North Carolina Association of County Commissioners

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The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) is a taxpayer-funded lobbying association in North Carolina. It is the North Carolina chapter of the National Association of Counties.

The NCACC was founded in 1908. The group says on its website that it "is one of the most successful and active statewide local government associations in the nation."[1]

[edit] Lobbying

[edit] Position on open records

See also: North Carolina Public Records Law

In July 2009, an NCACC lobbyist argued that the state legislature should adopt an amendment to the state's open records law that would allow cities, counties and school districts in the state to recover attorney fees against newspapers and citizens who file lawsuits over denied public records lawsuits and lose.[2]

Edgar Starnes, a Republican in the state legislature, opposed the NCACC lobbying position, saying that it would "have a chilling effect on individuals who have a right to demand public records because they could face a hefty legal tab."

The NCACC thinks that citizens should have to pay attorney fees if municipalities have to pay attorney fees if they lose this type of lawsuit. Starnes says that the two situations are not analogous because state and local government agencies have money to fight requests, and citizens for the most part don't.[3]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ "What is the NCACC?"
  2. ↑ NCACC Bulletin, "Open Government Bill Heard in Committee"
  3. ↑ Salisbury Post, "Panel approves penalty for open records violation", July 8, 2009
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