GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997

SESSION LAW 1998-18
HOUSE BILL 1593

AN ACT TO EXEMPT ALLEGHANY COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF SPARTA FROM CERTAIN LAWS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION, PROCUREMENT, AND LEASING OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Alleghany County and the Town of Sparta may contract for the construction, procurement, and leasing of critical infrastructure needs including an electrical power substation and water and sewer line extensions related to the construction and operation of a new manufacturing plant currently under construction and scheduled for operation by September, 1998.  These contracts may be negotiated and signed without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143-128, 143-129, 143-131, and 143-132.  Construction of the water and sewer line extensions using force account qualified labor on the permanent payroll of the agency concerned may be undertaken without respect to the limitations contained in G.S. 143-135.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires on July 1, 1999.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 1998.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives