GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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SENATE BILL 1140
Commerce Committee Substitute Adopted 8/5/98

Short Title:  School Construction Bidding.	(Public)

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May 18, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO ALLOW LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS TO USE SINGLE-PRIME BIDDING, MULTI-PRIME BIDDING, OR BOTH, FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OVER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-128 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( d1)	Local school administrative units; building projects over five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). – Notwithstanding subsection (d) of this section or any other provision of law, when the entire cost of the building project is more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), local school administrative units may accept bids under the single-prime contract system, the separate-prime contract system, or both.  All other provisions of G.S. 143-128 which are not inconsistent with this subsection shall apply to local school administrative units.  Prior to deciding whether to accept bids single-prime, separate-prime, or both, the local school administrative unit shall provide at least 10 days' published notice, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the unit is located, of a public hearing on the bidding method.  The local school administrative unit shall consider the public's comments in deciding which bidding method to use."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to bids solicited on or after that date.