A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT exempting the town of chapel hill from competitive bidding requirements when letting contracts for use as part of municipal pilot programs aimed at increasing energy efficiency, and to authorize the town of chapel hill to enter into a lease for the siting and operation of a renewable energy Facility for twenty years without treating it as a sale and without giving notice by publication.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 2007‑333, as rewritten by Section 1 of S.L. 2009‑149, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1.(a)  A municipality may contract for apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment that will be used as part of any pilot program authorized by its governing board aimed at increasing energy efficiency without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143‑129, 143‑131, and 143‑132. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the municipality may award a contract under this section in its sole discretion.
"SECTION 1.(b)  This section applies to the City of Raleigh and the Town of Chapel Hill only."
SECTION 2.  Section 3 of S.L. 2009‑149 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act applies to the Cities of Raleigh and Winston‑Salem and the Town of Chapel Hill only."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.