GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 817

 
 
Short Title:	Building Code Revisions.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Rand.	
Referred to:	Commerce.	
April 3, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the state building code council to amend the state building code regarding door lock requirements.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 9 of Chapter 143 is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 143-143.4.  Door lock exemption for certain businesses.
Notwithstanding this Article or any other law to the contrary, any business entity that is in the business of selling firearms or ammunition or that operates a firing range which rents firearms and sells ammunition shall be exempt from the door lock requirements of Chapter 10 of Volume 1 of the North Carolina State Building Code if all of the following conditions are met:
(1)	The building or facility in which business is conducted has a sales floor and customer occupancy space that is contained on one floor and is no larger than 10,000 square feet.
(2)	The building or facility in which business is conducted is equipped with an approved smoke, fire, and break-in alarm system.
(3)	The owner or operator of the business provides to all applicable employees a written facility locking plan for the close of business each day.
For the purposes of this section, 'business entity' has the same meaning as in G.S. 59-102."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.