N.C. Gen. Stat. § 114-6.1

History

(2012-142, s. 15.2)

Annual Reporting on Attorney Activity. - Session Laws 2013-360, s. 17.1(a), (b), provides: "(a) Beginning on August 1, 2014, and every year thereafter, the Attorney General shall report on the work of Department of Justice attorneys during the previous year. The reports required by this section shall be filed with the Chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety, with the Chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, with the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety, and with the Fiscal Research Division as follows:

"(1) Litigation. - A report reflecting the amount of time spent by each attorney on litigation. The report shall include the following information:

"a. The amount of time spent working directly on civil litigation in a trial court, administrative forum, or appellate court for each specific State agency, board, commission, official, or other client.

"b. The amount of time spent working directly on civil litigation in a trial court, administrative forum, or appellate court involving cases in which there is not a specific State agency, board, commission, official, or other client named as a defendant.

"c. The amount of time spent working on criminal cases at the trial or appellate level.

"(2) Other work. - A report reflecting the amount of time spent by each attorney providing legal services that did not directly involve litigation. The report shall include the following information:

"a. The amount of time spent providing legal services not directly involving litigation for each specific State agency, board, commission, or other client.

"b. The amount of time spent providing legal services for local government bodies, officials, and citizens.

"(3) Billing. - A report reflecting the amount billed to each State agency, board, commission, or other client as required by G.S. 114-8.2.

"(b) Reports required by this section shall not include detailed information about the work of individual attorneys but shall instead include only summary information about Department of Justice attorney activity during the relevant period, which shall (i) be set forth using commonly employed measures of central tendency and (ii) which shall highlight and explain extreme deviations from applicable norms."