NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 759

HOUSE BILL 1474

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW LOCAL COMMUNITY NONPROFIT SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND CENTERS TO USE THE SERVICES OF THE DIVISION OF PURCHASE AND CONTRACT OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION IN PURCHASING MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT UNDER STATE CONTRACT.

 

Whereas, local community nonprofit workshops and centers minister to the physically and mentally handicapped, socially deprived, developmentally disabled citizens; and

Whereas, many workshops are assisting public school systems in training under‑achievers; and

Whereas, the workshops provide evaluation and adjustment training to all vocational rehabilitation clients; and

Whereas, the workshops provide sheltered employment and training for the mentally retarded and severely handicapped; and

Whereas, a number of the sheltered workshops are sponsored by county boards of education and other Mental Health/Mental Retardation Centers and have the privilege of purchasing through the Division of Purchase and Contract; and

Whereas, a substantial amount of the financial support of local nonprofit sheltered workshops and centers comes from the State, and the State would save money if these workshops and centers were allowed to purchase materials, supplies and equipment under State contracts made by the Division of Purchase and Contract of the State Department of Administration; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Subdivision (6) of G.S. 143-49 is amended by inserting in line 2 of the subdivision, immediately following the word "hospitals," the phrase:

"to local nonprofit community sheltered workshops or centers that meet standards established by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Department of Human Resources,".

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1979.