§ 153A‑449.  Contracts with private entities; contractors must use E‑Verify.

(a) Authority. – A county may contract with and appropriate money to any person, association, or corporation, in order to carry out any public purpose that the county is authorized by law to engage in. A county may not require a private contractor under this section to abide by any restriction that the county could not impose on all employers in the county, such as paying minimum wage or providing paid sick leave to its employees, as a condition of bidding on a contract.

(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2015‑294, s. 1(c), effective October 1, 2015, and applicable to contracts entered into on or after that date. (1985, c. 271, s. 2; 2013‑413, s. 5(c); 2013‑418, s. 2(a); 2014‑119, s. 13(b); 2015‑294, s. 1(c); 2016‑3, 2nd Ex. Sess., s. 2.2; 2017‑4, s. 1.)