GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

SESSION LAW 2006-50

HOUSE BILL 2343

AN ACT to exempt stokes county from certain requirements for public contracts.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 143-128, 143-129, and 143-132, Stokes County may use the design-build method of construction for an emergency medical services station to be located in the Pinnacle area of the County.  Notwithstanding any provision of law, Stokes County may award a contract under this section in its sole discretion.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30^th day of June, 2006.

                                                        s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                         President of the Senate

                                                        s/ Richard T. Morgan

                                                         Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives