GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
SESSION LAW 2003-134
HOUSE BILL 776
AN act to amend the charter of the city of greensboro to give the city manager greater authority to approve certain contracts.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 4.111 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, being Chapter 1137 of the 1959 Session Laws, as amended by Section 6, Chapter 74 of the 1967 Session Laws; Section 7, Chapter 142 of the 1969 Session Laws; Section 17, Chapter 213 of the 1973 Session Laws; Section 4, Chapter 159 of the 1981 Session Laws; and Section 1, Chapter 6 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Section 4.111. Contract procedures.
All contracts, except as otherwise provided for in this
Charter, shall be authorized and approved by the Council and reduced to writing
in order to be binding upon the City. All contracts and all ordinances or
resolutions authorizing the same shall be drawn by the City Attorney or shall
be approved by him before authorization by the Council. A contract for the
purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment or a contract for the
performance of services may be approved, awarded and executed by the city
manager on behalf of the city provided that the City Council shall have
approved a sufficient appropriation in the annual budget for the current fiscal
year. A contract for construction or demolition may be approved, awarded and
executed by the City Manager on behalf of the City when the amount of such
contract does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) three
hundred thousand dollars ($300,000); provided that the City Council shall
have approved a sufficient appropriation in the Annual Budget for the current
fiscal year for the general purposes specified under the contract. Before any
such contract is awarded, the City Manager shall comply with all other
requirements set forth in G.S. 143-129, and G.S. 143-131, and said contract
shall be subject to the approval of the City Attorney. Any person aggrieved by
an award made pursuant to this Section may appeal to the City Council by filing
notice thereof with the City Clerk immediately following a decision granting
such award."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of June, 2003.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Richard T. Morgan
Speaker of the House of Representatives