GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 355*

 
 
Short Title:	State Building Code Changes-AB.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Dockham and Hurley (Primary Sponsors).	
Referred to:	State Government.	
March 1, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to repeal the fiscal note requirement for changes in the state building code; to update references to organizations whose standards may be used in adopting code provisions; and to give the building code council explicit authority to use standards of international agencies.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑138(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Preparation and Adoption. – The Building Code Council  may prepare and adopt, in accordance with this Article, a North Carolina State Building Code. Before the adoption of  the Code, or any part  of the Code, the Council shall hold at least one public hearing. A notice of  the public hearing shall be given once a week for two successive calendar weeks in a newspaper published in  Raleigh. The first publication of the notice shall not occur fewer than 15 days  before the date  of the hearing. The Council may hold such other public hearings and give such other notice the Council considers necessary.
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SECTION 2.  G.S. 143‑138(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Standards to Be Followed in Adopting the Code. – All regulations contained in the North Carolina State Building Code shall have a reasonable and substantial connection with the public health, safety, morals, or general welfare, and their provisions shall be construed reasonably to those ends. Requirements of the Code shall conform to good engineering practice. The Council may use as guidance, but is not required to adopt, the requirements of the International Building Code of the International Code Council, the Standard Building Code of the Southern Building Code  Congress International, Inc., the Uniform Building Code of the International Conference of Building Officials, the  National Building Code of the Building Officials and Code Administrators, Inc., the National Electric Code, the Life Safety  Code, the National Fuel Gas Code, the Fire Prevention Code of the National Fire Protection Association, the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, and the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and standards promulgated by the  American National Standards Institute,  Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., and similar national or international agencies engaged in research concerning strength of materials, safe design, and other factors bearing upon health and safety."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.