GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-247
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 either the total cost of the project,
including without limitation all direct and indirect costs of labor, services,
materials, supplies and equipment, does not exceed one hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($125,000) two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($250,000) or the total cost of labor on the project does not exceed fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000). This 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."
Section 2. This act applies only to the City of Laurinburg.
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and expires June 30, 1999.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives