GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-455
SENATE BILL 343

AN ACT RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1 OF CHAPTER 157 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AND TO EXEMPT THE COUNTY OF DARE AND THE TOWN OF MANTEO FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC CONTRACTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 157-6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 157‑6.  Duty of authority.
The authority shall be under a statutory duty to comply or to cause compliance strictly with all provisions of this Article and the laws of the State and in addition thereto, with each and every term, provision and covenant in any contract of the authority on its part to be kept or performed."
Section 2.  Dare County may contract for the design and construction of a Social Services building and a Health Services building without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143-128, 143-129, 143-131, and 143-132.  In contracting for the design and construction of a Social Services building and a Health Services building, if Dare County accepts bids under the single-prime contract system, it shall also seek bids for each building under the separate prime contract system.  Notwithstanding any provision of law, Dare County may award each contract in its sole discretion.
Section 3.  The Town of Manteo may contract for the design and construction of a Town Hall building without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143-128, 143-129, 143-131, and 143-132.  In contracting for a Town Hall building, if the Town of Manteo accepts bids under the single-prime contract system, it shall also seek bids under the separate prime contract system.  Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Town of Manteo may award the contract in its sole discretion.
Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.  Sections 2 and 3 of this act expire July 1, 1999.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of August, 1997.
s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 1:41 p.m. this 29th day of August, 1997