, including a list of which of those nonprofitcorporations or organizations with which associated do business with the Stateor receive State funds and a brief description of the nature of the business,if known or with which due diligence could reasonably be known.

(12)      A statement ofwhether the filing person or the filing person's immediate family is or has beena lobbyist or lobbyist principal registered under Chapter 120C of the GeneralStatutes within the preceding 12 months.

(b)        The Supreme Court,the Committee, constitutional officers of the State, heads of principaldepartments, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, theState Board of Community Colleges, other boards, and the appointing authorityor employing entity may require a filing person to file supplementalinformation in conjunction with the filing of that filing person's statement ofeconomic interest. These supplemental filings requirements shall be filed withthe Commission and included on the forms to be filed with the Commission. TheCommission shall evaluate the supplemental forms as part of the statement ofeconomic interest. The failure to file supplemental forms shall be subject tothe provisions of G.S. 138A‑25.

(c)        Each statement ofeconomic interest shall contain sworn certification by the filing person thatthe filing person has read the statement and that, to the best of the filingperson's knowledge and belief, the statement is true, correct, and complete.The filing person's sworn certification also shall provide that the filingperson has not transferred, and will not transfer, any asset, interest, orother property for the purpose of concealing it from disclosure while retainingan equitable interest therein.

(c1)      Reserved for futurecodification purposes.

(c2)      A public servantappointed to a board determined and designated as nonadvisory under G.S. 138A‑10(a)(3)shall file the initial statement of economic interest within 60 days ofnotification of the designation by the Commission and as provided in thissection thereafter.

(d)        All informationprovided in the statement of economic interest shall be current as of the lastday of December of the year preceding the date the statement of economicinterest was due.

(e)        The Commissionshall prepare a written evaluation of each statement of economic interestrelative to conflicts of interest and potential conflicts of interest. Thissubsection does not apply to statements of economic interest of legislators andjudicial officers. The Commission shall submit the evaluation to all of thefollowing:

(1)        The filing personwho submitted the statement.

(2)        The head of the agencyin which the filing person serves.

(3)        The Governor forgubernatorial appointees and employees in agencies under the Governor'sauthority.

(4)        Repealed by SessionLaws 2008‑213, s. 74, effective August 15, 2008.

(5)        The appointing orhiring authority for those public servants not under the Governor's authority.

(6)        The State Board ofElections for those filing persons who are elected.

(7)        Repealed by SessionLaws 2008‑213, s. 74, effective August 15, 2008.

(f)         The Commissionshall prepare a written evaluation of each statement of economic interest fornominees of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina electedpursuant to G.S. 116‑6, and nominees of the State Board of CommunityColleges elected pursuant to G.S. 115D‑2.1 within seven days of thesubmission of the completed statement of economic interest to the Commission.  (2006‑201, s. 1; 2007‑29,s. 1; 2007‑348, s. 34; 2008‑187, s. 32; 2008‑213, ss. 67‑72(a),73, 74, 74.5, 91; 2009‑549, s. 14; 2009‑570, s. 45.)


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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_138A > GS_138A-24

§ 138A‑24.  Contents ofstatement.

(a)        Any statement ofeconomic interest filed under this Article shall be on a form prescribed by theCommission and sworn to by the filing person. Answers must be provided to allquestions. The form shall include the following information about the filingperson and the filing person's immediate family:

(1)        Except as otherwiseprovided in this subdivision, the name, current mailing address, occupation,employer, and business of the filing person. Any individual holding or seekingelected office for which residence is a qualification for office shall includea home address. A judicial officer may use a current mailing address instead ofthe home address on the form required in this subsection. The judicial officermay also use the initials instead of the name of any unemancipated child of thejudicial officer who also resides in the household of the judicial officer. Ifthe judicial officer provides the initials of an unemancipated child, thejudicial officer shall concurrently provide the name of the unemancipated childto the Commission. The name of an unemancipated child provided by the judicialofficer to the Commission shall not be a public record under Chapter 132 of theGeneral Statutes and is privileged and confidential.

(2)        A list of each assetand liability included in this subdivision of whatever nature (including legal,equitable, or beneficial interest) with a value of at least ten thousanddollars ($10,000) owned by the filing person and the filing person's immediatefamily, except assets or liabilities held in a blind trust. This list shallinclude the following:

a.         All real estatelocated in the State owned wholly or in part by the filing person or the filingperson's immediate family, including descriptions adequate to determine thelocation by city and county of each parcel.

b.         Real estate that iscurrently leased or rented to or from the State.

c.         Personal propertysold to or bought from the State within the preceding two years.

d.         Personal propertycurrently leased or rented to or from the State.

e.         The name of eachpublicly owned company. For purposes of this sub‑subdivision, the term"publicly owned company" shall not include a widely held investmentfund, including a mutual fund, regulated investment company, or pension ordeferred compensation plan, if all of the following apply:

1.         The filing person ora member of the filing person's immediate family neither exercises nor has theability to exercise control over the financial interests held by the fund.

2.         The fund is publiclytraded, or the fund's assets are widely diversified.

f.          The name of eachnonpublicly owned company or business entity, including interests inpartnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures, limited liabilitycompanies, limited liability partnerships, and closely held corporations.

g.         For each company orbusiness entity listed under sub‑subdivision f. of this subdivision, ifknown, a list of any other companies or business entities in which the companyor business entity owns securities or equity interests exceeding a value of tenthousand dollars ($10,000).

h.         A list of allnonpublicly owned businesses of which the filing person and the filing person'simmediate family is an officer, employee, director, partner, owner, or memberor manager of a limited liability company.

i.          For any company orbusiness entity listed under sub‑subdivisions f., g., and h. of thissubdivision, if known, any company or business entity that has any materialbusiness dealings, contracts, or other involvement with the State, or isregulated by the State, including a brief description of the business activity.

j.          For a vested trustcreated, established, or controlled by the filing person of which the filingperson or the members of the filing person's immediate family are thebeneficiaries, excluding a blind trust, the name and address of the trustee, adescription of the trust, and the filing person's relationship to the trust.

k.         A list of allliabilities, excluding indebtedness on the filing person's primary personalresidence, by type of creditor and debtor.

l.          Repealed by SessionLaws 2007‑348, s. 34. See Editor's note for effective date.

m.        A list of all stockoptions in a company or business not otherwise disclosed on this statement.

(3)        The name of each source(not specific amounts) of income of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000)received during the previous year by business or industry type, if that sourceis not listed under subdivision (2) of this subsection. Income shall includesalary, wages, professional fees, honoraria, interest, dividends, rentalincome, and business income from any source other than capital gains, federalgovernment retirement, military retirement, or social security income.

(4)        If the filing personis a practicing attorney, an indication of whether the filing person, or thelaw firm with which the filing person is affiliated, earned legal fees duringthe past year in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from any of thefollowing categories of legal representation:

a.         Administrative law.

b.         Admiralty law.

c.         Corporate law.

d.         Criminal law.

e.         Decedents' estateslaw.

f.          Environmental law.

g.         Insurance law.

h.         Labor law.

i.          Local governmentlaw.

j.          Negligence or othertort litigation law.

k.         Real property law.

l.          Securities law.

m.        Taxation law.

n.         Utilities regulationlaw.

(5)        Except for a filingperson in compliance under subdivision (4) of this subsection, if the filingperson is a licensed professional or provides consulting services, eitherindividually or as a member of a professional association, a list of categoriesof business and the nature of services rendered, for which payment for serviceswere charged or paid during the past year in excess of ten thousand dollars($10,000).

(6)        An indication ofwhether the filing person, the filing person's employer, a member of the filingperson's immediate family, or the immediate family member's employer islicensed or regulated by, or has a business relationship with, the board oremploying entity with which the filing person is or will be associated. Thissubdivision does not apply to a legislator, a judicial officer, or thatlegislator's or judicial officer's immediate family.

(7)        A list of societies,organizations, or advocacy groups, pertaining to subject matter areas over whichthe public servant's agency or board may have jurisdiction, in which the publicservant or a member of the public servant's immediate family is a director,officer, or governing board member. This subdivision does not apply to alegislator, a judicial officer, or that legislator's or judicial officer'simmediate family.

