North Carolina § 148-132 - Distribution of products and services.

§ 148-132. Distribution of products and services.

The Section of Correction Enterprises of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is empowered and authorized to market and sell products and services produced by Correction Enterprises to any of the following entities: Any public agency or institution owned, managed, or controlled by the State. Any county, city, or town in this State. Any federal, state, or local public agency or institution in any other state of the union. An entity or organization that has tax-exempt status pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Products purchased by an entity pursuant to this subdivision may not be resold. Any current employee or retiree of the State of North Carolina, member, employee, or retiree of the North Carolina National Guard, or of a unit of local government of this State, verified through federal or State-issued identification, or through proof of retirement status, but purchases by a State employee or retiree, National Guard member, employee, or retiree, or local governmental employee or retiree may not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) during any calendar year. Products purchased by State employees or retirees, National Guard members, employees or retirees, and local governmental employees and retirees under this section may not be resold. Private contractors when the goods purchased will be used to perform work under a contract with a public agency. History (2007-280, s. 1; 2009-451, s. 19.16; 2011-145, ss. 18.14, 19.1(j); 2013-289, s. 6; 2017-154, s. 1; 2017-186, s. 2(bbbbbbbbb).) Editor's Note. - This section was amended by Session Laws 2009-451, s. 19.16, in the coded bill drafting format provided by G.S. 120-20.1. The act failed to account for both versions of subdivision (5). The amendment by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 18.14, which removed the sunset provision, corrected the oversight. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-451, s. 19.16, effective July 1, 2009, in subdivision (5), in the first sentence, inserted "or retiree" near the beginning, "or of a unit of local government of this State" and "or through proof of retirement status" near the middle, and substituted "purchases by a State or local governmental employee or retiree" for "a State employee's purchases" near the end, and in the last sentence, inserted "and local governmental" and "and retirees" near the middle. Session Laws 2017-154, s. 1, effective July 21, 2017, rewrote subdivision (5) which formerly read: "Any current employee or retiree of the State of North Carolina or of a unit of local government of this State, verified through State-issued identification, or through proof of retirement status, but purchases by a State or local governmental employee or retiree may not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) during any calendar year. Products purchased by State and local governmental employees and retirees under this section may not be resold." Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(bbbbbbbbb), effective December 1, 2017, inserted "and Juvenile Justice" in the introductory language.