NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1248
SENATE BILL 923

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE LIMIT ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-135 is hereby rewritten in its entirety to read as follows:
"§ 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 (1) 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 (2) 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). Such force account work shall be subject to the approval of the Director of the Budget and the Advisory Budget Commission 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 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 is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.