A Legal Guide to Construction Contracting with North Carolina Local Governments


Book Description

For North Carolina local governments and private sector contractors, architects, engineers, and others interested in the legal requirements for local government construction and professional design services contracting, this loose-leaf book provides the guidance you need. Each chapter provides a summary of the legal requirements for various aspects of the construction contracting process, and every topic is accompanied by frequently asked questions and answers. In addition to competitive bidding requirements for public construction and repair projects, the book also discusses exceptions to competitive bidding and the legal requirements for contracting with architects, engineers, surveyors, and alternative construction delivery methods under the state's Mini-Brooks Act. This volume is the fifth edition of the book published under the title, Construction Contracts with North Carolina Local Governments, and replaces the previous fourth edition, 2007, written by A. Fleming Bell, II.




A Legal Guide to Purchasing and Contracting for North Carolina Local Governments


Book Description

Provides answers to questions frequently asked by local government officials about local government contracts, competitive bidding requirements, purchasing organization and policies, and ethics and conflicts of interest. A convenient ôDollar Thresholdsö chart is also included.




Legal Guide to Purchasing and Contracting with NC Local Governments


Book Description

Title: A Legal Guide to Purchasing and Contracting for North Carolina Local Governments, 2004 Edition with 2007 Supplement Provides a description of legal requirements for North Carolina local government contracts in a question-and-answer format. The appendix includes the text of the major statutes governing purchasing and contracting, as well as reprints of articles on the "piggybacking" exception and the "responsiveness" requirement in evaluating bids. The second edition has been revised to include legal requirements for local school units which are now subject to the procedures explained in the book. The book contains updates, which incorporate recent legislative changes, and a revised Dollar Thresholds Chart, dated September 2007. Effective July 27, 2005, the coverage of the informal bidding statute, G.S. 143-131 has changed.







A Legal Guide to Purchasing and Contracting for North Carolina Local Governments


Book Description

Provides a description of legal requirements for North Carolina local government contracts in a question-and-answer format. The appendix includes the text of the major statutes governing purchasing and contracting, as well as reprints of articles on the "piggybacking" exception and the "responsiveness" requirement in evaluating bids. The second edition has been revised to include legal requirements for local school units which are now subject to the procedures explained in the book. The book contains updates, which incorporate recent legislative changes, and a revised Dollar Thresholds Chart, dated November 1, 2015. Effective July 27, 2005, the coverage of the informal bidding statute, G.S. 143-131 has changed. Update files are availlable as a free PDF download (https://www.sog.unc.edu/publications/books/legal-guide-purchasing-and-contracting-north-carolina-local-governments-2004-edition-2007-supplement!/details).




Public Records Law for North Carolina Local Governments


Book Description

This book reviews and explains the principal public records statutes applicable to records held by North Carolina local governments and examines the public's right of access to those records. It expands the coverage of the first edition and its cumulative supplement and also includes developments in the law since 2004. Although the book focuses on records held by local governments, state government officials also will find it useful.







Construction Contracts with North Carolina Local Governments


Book Description

This book is designed as a quick reference for those involved in the North Carolina local government construction process. It presents local government construction law in a readable format and includes explanations of formal and informal bidding, standards for awarding bids, bid withdrawals, and exceptions to the bidding procedures. It also covers change orders, design and bidding rules for public buildings, and avoidance of favoritism in public contracts. The new edition updates and replaces the third edition, published in 1996.




Chapter 160D


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"Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes is the first major recodification and modernization of city and county development regulations since 1905. The endeavor was initiated by the Zoning and Land Use Section of the N.C. Bar Association in 2013 and emanated from the section's rewrite of the city and county board of adjustments statute earlier that year. This bill summary and its many footnotes are intended to help citizens and local governments understand and navigate these changes."--Page vii.