DEFINE LOCALLY SOURCED/PUBLIC CONTRACTS.

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 783 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 14, 2015
AN ACT TO CLARIFY WHEN BIDDERS ON STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS MAY MAINTAIN THAT GOODS ARE PRODUCED LOCALLY.
Intro. by L. Hall.

Status: Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, Finance (House Action) (Apr 15 2015)
H 783

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 16 2015 - View Summary

    Enacts new GS 143-134.4 (concerning local contracts for locally sourced goods and services) and new GS 143-63.3 (concerning public contracts for locally sourced goods) to prohibit a bidder from stating that goods to be provided under the contract are produced locally or that services to be provided under the contract are provided by local contractors or subcontractors or make any substantially similar claim, unless the goods are produced or the contractors and subcontractors based within the applicable radius. Defines the applicable radius as (1) if the public entity letting the contract is a municipality, 50 miles from that municipality; or (2) if the public entity letting the contract is a county, a distance equal to the distance between the center of the county and the farthest point in that county.