GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 138
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TOWN OF BOONE TO INSTALL WATER AND SEWER LINES IN THE JUNALUSKA AREA 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 seventy-five
thousand dollars ($75,000). three hundred thousand dollars
($300,000). 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 Boone only.
Sec. 3. This act applies only to the installation of water and sewer lines in the Junaluska area.
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification but construction authorized by this act must be completed by September 1, 1994.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1993.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives