GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 667
HOUSE BILL 1951

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TOWN OF BOONVILLE TO INSTALL SEWER LINES AND TO ALLOW WATAUGA COUNTY TO REPAIR THE WATAUGA HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETIC FACILITIES PROJECT 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 two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). 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 Boonville and Watauga County only.
Sec. 3.  This act applies only to the East Side Sewer Project in the Town of Boonville and the Watauga High School Physical Education and Athletic Facilities Project in Watauga County.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of July, 1994.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives