AN ACT to exempt the city of lumberton from certain statutory requirements relating to the construction of buildings to be used by industries locating to the city.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The City of Lumberton may contract for the design and renovation or construction of buildings to be used by industries locating to the city without being subject to the requirements of Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires December 31, 2004.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 2003.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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