GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	2 

SENATE BILL 437
Second Edition Engrossed 4/20/95

Short Title:  Government Construction Contracts.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Sherron.

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Referred to:  Commerce

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March 21, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REPEAL THE SUNSET CONCERNING GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 480 of the 1989 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification."
Sec. 2.  Section 3 of Chapter 480 of the 1989 Session Laws is repealed.
Sec. 2.1.  Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section to read:
"§ 143-128.1.  Project expediter for separate prime contracts.
When separate contracts are awarded pursuant to G.S. 143-128, the public body may, if specified in the bid documents, provide for assignment of responsibility for expediting any of the contracts for such work to a single responsible and reliable person, firm or corporation, which may be one of the prime contractors.  In executing this responsibility, the designated project expediter may recommend to the public body whether payment to a contractor should be approved."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.