GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1096
Short Title: Simplify School Beverage Contract Bids. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Sanderson and LaRoque (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Education. |
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May 24, 2012
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to save money by removing local school administrative units from the separate bid requirements for juice and water, as recommended by the House select committee on childhood obesity.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 143-64 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-64. Beverages contracts.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, local school
administrative units, community colleges, and constituent institutions Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, community colleges and constituent institutions of
The University of North Carolina shall competitively bid contracts that involve
the sale of juice or bottled water. Contracts for the sale of juice and
contracts for the sale of bottled water shall each be bid separately from each
other and separately from any other contract, including contracts for other
beverages or vending machine services. The local school administrative
units, community colleges, Community Colleges and constituent
institutions may set quality standards for these beverages, and these standards
may be used to accept or reject a bid."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.