GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-368
SENATE BILL 776

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW EXEMPTING CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FROM STATE PURCHASE AND CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 113-315.36 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113-315.36.  Building contracts.
(a)	The following general laws, to the extent provided below, do not apply to the North Carolina Seafood Industrial Park Authority:
	(2)	Except for G.S. 143-128(f), Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes does not apply to public building contracts of the Authority that require the estimated expenditure of public money in an amount less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).  With respect to a contract that is exempted from certain provisions of Article 8 under this subdivision, the powers and duties set out in Article 8 shall be exercised by the Authority, and the Secretary of Administration and other State officers, employees, or agencies shall have no duties or responsibilities concerning the contract.
(3)	G.S. 143-341(3) does not apply to plans and specifications for construction or renovation authorized by the Authority that require the estimated expenditure of public money in an amount less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).
(b)	Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the services of the Department of Administration may be made available to the Authority, when requested by the Authority, with regard to matters governed by Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes and G.S. 143-341(3). The Authority shall report quarterly to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on any building contract to which this exemption is applied.  The quarterly report required by this subsection shall specifically include information regarding the Authority's compliance with the provisions of G.S. 143-128(f)."
Section 2.  Section 4 of S.L. 1997-331 reads as rewritten:
"Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.  Section 3 of this act expires July 1, 1999."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of July, 1999.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 8:48 p.m. this 4th day of August, 1999