GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2007-131
HOUSE BILL 1456
AN ACT to facilitate the acquisition and disposition of property and the procurement of goods and services by regional solid waste management authorities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 153A-427(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)
The acquisition and disposal of real and personal property by an authority
created under this Article shall be governed by those provisions of the General
Statutes which govern the acquisition and disposal of real and personal
property by counties counties, except that Article 8 of Chapter 143
of the General Statutes and Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 153A of the General
Statutes do not apply. No authority created pursuant to this Article shall
exercise any power of eminent domain with respect to any property located
outside the territorial jurisdiction of the members of such authority."
SECTION 2. G.S. 153A-427(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) Each authority's plan shall take into consideration facilities and other resources for management of solid waste which may be available through private enterprise. This Article shall be construed to encourage the involvement and participation of private enterprise in solid waste management. An authority created pursuant to this Article shall establish goals for the procurement of goods and services from minority and historically underutilized businesses."
SECTION 3. G.S. 143-129.2(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f) The Except
for authorities created pursuant to Article 22 of Chapter 153A of the General
Statutes, the construction work for any facility or structure that is
ancillary to a solid waste or sludge management facility and that does not
involve storage and processing of solid waste or sludge or the separation,
extraction, and recovery of useful or marketable forms of energy and materials
from solid waste at a solid waste management facility shall be procured through
competitive bidding procedures described by G.S. 143-128 through 143-129.1.
Ancillary facilities include but are not limited to roads, water and sewer
lines to the facility limits, transfer stations, scale houses, administration
buildings, and residue and bypass disposal sites."
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of June, 2007.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 6:01 p.m. this 27th day of June, 2007