A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to permit plumbing contractors to engage in installation of well pumps.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 87‑98.4(b)(4) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Exempt persons and activities. – This Article does not apply to any of the following persons or activities:
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(4)	A person who is licensed as a plumbing contractor under Article 2 of Chapter 87 of the General Statutes, a professional engineer under Chapter 89C of the General Statutes, a geologist under Chapter 89E of the General Statutes, or a soil scientist under Chapter 89F of the General Statutes who uses a hand auger to collect soil or water samples or to measure water levels. This exemption does not include the construction of a monitoring well."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.