A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to save money by removing local school administrative units from the separate bid requirements for juice and water, as recommended by the House select committee on childhood obesity.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑64 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143‑64.  Beverages contracts.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, community colleges and constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina shall competitively bid contracts that involve the sale of juice or bottled water. Contracts for the sale of juice and contracts for the sale of bottled water shall each be bid separately from each other and separately from any other contract, including contracts for other beverages or vending machine services. Community Colleges and constituent institutions may set quality standards for these beverages, and these standards may be used to accept or reject a bid."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.