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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-449 (2026)

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(a) Authority. - A county may contract with and appropriate money to any person, association, or corporation, in order to carry out any public purpose that the county is authorized by law to engage in. A county may not require a private contractor under this section to abide by any restriction that the county could not impose on all employers in the county, such as paying minimum wage higher than the statewide wage in Chapter 95 of the General Statutes or providing paid sick leave to its employees, as a condition of bidding on a contract.

(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2015-294, s. 1(c), effective October 1, 2015, and applicable to contracts entered into on or after that date. (1985, c. 271, s. 2; 2013-413, s. 5(c); 2013-418, s. 2(a); 2014-119, s. 13(b); 2015-294, s. 1(c); 2016-3, 2nd Ex. Sess., s. 2.2; 2017-4, s. 1; 2023-134, s. 5.9(b).)

 

§ 153A-450.  Contracts for construction of satellite campuses of community colleges.

(a) Boards of county commissioners may enter into contracts for the construction of satellite campuses of community colleges, to be located in their counties.

(b) The board of county commissioners of the county in which a satellite campus of a community college is to be constructed shall submit the plans for the satellite facility's construction to the board of trustees of the community college that will be operating the facility for its approval prior to entering into any contract for the construction of the satellite facility.

(c) A satellite facility may be used only as a satellite facility of the community college that operates it and for no other purpose except as approved by the board of trustees of the community college that has been assigned the county where the satellite facility is located as a service delivery area either by an act of the General Assembly or by the State Board of Community Colleges. (1985, c. 757, s. 148(b), (d), (e); 1987, c. 564, ss. 11, 12.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1995–2009 · leading case: Reese v. Mecklenburg Cnty., 685 S.E.2d 34 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009).
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Reese v. Mecklenburg Cnty., 685 S.E.2d 34 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 5× “” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-449 (2007). In Peacock v.”
Carteret Cnty. v. United Contractors of Kinston, Inc., 462 S.E.2d 816 (N.C. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “While it is true counties have not been given the express power to enter into arbitration agreements, they do have the power to enter into contracts.”
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