A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to eliminate duplicative and unnecessary electrical equipment and appliance certification requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 66‑25 reads as rewritten:
"§ 66‑25.  Acceptable listings as to safety of goods.
(a)	All electrical materials, devices, appliances, and equipment shall meet nationally recognized standards, as certified by a qualified testing laboratory. The affixing of a sticker or other marking to electrical materials, devices, appliances, and equipment showing compliance with a nationally recognized standard shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of this section, and the Commissioner shall require no other State certification process for those materials, devices, appliances, or equipment.

The Engineering Division of the Department of Insurance shall keep in file, where practical, copies of all approved national standards.
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SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Purchase and Contract the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) to provide notification to vendors and State agencies regarding the regulatory relief provided by this act.
SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective July 1, 2017. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.