GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 274
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE COST LIMIT ON WORK THAT CAN BE PERFORMED BY GOVERNMENTAL FORCE ACCOUNT LABOR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 143-135 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-135. Limitation of application of Article.
Except for the provisions of G.S. 143-129 requiring bids for
the purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment, this Article shall
not apply to construction or repair work undertaken by the State or by
subdivisions of the State of North Carolina (i)
when the work is performed by duly elected officers or agents using force
account qualified labor on the permanent payroll of the agency concerned and
(ii) when either the total cost of the project, including without
limitation all direct and indirect costs of labor, services, materials,
supplies and equipment, does not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars
($75,000). Such one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) or
the total cost of labor on the project does not exceed fifty thousand dollars
($50,000). This force account work shall be subject to the approval
of the Director of the Budget in the case of State agencies, of the responsible
commission, council, or board in the case of subdivisions of the State.
Complete and accurate records of the entire cost of such work, including
without limitation, all direct and indirect costs of labor, services,
materials, supplies and equipment performed and furnished in the prosecution
and completion thereof, shall be maintained by such agency, commission, council
or board for the inspection by the general public. Construction or repair
work undertaken pursuant to this section shall not be divided for the purposes
of evading the provisions of this Article."
Sec. 2. Section 1 of Chapter 219 of the 1995 Session Laws is repealed.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of June, 1995.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives