GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-40
HOUSE BILL 872

AN ACT TO EXEMPT DARE COUNTY FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC CONTRACTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Dare County may contract for the design and construction of a courthouse facility without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143-128, 143-129, 143-131, and 143-132.  In contracting for the design and construction of a courthouse facility, if Dare County accepts bids under the single-prime contract system, it shall also seek bids under the separate-prime contract system.  Notwithstanding any provision of law, Dare County may award each contract in its sole discretion.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires July 1, 2002.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of May, 1999.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives