TITLE
Title
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES AND SEAL AUTHORIZED IN CONDUCTING COUNTY BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Mark Payne
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BACKGROUND
Background
The County is implementing an electronic contract management system to allow for electronic signatures and seals. Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. Ch. 66, Article 11A, Electronic Commerce in Government, local units of government, may use and accept electronic signatures. To initiate this process, local units of government, under N.G. Gen. Stat. 66-58.5, must request and require the use of an electronic signature in order for agency transactions signed electronically to have the same force and effect as if a manual signature had been used. In addition to contracts management, electronic signatures may be implemented in other business transactions such as procurement cards and purchase orders. This resolution and approval is intended to extend to current and future implementations for county operations that may allow for the utilization of electronic signatures and seals.
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RESOLUTION
Resolution
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES AND SEAL IN CONDUCTING COUNTY BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
WHEREAS, Guilford County is in the process of implementing an electronic contracts management system which will involve a centralized system to approve, process, and execute all County contracts; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of this contract management system will allow the utilization of electronic signatures and an electronic version of the official County seal by appropriate Guilford County officials rather than the present workflow process which requires manual signature of documents; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. Ch. 66 Article 11A, Electronic Commerce in Government, all public agencies, which includes local units of government, may use and accept electronic signatures under the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. Ch. 66, Article 40; and
WHEREAS, N.C. Gen. Stat. ยง 66-58.5, ...
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