A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to grant additional purchasing FLEXIBILITY to the charlotte‑mecklenburg schools.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Purchases by the Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Local School Administrative Unit of supplies, equipment, and materials valued at two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or less are not subject to the provisions of G.S. 115C‑522.1 or Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.
SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes or any other provision of law, the Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Local School Administrative Unit may purchase textbooks on the State‑adopted list without using the State textbook distribution system or the textbook warehouse facility operated by the State Board of Education.
SECTION 3.  This act applies only to the Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Local School Administrative Unit.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2002.