GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 199
HOUSE BILL 714

AN ACT TO PERMIT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND RESCUE SQUADS TO PURCHASE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES UNDER STATE CONTRACT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-49.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-49.1.  Purchases by volunteer nonprofit fire department and lifesaving and rescue squad.
In consideration of public service, any volunteer nonprofit fire department, lifesaving and rescue squad in this State may purchase gas, oil, and tires for their official vehicles and any other materials and supplies under State contract through the Department of Administration, and may purchase surplus property through the Department of Administration on the same basis applicable to counties and municipalities.
The Department of Administration shall make its services available  to these organizations in the purchase of such supplies under the same laws, rules and regulations applicable to nonprofit organizations as provided in G.S. 143-49."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 3rd day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives