§ 62-19. Public record of proceedings; chief clerk; seal. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 62‑19.  Publicrecord of proceedings; chief clerk; seal.

(a)        The Commission shall keep in the office of the chief clerkat all times a record of its official acts, rulings, orders, decisions, andtransactions, and a current calendar of its scheduled activities and hearings,which shall be public records of the State of North Carolina.

(b)        Upon receipt by the Commission, the chief clerk shallfurnish to the executive director copies of all rates, tariffs, contracts,applications, petitions, pleadings, complaints, and all other documents filedwith the Commission and shall furnish to the executive director copies of allorders and decisions entered by the Commission.

(c)        The Commission shall have and adopt a seal with the words"North Carolina Utilities Commission" and such other design as it mayprescribe engraved thereon by which it shall authenticate its proceedings andof which the courts shall take judicial notice. Where an exemplified copy ofCommission records and proceedings is required for full faith and creditoutside of the State, such records and proceedings shall be attested by thechief clerk, or deputy clerk, and the seal of the Commission annexed, and thereshall be affixed a certificate of a member of the Commission that the saidattestation is in proper form. Such exemplification shall constitute anauthenticated or exemplified copy of an official record of a court of record ofthe State of North Carolina. (1933, c. 134, ss. 13, 15; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1977, c.468, s. 7.)