GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

SESSION LAW 2015-158

HOUSE BILL 312

AN ACT to allow certain county sheriff's offices to contract for the purchase of food and food services supplies for A county's detention facility without being subject to the requirements of certain state purchase and contract laws.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  A county sheriff's office may contract for the purchase of food and food services supplies for that county's detention facility without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143‑129 and G.S. 143‑131(a).

SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the following counties: Jones, Cherokee, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Lincoln, Madison, Orange, Transylvania, and Yancey.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23^rd day of July, 2015.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Paul Stam

                                                                         Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives