North Carolina 2021-2022 Session Status: Enacted

SB 294 — Fayetteville PWC/Small Business Enterprise.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 11, 2021. Enacted.

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Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

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  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

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The revised version of Senate Bill 294 includes an addition of the session information and reference details that clarify the bill's status and administrative details. Specifically, it now cites the General Assembly session and identifiers that help track the bill. These changes matter because they improve transparency and organization, making it easier for lawmakers and the public to follow the bill's progress and understand its context.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 S 2 SENATE BILL 294 State and Local Government Committee Substitute Adopted 3/31/21 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 S 1 SENATE BILL 294 Short Title:
Senators deViere and Clark (Primary Sponsors).
March 15, 2021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 15, 2021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM.
(a) The Commission may establish a race- and gender-neutral small business enterprise program to promote the development of small businesses in the Fayetteville Metropolitan Statistical Area and to enhance opportunities for small businesses to participate in Commission contracts.
The Commission may establish a small business enterprise program to promote the development of small businesses in the Fayetteville Metropolitan Statistical Area in the manner provided by Section 8.40 of this Charter." SECTION 2.
The Commission may define the term "small business enterprise" as appropriate and consistent with the Commission's contracting practices.
The Commission may establish bid and proposal specifications that include subcontracting goals and good-faith effort requirements to enhance participation by small business enterprises in Commission contracts.
Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S.
143-129 and G.S.
143-131(b), the Commission may consider a bidder's efforts to comply with small business enterprise program requirements in its award of Commission contracts and, if a bidder is determined to have failed to comply with the requirements, the Commission may, within its discretion, refuse to award a contract to the bidder.
(b) The small business enterprise program authorized by this section is intended to supplement and not replace the requirements of G.S.
143-128.2, 143-131(b), or 143-135.5.
Any goals or efforts established to achieve veteran, minority, and women's business participation consistent with the requirements of G.S.
143-128.2, 143-131(b), or 143-135.5 shall take precedence over goals for small business enterprise participation established under the program authorized by this section.
A small business enterprise program established pursuant to this section shall be deemed consistent with the public policy of the State of North Carolina to promote and utilize small and underutilized business enterprises as set forth in G.S.
143-128.2, 143-128.3, and 143-135.5." SECTION 2.
If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end, the provisions of this act are severable.
SECTION 3.
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Action History

  1. Ratified

  2. Ch. SL 2021-66

  3. Reptd Fav

  4. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  5. Added to Calendar

  6. Passed 2nd Reading

  7. Passed 3rd Reading

  8. Ordered Enrolled

  9. Reptd Fav

  10. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  11. Withdrawn From Com

  12. Re-ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  13. Passed 1st Reading

  14. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  15. Regular Message Sent To House

  16. Regular Message Received From Senate

  17. Passed 2nd Reading

  18. Passed 3rd Reading

  19. Reptd Fav

  20. Placed On Cal For 05/10/2021

  21. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  22. Com Substitute Adopted

  23. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  24. Withdrawn From Com

  25. Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  26. Passed 1st Reading

  27. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  28. Filed

Sponsors

  • deViere · Primary
  • Clark · Cosponsor

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 177 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • deViere

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Clark

Not signed on (177)

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SB 294 is sponsored by deViere and Clark.
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