NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 277

HOUSE BILL 646

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 143-129 AND G.S. 143-131 TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR WHICH FORMAL AND INFORMAL BIDS ARE REQUIRED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-129, as the same appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to 1974 Replacement Volume of Volume 3C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended in paragraph 1, line 5, be deleting the words and figures "Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "Five thousand dollars ($5,000)".

Sec. 2. G.S. 143-131, as the same appears in the 1974 Replacement Volume of Volume 3C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended in paragraph 1, line 3, by deleting the words and figures "One thousand dollars ($1,000)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)".

Sec. 3. This act shall apply to Guilford County only.

Sec. 4. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of April, 1977.