GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 617
HOUSE BILL 825

AN ACT TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE DURHAM CITY CHARTER RELATING TO THE CITY MANAGER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671 of the 1975 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 694 of the 1981 Session Laws, is amended by rewriting the last paragraph of Section 17 to read:
"The City Council may authorize the City Manager to make, approve, award, and execute any contract for the purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment and any contract for construction or repair work provided:
(1)	The amount of the contract shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);
(2)	The City Manager shall, within 45 days of the award of such contract, report such award to the City Council, provided however, contracts in an amount less than an amount prescribed by the City Council need not be reported;
(3)	The City Manager shall comply with all applicable provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, and of Section 84 of this Charter.  The City Manager may take any action that the City Council is required or authorized to take under Article 8 of the Chapter 143 of the General Statutes in making, approving, awarding, or executing such contracts."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 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