North Carolina § 143-48 - 6. Personal services contracts subject to Article.

§ 143-48. 6. Personal services contracts subject to Article.

Requirement. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, personal services contracts for executive branch agencies shall be subject to the same requirements and procedures as service contracts. Personal Services Contract Defined. - For purposes of this section, the term "personal services contract" means a contract for services provided by a professional individual as an independent contractor on a temporary or occasional basis, but does not include, and nothing in this Article shall apply to, the engagement of experts or expert witnesses who are to be involved in the planning, prosecution, or defense of any litigation, by the Department of Justice, the Governor, State agencies, or institutions. Rules Required. - The Department of Administration shall adopt rules consistent with this section. History (2015-241, s. 26.2(a); 2015-264, s. 74(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 26.2(c), provides: "Personal services contracts and information technology personal services contracts in effect on the effective date of this act shall be allowed to expire in accordance with the terms of the contract. A personal services contract or an information technology personal services contract that can be terminated at any time shall be reviewed within 60 days of the effective date of this act and shall only be continued if the contract complies with the requirements of G.S. 143-48.6 and G.S. 143B-1334.1 [now 143B-1362], as enacted by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, respectively. A personal services contract or information technology personal services contract entered into after the effective date of this act shall comply with the requirements of G.S. 143-48.6 or G.S. 143B-1334.1 [now 143B-1362], as applicable." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.7, made this section effective July 1, 2015. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-264, s. 74(a), effective July 1, 2015, added the language following "occasional basis" in subsection (b).