{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143c-2-5","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-2-5","heading":"Grants and contracts database.","body":"(a)\tThe Director of the Budget shall require the Office of State Budget and Management, with the support of the Department of Information Technology, to build and maintain a database and website for providing a single, searchable website on State spending for grants and contracts to be known as NC OpenBook.\n(b)\tThe head of each State institution, department, bureau, agency, or commission, or a designee, shall conduct a quarterly review of all State contracts and grants administered by that agency.\n(c)\tAll State institutions, departments, bureaus, agencies, or commissions that maintain a website shall be required to include an access link to the NC OpenBook website on the home page of the agency website. Each agency shall also prominently display a search engine on the agency website home page to allow for ease of searching for information, including contracts and grants, on the agency's website. (2010-169, s. 9; 2015-114, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 7A.4(aa); 2025-25, s. 29(5).)","path":["Chapter 143C. State Budget Act.","Article 2. Director of the Budget."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143C/GS_143C-2-5.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:47Z","sha256":"e8edf889068f94f819dcea11edc84411c3afa2e357b6aca6691c1257ee8545f4","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143c-2-4","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143c-2-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}