GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 759

SENATE BILL 647

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING COUNTIES, CITIES, AND LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING APARTHEID IN PROJECTS FINANCED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 6 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 153A-141.  Anti-Apartheid requirements.-As a means of encouraging, expressing, and implementing policies opposing apartheid, a county may enact ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, and procedures, relative to the use of public funds, that prohibit purchases from, investment in, or otherwise contracting with any person, firm, or corporation doing business in or with the Republic of South Africa.  The county may include such prohibitions in the specifications for contracts to perform all or part of any projects and may award bids pursuant to G.S. 143-129 and G.S. 143-131, if applicable, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders meeting these and other specifications."

Sec. 2.  Article 8 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 160A-197.  Anti-Apartheid requirements.-As a means of encouraging, expressing, and implementing policies opposing apartheid, a city may enact ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, and procedures, relative to the use of public funds, that prohibit purchases from, investment in, or otherwise contracting with any person, firm, or corporation doing business in or with the Republic of South Africa.  The city may include such prohibitions in the specifications for contracts to perform all or part of any projects and may award bids pursuant to G.S. 143-129 and G.S. 143-131, if applicable, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders meeting these and other specifications."

Sec. 3.  Article 5 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 115C-49.  Anti-Apartheid requirements.-As a means of encouraging, expressing, and implementing policies opposing apartheid, local boards of education may enact resolutions, rules, regulations, and procedures, relative to the use of public funds, that prohibit purchases from, investment in, or otherwise contracting with any person, firm, or corporation doing business in or with the Republic of South Africa.  The local board of education may include such prohibitions in the specifications for contracts to perform all or part of any projects and may award bids pursuant to G.S. 143-129 and G.S. 143-131, if applicable, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders meeting these and other specifications."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of August, 1987.