Bill Text: NC H1035 | 2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Performance & Payment Bond Modification
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-22 - Ch. SL 2010-148 [H1035 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2010-H1035-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2010-148
HOUSE BILL 1035
AN ACT to increase the performance and payment bonding requirement for construction project contracts awarded by STATE DEPARTMENTS, STATE AGENCIES, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA THAT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED thousand dollars.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 44A‑26 reads as rewritten:
"§ 44A‑26. Bonds required.
(a) When the total amount
of construction contracts awarded for any one project exceeds three hundred
thousand dollars ($300,000), a performance and payment bond as set forth in (1)
and (2) is required by the contracting body from any contractor or construction
manager at risk with a contract more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).($50,000);
provided that, for State departments, State agencies, and The University of
North Carolina and its constituent institutions, a performance and payment bond
is required in accordance with this subsection if the total amount of
construction contracts awarded for any one project exceeds five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000). In the discretion of the contracting body, a
performance and payment bond may be required on any construction contract as
follows:
(1) A performance bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the construction contract amount, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract in accordance with the plans, specifications and conditions of the contract. Such bond shall be solely for the protection of the contracting body that is constructing the project.
(2) A payment bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the construction contract amount, conditioned upon the prompt payment for all labor or materials for which a contractor or subcontractor is liable. The payment bond shall be solely for the protection of the persons furnishing materials or performing labor for which a contractor, subcontractor, or construction manager at risk is liable.
(b) The performance bond and the payment bond shall be executed by one or more surety companies legally authorized to do business in the State of North Carolina and shall become effective upon the awarding of the construction contract."
SECTION 1.1. The Department of Administration, State Building Commission, is directed to simplify the process of prequalification for publicly funded construction projects and to report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the steps it is taking to implement this objective by December 31, 2010.
SECTION 1.2. The Department of Transportation ("DOT"), The University of North Carolina and its constituent institutions ("UNC"), and the Department of Administration ("DOA") shall monitor all projects in those agencies and institutions that are let without a performance or payment bond to determine the number of defaults on those projects, the cost to complete each defaulted project, and each project's contract price. Beginning March 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, DOT, UNC, and DOA shall report this information to the Joint Legislative Committee on Governmental Operations.
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2010, and applies to construction contracts awarded on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 2010.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 2:43 p.m. this 22nd day of July, 2010
