AN ACT providing that A county sheriff's Office may contract for the purchase of food and supplies for the county's detention facility without being subject to the requirements of certain state purchase and contract laws.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  A county sheriff's office may contract for the purchase of food and food services supplies for that county's detention facility without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143‑129 and G.S. 143‑131(a).
SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the following counties: Alamance, Anson, Caswell, Craven, Cumberland, Davidson, Guilford, Onslow, Pamlico, Randolph, Rockingham, and Wake.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of July, 2015.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives