GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	2 

SENATE BILL 51
Commerce Committee Substitute Adopted 2/23/99

Short Title:  Highway Contract Bonding Req'ments.	(Public)

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February 8, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW GOVERNING HIGHWAY SMALL PROJECT BIDDING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 136-28.10(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 136-28.4(b), for Highway Fund or Highway Trust Fund projects of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or less, the Board of Transportation may, after soliciting at least three informal bids in writing from Small Business Enterprises, award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder.  The Department of Transportation may identify projects likely to attract increased participation by Small Business Enterprises, and restrict the solicitation and award to those bidders.  The Board of Transportation may delegate full authority to award contracts, adopt necessary rules, and administer the provisions of this section to the Secretary of Transportation."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.