GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-184
AN ACT TO RAISE THE THRESHOLD FOR THE INFORMAL BIDDING PROCEDURE FOR LETTING PUBLIC CONTRACTS BY THE COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 143-129(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) No construction or
repair work requiring the estimated expenditure of public money in an amount
equal to or more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or purchase of
apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment requiring an estimated expenditure
of public money in an amount equal to or more than twenty thousand dollars
($20,000), one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), except in cases
of group purchases made by hospitals through a competitive bidding purchasing
program or in cases of special emergency involving the health and safety of the
people or their property, shall be performed, nor shall any contract be awarded
therefor, by any board or governing body of the State, or of any institution of
the State government, or of any county, city, town, or other subdivision of the
State, unless the provisions of this section are complied with. For
purposes of this Article, a competitive bidding group purchasing program is a
formally organized program that offers purchasing services at discount prices
to two or more hospital facilities. The limitation contained in this
paragraph shall not apply to construction or repair work undertaken during the
progress of a construction or repair project initially begun pursuant to this
section. Further, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the
purchase of gasoline, diesel fuel, alcohol fuel, motor oil or fuel oil. Such
purchases shall be subject to G.S. 143-131."
Section 2. Section 1 of Chapter 712 of the 1993 Session Laws is repealed.
Section 3. Section 1 of this act applies to the County of Mecklenburg only.
Section 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives