RALEIGH, N.C.  – Gov. Beverly Perdue has officially told North Carolina lawmakers they won’t have to return to the state capital to consider overriding her first veto.

Perdue signed Wednesday a proclamation rescinding her earlier call for the General Assembly to reconvene in Raleigh this Friday for a veto session.

Legislative leaders decided last week they wouldn’t challenge Perdue’s veto of a bill that would have expanded the list of requests and documents General Assembly members could keep confidential. They said the issue wasn’t urgent and could be handled when the Legislature reconvenes next May.

A majority of lawmakers in the House and Senate had signed petitions asking Perdue to cancel the session.