§ 133-29. Reporting of violations of G.S. 75-1 or 75-2. - North Carolina Statutes

§133‑29.  Reporting of violations of G.S. 75‑1 or 75‑2.

Any person having knowledge ofacts committed in violation of G.S. 75‑1 or 75‑2 involving acontract with a governmental agency who reports the same to that governmentalagency and assists in any resulting proceedings may receive a reward as setforth herein. The governmental agency is authorized to pay to the informant upto twenty‑ five percent (25%) of any civil damages that it collects fromthe violator named by the informant by reason of the information furnished bythe informant. The information and knowledge to be reported includes but is notlimited to any agreement or proposed agreement or offer or request foragreement among contractors, subcontractors or suppliers to rotate bids, toshare the profits with a contractor not the low bidder, to sublet work inadvance of bidding as a means of preventing competition, to refrain frombidding, to submit prearranged bids, to submit complimentary bids, to set upterritories to restrict competition, or to alternate bidding. (1981,c. 764, s. 1.)