GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-202
AN ACT TO clarify the applicability of senate bill 25.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 148-37.2, as rewritten by S.L. 2001-84, is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(i) The private for-profit or nonprofit firms authorized to respond to requests for proposal authorized by this section, or entitled to be a Selected Contractor pursuant to any response to such proposal, need not be a licensed general contractor within the meaning of G.S. 87-1 so that providing a response to such request for proposal or entering a Construction Contract Agreement or Purchase Agreement shall not be deemed general contracting within the meaning of G.S. 87-1; provided that this subsection shall not be deemed to remove the actual construction of any prison facility from the provisions of G.S. 87-1."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective May 17, 2001.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of June, 2001.
s/ Frank W. Ballance, Jr.
Deputy President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 2:31 p.m. this 14th day of June, 2001