NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 577

SENATE BILL 147

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW CLAIMS TO BE SETTLED PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF CONTRACTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 143-135.3, as the same appears in Volume 3C of the General Statutes, is amended by adding the following new first sentence before the word "Upon":

"When a claim arises prior to the completion of any contract for construction or repair work awarded by any State board to any contractor under the provisions of this Article, the contractor may submit his claim in writing to the Division of State Construction for decision."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of June, 1981.