A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF A LOCAL ACT ALLOWING THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE TO CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE PARTIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND OCCUPANCY OF CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SPECIAL USER PROJECTS and to authorize johnston county to construct water treatment plant expansion projects without complying WITH ARTICLE 8 OF CHAPTER 143 OF THE GENERAL STATUtES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 2 of S.L. 1998‑173 reads as rewritten:
"Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and expires on January 1, 2007. All contracts executed under the authority of this act and any bonds or other debt instruments issued pursuant to this act prior to the expiration date of this act shall remain effective until the contracts are completed or the bonds or other debt instruments are retired."
SECTION 2.  Johnston County may contract for the design and construction of water treatment plant expansion projects without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143‑128, 143‑129, 143‑131, 143‑133, 143‑64.31, and 143‑64.32.  This authorization includes, if deemed appropriate by the Johnston County Board of County Commissioners, the use of the single‑prime contractor method of design and construction, the design‑build method of construction, or a request for proposals and negotiation as an alternative design and construction method.  
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law, and Section 2 of this act expires on June 30, 2005.