Senate committee substitute to the 4th edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 133-1.1 by amending the $150,000 trigger for using a registered architect and/or registered engineer so that it is in excess of that amount, consistent with other triggers in the statute.

Removes the proposed changes to GS 143C-8-7.1. Enacts new GS 143C-8-7.2, which provides as follows. Prohibits State agencies, including constituent institutions of UNC, from using State funds appropriated to the State agency in conjunction with or for the benefit of a public-private partnership project (as defined) for either of the following with the NCGA’s authorization in an act: (1) a capital improvement project that is not a public-private partnership project, or (2) a self-liquidating projects that is not a public-private partnership project. Excludes the Department of Transportation and entities created under GS 116-350.5 (UNC Health Care System).