GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 141*

Short Title:  Exempt State Ports Purchase & Contract.  	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand; Hoyle and Perdue.

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Referred to:  Commerce.

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February 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE PORTS STUDY COMMISSION TO EXEMPT THE STATE PORTS AUTHORITY FROM STATE PURCHASE AND CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G. S. 143B-465 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-465.  Purchase of supplies, material and equipment and building contracts.
The North Carolina State Ports Authority is exempt from the provisions of Article 3 and Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, but the Authority may make use of the provisions of those Articles relating to the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment, or services, or to public building contracts, as the Authority deems appropriate.  The Authority shall report quarterly to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on any purchases or building contracts exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to which this exemption is applied."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.