GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 839

HOUSE BILL 1177

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO PUBLISH A NORTH CAROLINA PURCHASE REGISTRY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 143-345.7. North Carolina Purchase Registry.-The Division of Purchase and Contract of the Department of Administration shall publish a tabloid size, biweekly publication to be known as the 'North Carolina Purchase Directory' which shall contain information on contract and purchase requirements from the Division of Purchase and Contract, the Office of State Construction, the Department of Transportation, and other agencies of State government which make direct purchases from private suppliers. The Division shall mail four free issues of this publication to all persons and businesses on the current bidders roster, to all Chambers of Commerce in North Carolina, to all business associations in North Carolina and to all persons or businesses on a list to be supplied by the Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the effective date of this section; thereafter the Division shall make the publication available on a subscription basis. Said subscription price shall not exceed forty dollars ($40.00) per year and shall be computed taking into consideration the cost of producing and mailing the publication. The Division shall coordinate with the other departments of State government to ensure that the publication is meeting the goals of disseminating as widely as possible and in a timely manner information on those State contracts which are open for bids."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of July, 1983.