GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 247
SENATE BILL 240

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PERFORM DREDGING SERVICES FOR UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 136-18 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(32)	The Department of Transportation may perform dredging services, on a cost reimbursement basis, for a unit of local government if the unit cannot obtain the services from a private company at a reasonable cost.  A unit of local government is considered to be unable to obtain dredging services at a reasonable cost if it solicits bids for the dredging services in accordance with Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes and does not receive a bid, considered by the Department of Transportation Engineering Staff, to be reasonable."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 66-58(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(16)	The performance by the Department of Transportation of dredging services for a unit of local government."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of June, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives