GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 138
HOUSE BILL 838

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TOWN OF BOONE TO INSTALL WATER AND SEWER LINES IN THE JUNALUSKA AREA WITH ITS OWN CREW AND EQUIPMENT.

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 the total cost of the project, including without limitation all direct and indirect costs of labor, services, materials, supplies and equipment, does not exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).  Such 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.  This act applies to the Town of Boone only.
Sec. 3.  This act applies only to the installation of water and sewer lines in the Junaluska area.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification but construction authorized by this act must be completed by September 1, 1994.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives