GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-34
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FORCE ACCOUNT LIMIT FOR CABARRUS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CONCORD.
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 one
hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) three hundred thousand
dollars ($300,000) 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."
Section 2. This act applies only to Cabarrus County and the City of Concord.
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and expires June 30, 2000.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of May, 1999.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives