Title: House Bill 576-Third Edition
Category: Introduced Bill 2005

General Assembly of North Carolina	Session 2005

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
H	3
HOUSE BILL 576
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/28/05
Third Edition Engrossed 3/31/05

Short Title:	Simply Bid Process/Small Comm. Coll. Projects. | (Public)
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March 10, 2005

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to simplify the bid process for small community college capital improvement projects.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑64.34 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143‑64.34.  Exemption of certain projects.
(a)	State Capital Improvement Projects under the jurisdiction of the State Building Commission and Community College Capital Improvement Projects where the estimated expenditure of public money is less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) are exempt from the provisions of this Article.
(b)	A capital improvement project of The University of North Carolina under G.S. 116‑31.11 where the estimated expenditure of public money is less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is exempt from this Article if:
(1)	The architectural, engineering, or surveying services to be rendered are under an open‑end design agreement;
(2)	The open‑end design agreement has been publicly announced; and
(3)	The open‑end design agreement complies with procedures adopted by the University and approved by the State Building Commission under G.S. 116‑31.11(a)(3).
(c)	A community college capital improvement project where the estimated expenditure of public money is less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is exempt from this Article if:
(1)	The architectural, engineering, or surveying services to be rendered are under an open‑end design agreement;
(2)	The open‑end design agreement has been publicly announced; and
(3)	The open‑end design agreement complies with procedures adopted by the State Board of Community Colleges."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

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