A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT requiring vendors bidding on state contracts to disclose whether services will be performed outside the united states.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 143‑59.4.  Contracts performed outside the United States.
(a)	A vendor submitting a bid shall disclose in a statement, provided contemporaneously with the bid, where services will be performed under the contract sought, including any subcontracts, and whether any services under that contract, including any subcontracts, are anticipated to be performed outside the United States. Nothing in this section is intended to contravene any existing treaty, law, agreement, or regulation of the United States.
(b)	The Secretary of Administration shall retain the statements required by subsection (a) of this section regardless of the State entity that awards the contract and shall report annually to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the number of contracts which are anticipated to be performed outside the United States."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2005, and applies to all bids submitted after that date.