North Carolina § 143B-1357 - Purchase of certain computer equipment and televisions by State agencies and governmental entities prohibited.

§ 143B-1357. Purchase of certain computer equipment and televisions by State agencies and governmental entities prohibited.

No State agency, local political subdivision of the State, or other public body shall purchase computer equipment or televisions, as defined in G.S. 130A-309.131, or enter into a contract with any manufacturer that the State CIO determines is not in compliance with the requirements of G.S. 130A-309.134 or G.S. 130A-309.135 as determined from the list provided by the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to G.S. 130A-309.138. The State CIO shall issue written findings upon a determination of noncompliance. A determination of noncompliance by the State CIO is reviewable under Article 3 of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes. The Department shall make the list available to local political subdivisions of the State and other public bodies. A manufacturer that is not in compliance with the requirements of G.S. 130A-309.134 or G.S. 130A-309.135 shall not sell or offer for sale computer equipment or televisions to the State, a local political subdivision of the State, or other public body. History (2015-241, ss. 7A.2(b), 14.30(c).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.2(b), enacted this section as G.S. 143B-1330. The section has been renumbered as G.S. 143B-1357 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(c), provides: "The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is renamed the Department of Environmental Quality. All references to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources or the Department of Cultural Resources in acts of the 2015 General Assembly taking effect on or after the effective date of this section and in the Committee Report described in Section 33.2 of this act shall be construed to refer to the Department of Environmental Quality or the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, respectively. References to duties or requirements of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with respect to entities transferred under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be construed as duties or requirements of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources as reorganized by this section." Pursuant to this authority, "Department of Environmental Quality" was substituted for "Department of Environment and Natural Resources" in subsection (a). 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. 33.6, is a severability clause.