(8)        A list of all thingswith a total value of over two hundred dollars ($200.00) per calendar quartergiven and received without valuable consideration and under circumstances thata reasonable person would conclude that the thing was given for the purpose oflobbying, if such things were given by a person not required to report underChapter 120C of the General Statutes, excluding things given by a member of thefiling person's extended family. The list shall include only those thingsreceived during the 12 months preceding the reporting period under subsection(d) of this section, and shall include the source of those things. The listrequired by this subdivision shall not apply to things of monetary valuereceived by the filing person prior to the time the filing person filed or wasnominated as a candidate for office, as described in G.S. 138A‑22, or wasappointed or employed as a covered person.

(9)        A list of any felonyconvictions of the filing person, excluding any felony convictions for which apardon of innocence or order of expungement has been granted.

(10)      Any other informationthat the filing person believes may assist the Commission in advising thefiling person with regards to compliance with this Chapter.

(11)      A list of anynonprofit corporation or organization with which associated during thepreceding calendar year, including a list of which of those nonprofitcorporations or organizations with which associated do business with the Stateor receive State funds and a brief description of the nature of the business,if known or with which due diligence could reasonably be known.

(12)      A statement ofwhether the filing person or the filing person's immediate family is or has beena lobbyist or lobbyist principal registered under Chapter 120C of the GeneralStatutes within the preceding 12 months.

(b)        The Supreme Court,the Committee, constitutional officers of the State, heads of principaldepartments, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, theState Board of Community Colleges, other boards, and the appointing authorityor employing entity may require a filing person to file supplementalinformation in conjunction with the filing of that filing person's statement ofeconomic interest. These supplemental filings requirements shall be filed withthe Commission and included on the forms to be filed with the Commission. TheCommission shall evaluate the supplemental forms as part of the statement ofeconomic interest. The failure to file supplemental forms shall be subject tothe provisions of G.S. 138A‑25.

(c)        Each statement ofeconomic interest shall contain sworn certification by the filing person thatthe filing person has read the statement and that, to the best of the filingperson's knowledge and belief, the statement is true, correct, and complete.The filing person's sworn certification also shall provide that the filingperson has not transferred, and will not transfer, any asset, interest, orother property for the purpose of concealing it from disclosure while retainingan equitable interest therein.

(c1)      Reserved for futurecodification purposes.

(c2)      A public servantappointed to a board determined and designated as nonadvisory under G.S. 138A‑10(a)(3)shall file the initial statement of economic interest within 60 days ofnotification of the designation by the Commission and as provided in thissection thereafter.

(d)        All informationprovided in the statement of economic interest shall be current as of the lastday of December of the year preceding the date the statement of economicinterest was due.

(e)        The Commissionshall prepare a written evaluation of each statement of economic interestrelative to conflicts of interest and potential conflicts of interest. Thissubsection does not apply to statements of economic interest of legislators andjudicial officers. The Commission shall submit the evaluation to all of thefollowing:

(1)        The filing personwho submitted the statement.

(2)        The head of the agencyin which the filing person serves.

(3)        The Governor forgubernatorial appointees and employees in agencies under the Governor'sauthority.

(4)        Repealed by SessionLaws 2008‑213, s. 74, effective August 15, 2008.

(5)        The appointing orhiring authority for those public servants not under the Governor's authority.

(6)        The State Board ofElections for those filing persons who are elected.

(7)        Repealed by SessionLaws 2008‑213, s. 74, effective August 15, 2008.

(f)         The Commissionshall prepare a written evaluation of each statement of economic interest fornominees of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina electedpursuant to G.S. 116‑6, and nominees of the State Board of CommunityColleges elected pursuant to G.S. 115D‑2.1 within seven days of thesubmission of the completed statement of economic interest to the Commission.  (2006‑201, s. 1; 2007‑29,s. 1; 2007‑348, s. 34; 2008‑187, s. 32; 2008‑213, ss. 67‑72(a),73, 74, 74.5, 91; 2009‑549, s. 14; 2009‑570, s. 45.)