GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 17*

Short Title:  Women's Prison Construction Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Barnes; Beall, Kerr, Craven, Edwards, and S. Thompson.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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January 13, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES FOR WOMEN IN THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management for the 1989-1990 fiscal year the sum of two million one hundred twenty-three thousand four hundred dollars ($2,123,400) to be allocated as follows:
(1) The sum of three hundred thirty-two thousand two hundred dollars ($332,200) for necessary construction, alteration, and renovation of the Clark Building at the Fountain Correctional Center for Women for use as a 50-bed misdemeanant processing center and to construct necessary physical support facilities at Fountain Correctional Center;  
(2) The sum of one million one hundred five thousand six hundred dollars ($1,105,600) to construct a mental health facility at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women and to make the necessary physical support system improvements at the North Carolina Correctional Center;
(3) The sum of sixty-two thousand eight hundred dollars ($62,800) to renovate Dormitory A at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women for use as a facility for a substance abuse program; and
(4) The sum of six hundred twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars ($622,800) to construct a kitchen facility at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women and to renovate the existing kitchen-dining hall facility.
Sec. 2.  The Office of State Budget and Management may contract for and supervise all aspects of design, construction, or demolition of prison facilities designated in this act without being subject to the requirements of the following statutes and rules implementing those statutes:  G.S. 143-135.26(1), 143-128, 143-129, 143-131, 143-132, 143-134, 143-64.10 through 143-64.13, 113A-1 through 113A-10, 113A-50 through 113A-66, 133-1.1(b), and 133-1.1(g).  All contracts for the design, construction, or demolition of these facilities shall include a penalty for failure to complete the work by a specified date.  
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management for the 1989-90 fiscal year the sum of one hundred twenty-seven thousand four hundred four dollars ($127,404) to contract for professional assistance in administering the construction of facilities designated in Section 1 of this act.  The funds allocated in this section shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year for which they are appropriated but shall remain available until completion of construction, at which time any remaining funds shall revert.
Sec. 4.  The Office of State Budget and Management shall report to the cochairmen of the Prison Construction Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations at least once a month on the capital projects designated in this act.  The reports shall include information on which contractors have been selected, what contracts have been entered into, the projected and actual occupancy and use dates of facilities contracted for, and the projected and actual cost of each project.
Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.