NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 811

HOUSE BILL 510

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 9, CHAPTER 143 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA TO CLARIFY AND DEFINE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143-139 entitled "Enforcement agencies" is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 143-139.  Enforcement of the North Carolina State Building Code. (a) Procedural Requirements. Subject to the provisions set forth herein, the Building Code Council shall adopt such procedural requirements in the North Carolina State Building Code as shall appear reasonably necessary for adequate enforcement of the Code while safeguarding the rights of persons subject to the Code.

(b)        General Building Regulations. The Insurance Commissioner shall have general supervision, through the Division of Engineering of the Department of Insurance, of the administration and enforcement of all sections of the North Carolina State Building Code pertaining to plumbing, electrical systems, general building restrictions and regulations, heating and air conditioning, fire protection, and the construction of buildings generally, except those sections of the Code, the enforcement of which is specifically allocated to other agencies by subsections (c) and (d) below. The Insurance Commissioner, by means of the Division of Engineering, shall exercise his duties in the enforcement of the North Carolina State Building Code (including local building codes which have superseded the State Building Code in a particular political subdivision pursuant to G.S. 143-138 (e) in cooperation with local officials and local inspectors duly appointed by the governing body of any municipality or board of county commissioners pursuant to Article 11, Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, or G.S. 160-200(29), or G.S. 153-9(47) and (52), or any other applicable statutory authority.

(c)        Boilers. The Bureau of Boiler Inspection of the Department of Labor shall have general supervision of the administration and enforcement of those sections of the North Carolina State Building Code which pertain to boilers of the types enumerated in Article 7 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes.

(d)        Elevators. The Department of Labor shall have general supervision of the administration and enforcement of those sections of the North Carolina State Building Code which pertain to elevators, moving stairways, and amusement devices such as merry-go-rounds, roller coasters, ferris wheels, etc."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 1963.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1963.