A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXEMPT IREDELL 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, Iredell County may purchase and erect a prefabricated modular building system, including kennels, trough drains, watering equipment, and other appurtenances associated with kennel facilities, and which may include an office and administrative facility, for use as an animal shelter that will be located on Bristol Drive, Statesville, North Carolina, and may, notwithstanding any provision of law, award the contract for the prefabricated modular building system and the associated equipment and appurtenances in its sole discretion.  The remainder of the animal shelter project, including any on-site construction work and the portions of the plumbing, mechanical, and electrical work which must be performed at the construction site, shall be contracted and bid in compliance with Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. 
SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding G.S. 143‑128, 143‑129, and 143‑132, the Town of Mooresville may use the design‑build method of construction for a sewer pumping station that will be located on Presbyterian Road, Mooresville, North Carolina. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Town of Mooresville may award each contract in its sole discretion.
SECTION 3.  Section 1 of this act is effective when it becomes law and expires on July 1, 2010.  The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.