GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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SENATE BILL 306*

Short Title:  Ranger Residences/Delete Reporting.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Sherron, Cochrane, Shaw, Tally, Winner; and Smith.
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Referred to:  State Government.
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February 27, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE DIVISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS REGARDING RANGER RESIDENCES AND LAKE JAMES STATE PARK AND TO REPEAL THE SUNSET ON LEGISLATION REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF RANGER RESIDENCES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 9 of Chapter 876 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 9.  (a)	Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 243 of the 1987 Session Laws, the General Assembly creates and establishes Lake James State Park as a State recreation area in the State Park System.
(b)	The Department of Administration and the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development shall immediately proceed in the acquisition and development of property for Lake James State Park, within appropriated funds.  Both departments shall report quarterly to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, beginning August of 1987, on their progress.
(c)	The Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Parks and Recreation, may contract for and supervise all aspects of architecture, engineering, and construction of Lake James State Park as a pilot project, including examination and approval of all changes in plans and specifications made after the contract for work has been awarded, without being subject to the requirements of the following:
(1)	G.S. 143-128 and 143-132, and rules implementing those statutes;
(2)	G.S. 143-31.1 and 143-341(3) and rules implementing that statute; provided, however, the Department of Administration shall, if the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Parks and Recreation so requests, assist the Division in the prefinal and final inspections of Lake James State Park;
(3)	State Statutes, rules, and executive orders referred to in Chapter 2, Section 203.1 b. 16 a), b), d), and f) of the North Carolina Construction Manual (6th Edition) prepared by the Division of State Construction, North Carolina Department of Administration.
The provisions of G.S. 143-135.3 shall apply to contracts entered into pursuant to this section.
If State employees are not available to adapt a State-owned design for Lake James State Park, the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Parks and Recreation, may use funds appropriated to hire a consultant to adapt the State-owned design.
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Sec. 2. Chapter 875 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  (a)	If the State owns an appropriate design for a ranger's residence or if the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Parks and Recreation, intends to use a modular unit for a ranger's residence, the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Parks and Recreation may contract for and supervise all aspects of architecture, engineering, and construction of that ranger's residence, including examination and approval of all changes in plans and specifications made after the contract for work has been awarded, without being subject to the requirements of the following:
(1)	G.S. 143-128 and 143-132, and rules implementing those statutes;
(2)	G.S. 143-31.1 and 143-341(3) and rules implementing that statute; provided, however, the Department of Administration shall, if the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Parks and Recreation so requests, assist the Division in the prefinal and final inspections of the ranger's residence;
(3)	State Statutes, rules, and executive orders referred to in Chapter 2, Section 203.1 b. 16 a), b), d), and f) of the North Carolina Construction Manual (6th Edition) prepared by the Division of State Construction, North Carolina Department of Administration.
Funds appropriated for a ranger's residence for which the State owns an appropriate design or for which the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, intends to use a modular unit shall be allotted by the Director of the Budget within 60 days of the effective date of the appropriation.
The provisions of G.S. 143-135.3 shall apply to contracts entered into pursuant to this section.
If State employees are not available to adapt a State-owned design for a ranger's residence for a particular use or to fit a modular unit for a particular use for a ranger's residence, the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Parks and Recreation may use funds appropriated to design ranger's residences to hire a consultant to adapt the State-owned design or to fit the modular unit to the use.
	Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.