Bill Text: NC S273 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Wake Municipalities Energy Efficiency
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-07-27 - Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [S273 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-S273-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
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SENATE BILL 273*
State and Local Government Committee Substitute Adopted 4/19/11
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Short Title: Wake Municipalities Energy Efficiency. |
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March 10, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow WAKE county and the towns of apex, cary, fuquay‑varina, garner, holly springs, knightdale, morrisville, rolesville, wake forest, wendell, and zebulon to enter into leases for the siting and operation of a renewable energy facility for up to twenty years without treating it as a sale and without giving notice by publication, and exempting those municipalities until june 30, 2015, from competitive bidding requirements when letting contracts for use as part of local pilot programs aimed at increasing energy efficiency.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 3 of S.L. 2009‑149, as rewritten by S.L. 2010‑57 and S.L. 2010‑63, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 3. Section 2 of this act applies to the
Cities of Asheville, Raleigh and Winston‑Salem and the Towns of Chapel
Hill and Carrboro only. This act also applies to Catawba County.and
Wake Counties and the Towns of Apex, Cary, Fuquay‑Varina, Garner, Holly
Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell, and Zebulon
only."
SECTION 2. Section 1 of S.L. 2007‑333, as rewritten by Section 1 of S.L. 2009‑149 and by S.L. 2010‑57, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1.(a) A municipality or county may contract for apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment that will be used as part of any pilot program authorized by its governing board aimed at increasing energy efficiency without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143‑129, 143‑131, and 143‑132. Notwithstanding any provision of law, a municipality or county may award a contract under this section in its sole discretion.
"SECTION 1.(b) This section applies to Wake
County and to the Cities of Asheville and Raleigh and the Towns of Apex,
Chapel Hill and Carrboro Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Fuquay‑Varina,
Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest,
Wendell, and Zebulon only."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law, but Section 2 of this act expires at the same time that Section 1 of S.L. 2010‑57 expires.
