GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

SESSION LAW 2009-206

HOUSE BILL 735

AN ACT to clarify the law regarding building code standards for buildings used by high school students attending classes on COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY MAY OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES TO BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES UNTIL AUGUST 1, 2009, UNDER THE 2006 NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D-41(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Community Existing community college facilities that comply with applicable State, county, and local fire codesthe North Carolina State Building Code and applicable local ordinances for community college facilities may be used without modification for public school students in joint or cooperative programs such as middle or early college programs and dual enrollment programs. Designs for new community college facilities that comply with the North Carolina State Building Code and applicable local ordinances for community college facilities also may be used without modification for these students.

For the purpose of establishing Use and Occupancy Classifications, these programs shall be considered 'Business - Group B' in the same manner as other community college uses."

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding any established expiration date for the application of the 2006 North Carolina State Building Code occurring prior to August 1, 2009, a county may obtain a permit until August 1, 2009 under the 2006 North Carolina State Building Codes (Building, Energy Conservation, Fire, Fuel Gas, Mechanical, and Plumbing) for the construction of facilities to be used for administrative purposes.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18^th day of June, 2009.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 12:10 p.m. this 26^th day of June, 2009