AN ACT to allow the public works commission of the city of fayetteville to use commission labor for the construction of water and sewer utility projects in the phase v annexed areas of the city and under certain circumstances and without regard to the dollar value of the labor.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Public Works Commission of the City of Fayetteville may use force account qualified labor on the Commission's payroll for the design, construction, repair, and renovation of the following projects without regard to the dollar limitations contained in G.S. 143‑135:
(1)	Water lines and related facilities to serve the Phase V annexed areas of the City of Fayetteville, to be built in phases.
(2)	Sewer lines and related facilities to serve the Phase V annexed areas of the City of Fayetteville, to be built in phases.
SECTION 2.  The Commission may utilize its authority under Section 1 of this act for a particular project only if it has first: (i) complied with all the requirements of Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes regarding the advertisement and bidding for public contracts; and (ii) received fewer than three bids.
SECTION 3.  This act only applies to the Public Works Commission of the City of Fayetteville.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires January 1, 2012.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 2006.

	s/ Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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