S770 - North Carolina Farm Act of 2016. (SL 2016-113)

Overview: Sec. 8 of S.L. 2016-113 allows a local board of education to develop and implement policies and procedures to facilitate and maximize purchases of food grown or raised in North Carolina. This includes policies that permit a price percentage preference for the purpose of procuring food grown or raised within the State. A price percentage preference is the percent by which a responsive bid from a responsible bidder whose product is grown or raised in the State may exceed the lowest responsive bid submitted by a responsible bidder whose product is not grown or raised in the State.

This section became effective July 26, 2016.