GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-457
SENATE BILL 842

AN ACT TO EXEMPT PERSONS PERFORMING CERTAIN ALTERATIONS, REMODELING, AND RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 83A-13(c)(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5)	Alteration, remodeling, or renovation of an existing building  that is exempt under this section, or alteration, remodeling, or renovation of an existing building or building site that does not alter or affect the structural system of the building; change the building's access or exit pattern; or change the live or dead load on the building's structural system.  This subdivision shall not limit or change any other exemptions to this Chapter or to the practice of engineering under Chapter 89C of the General Statutes."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of August, 1997.
s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 6:00 p.m. this 29th day of August, 1997