NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 337

SENATE BILL 444

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 14-249 RELATING TO THE PURCHASE OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY THE STATE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-249 is hereby amended by deleting following the words "in excess of in line four thereof the words and figures "two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00)" and substituting in lieu thereof "three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00)", so that it will now read as follows:

"§ 14-249.  Limitation of amount expended for vehicle. — It shall be unlawful for any officer, agent, employee or department of the State of North Carolina, or of any county, or of any institution or agency of the State to expend from the public treasury an amount in excess of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) for any motor vehicle other than motor trucks; except upon the approval of the Governor and Council of State: Provided, that nothing in G.S. 14-247 through G.S. 14-251 shall be construed to authorize the purchase or maintenance of an automobile at the expense of the State by any State officer unless he is now authorized by statute to do so: Provided further, that the limitation prescribed by this section shall not be applicable to the purchase of any motor vehicle by any county, city or town in this State, where such motor vehicle is purchased in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes of North Carolina."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of May, 1971.