AN ACT to allow the town of wake forest to use town labor for phased construction of electrical distribution feeder circuits and for construction of an electric substation without regard to the dollar value of the labor.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Town of Wake Forest may use qualified labor on the permanent payroll of the Town for the following projects without regard to the dollar limitations contained in G.S. 143‑135:
(1)	Electrical distribution feeder circuits, to be built in phases.
(2)	Electrical Substation.
SECTION 2.  The project listed in subdivision (1) of Section 1 of this act is only covered by Section 1 of this act if construction on the first phase begins no later than December 31, 2003. The final phase must commence construction no later than December 31, 2009, in order to be covered by Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  The project listed in subdivision (2) of Section 1 of this act is only covered by Section 1 of this act if construction on the first phase begins no later than December 31, 2006.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of May, 2003.

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		 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives