NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 827
HOUSE BILL 1224

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160A‑17.1 TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COMPLY WITH MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE REQUIREMENTS OF GRANT PROGRAMS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 160A‑17.1 is amended by renumbering the present subsections and inserting the following new subsection "3":
"(3)	Agree to and comply with minimum minority business enterprise participation requirements established by the federal government and its agencies in projects financed by federal grants‑in‑aid or loans, by including such minimum requirements in the specifications for contracts to perform all or part of such projects and awarding bids pursuant to G.S. 143‑129 and 143‑131, if applicable, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders meeting these and any other specifications."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of July, 1981.