GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 985
SENATE BILL 1143

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE LAW REGARDING THE COMPUTATION OF THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF BIDS REQUIRED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-132(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	For purposes of contracts bid in the alternative between the separate-prime and single-prime contracts, pursuant to G.S. 143-128(b), each single-prime bid shall constitute a competitive bid in each of the four subdivisions or branches of work listed in G.S. 143-128(a), and each full set of separate-prime bids shall constitute a competitive single-prime bid in meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.  If there are at least three single-prime bids but there is not at least one full set of separate-prime bids, no separate-prime bids shall be opened."
Sec. 2.  The State Building Commission shall develop guidelines no later than October 1, 1992, governing the opening of bids pursuant to this act.  These guidelines shall be distributed to all public bodies subject to this act.  The guidelines shall not be subject to the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective October 1, 1992.  The remainder of this act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of July, 1992.

Henson P. Barnes
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives