(a)        N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-86.60 does not apply to contracts valued at one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less.

(b)        Companies engaged in substantial positive action. – Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a company engaged in investment activities in Iran may not be placed on the list developed pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-86.58(1) if the State Treasurer determines, using U.S. government statements and any other credible information available to the public, that the company’s investment activities in Iran were made before October 1, 2015, the investment activities in Iran have not been expanded or renewed after October 1, 2015, and the company has adopted, publicized, and is implementing a detailed plan to cease the investment activities in Iran and to refrain from engaging in any new investments in Iran. The State Treasurer shall develop and make publically available a “Substantial Positive Action Exception List” of these companies. The State Treasurer shall update the list annually. Once a person has not engaged in investment activities in Iran within the previous five years, the State Treasurer shall remove that person from the list created pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-86.58

(c)        Necessary commodities or services. – Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a company engaged in investment activities in Iran may contract with the State or a political subdivision of the State, on a case-by-case basis, if the State agency or political subdivision makes a good-faith determination that the commodities or services are necessary to perform its functions and that, absent such an exemption, the State agency would be unable to obtain the commodities or services for which the contract is offered. The determination shall be entered into the procurement record. ?(2015-118, s. 1; 2017-193, s. 3.6.)