AN ACT to EXEMPT DARE COUNTY FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC CONTRACTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Dare County may contract for the design and construction of an administration building and the renovation of the Old Dare Courthouse without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143‑128, 143‑129, 143‑131, and 143‑132. Notwithstanding any provision of law, Dare County may award each contract in its sole discretion.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires July 1, 2008.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of May, 2003.

	s/	 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives