GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 820*

Short Title:  Building Code Study.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Shaw of Cumberland; Blust, Carpenter, Jordan, Kincaid, Ledbetter, Lucas, Martin of Guilford, Shaw of Guilford, and Weinstein.

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Referred to:  Rules and Operations of the Senate.

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April 14, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A STUDY BY THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE BUILDING CODE AND QUALIFICATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Legislative Research Commission is authorized to study issues related to the North Carolina State Building Code including the requirements for initial certification of Code-enforcement officials, the imposition of requirements for annual recertification of Code-enforcement officials, possible suspension and other penalties for Code-enforcement officials who fail to correctly apply the Code, increased penalties for builders and others who violate the Code, and coordination between the Building Code Council and the Code Officials Qualification Board on changes to the Code and the enforcement of those changes.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.