GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 68*

Short Title:  Ports Authority Contracts.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Block, Martin of Pitt; and Perdue. 
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Referred to:  State Personnel and State Government.
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February 13, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE STATE PORTS AUTHORITY FROM THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 143 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES IN THE SELECTION OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS WHERE THE FEE FOR SUCH SERVICES IS LESS THAN THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143B-465 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-465. Purchase of supplies, material and equipment and building contracts.
(a)	All of the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes relating to the purchase of supplies, material and equipment by the State government are hereby made applicable to the North Carolina State Ports Authority.  Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, all of the provisions of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes relating to public building contracts are hereby made applicable to the North Carolina State Ports Authority for those construction projects which may be funded, in whole or in part, by appropriations from the General Assembly.
(b)	The North Carolina State Ports Authority is not subject to the provisions of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes in the selection of architects, engineers, or other professional consultants where the fee for such services is less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.