GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 310
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TOWN OF SURF CITY TO REPLACE A WATER LINE WITH ITS OWN CREW AND EQUIPMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 143-135 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-135. Limitation of application of Article.
Except for the provisions of G.S. 143-129 requiring bids for
the purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment, this Article shall
not apply to construction or repair work undertaken by the State or by
subdivisions of the State of North Carolina (i) when the work is performed by
duly elected officers or agents using force account qualified labor on the
permanent payroll of the agency concerned and (ii) when the total cost of the
project, including without limitation all direct and indirect costs of labor,
services, materials, supplies and equipment, does not exceed seventy-five
thousand dollars ($75,000). two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
Such force account work shall be subject to the approval of the Director of
the Budget in the case of State agencies, of the responsible commission,
council, or board in the case of subdivisions of the State. Complete and
accurate records of the entire cost of such work, including without limitation,
all direct and indirect costs of labor, services, materials, supplies and
equipment performed and furnished in the prosecution and completion thereof,
shall be maintained by such agency, commission, council or board for the
inspection by the general public. Construction or repair work undertaken
pursuant to this section shall not be divided for the purposes of evading the
provisions of this Article."
Sec. 2. This act applies to the Town of Surf City only.
Sec. 3. This act applies only to the replacement of an old six-inch military water line running approximately one mile through the center of town.
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification and expires one year from that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 1993.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives