AN ACT to exempt stokes county from certain requirements for public contracts.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 143‑128, 143‑129, and 143‑132, Stokes County may use the design‑build method of construction for an emergency medical services station to be located in the Pinnacle area of the County.  Notwithstanding any provision of law, Stokes County may award a contract under this section in its sole discretion.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
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