GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 50
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 143-135.26(1) reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-135.26. Powers and duties of the Commission.
The State Building Commission shall have the following powers and duties with regard to the State's capital facilities development and management program:
(1) To adopt rules
establishing standard procedures and criteria to assure that the designer
selected for each State capital improvement project and the consultant
selected for planning and studies of an architectural and engineering nature
associated with a capital improvement project or a future capital improvement
project has the qualifications and experience necessary for that capital
improvement project. project or the proposed planning or study
project. The rules shall provide that the State Building Commission, after
consulting with the funded agency, is responsible and accountable for the final
selection of the designer and the final selection of the consultant except
when the General Assembly or The University of North Carolina is the funded
agency. When the General Assembly is the funded agency, the Legislative
Services Commission is responsible and accountable for the final selection of
the designer, designer and the final selection of the consultant, and
when the University is the funded agency, it shall be subject to the rules
adopted hereunder, except it is responsible and accountable for the final
selection of the designer. designer and the final selection of the
consultant. All designers and consultants shall be selected
within 60 days of the date funds are appropriated for a project by the General Assembly.
Assembly or the date of project authorization by the Director of the
Budget; provided, however, the State Building Commission may grant an exception
to this requirement upon written request of the funded agency if (i) no site
was selected for the project before the funds were appropriated or (ii) funds
were appropriated for advance planning only.
The State Building Commission shall submit a written report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the Commission's selection of a designer for a project within 30 days of selecting the designer."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of April, 1989.