GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-155
SENATE BILL 811

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO HIRE AND CONTRACT FOR PERSONNEL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 158-8.3 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(f)	Within the limits of funds available, the Commission may hire and fix the compensation of any personnel necessary to its operations, contract with consultants for any services as it may require, and contract with the State of North Carolina or the federal government, or any agency or department thereof, for any services as may be provided by those agencies.  With the approval of any unit of local government, the Commission may contract to use officers, employees, agents, and facilities of the unit of local government.  The Commission may carry out the provisions of any contracts it may enter.
Within the limits of funds available, the Commission may lease, rent, purchase, or otherwise obtain suitable quarters and office space for its staff, and may lease, rent, or purchase necessary furniture, fixtures, and other equipment."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of May, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 11:35 a.m. this 6th day of June, 1997