NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1099

SENATE BILL 656

 

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF STRUCTURES AND COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED OFF-SITE WHICH ARE LABELED BY RECOGNIZED TESTING LABORATORIES IN LIEU OF LOCAL INSPECTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 9 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by inserting a new section between G.S. 143-139 and G.S. 143-140 to read as follows:

"§ 143-139.1.  Certification of manufactured buildings, structures or components by recognized independent testing laboratory. — The State Building Code may provide, in circumstances deemed appropriate by the Building Code Council, for testing, evaluation, inspection, and certification of buildings, structures or components manufactured off the site on which they are to be erected, by a recognized independent testing laboratory having follow-up inspection services approved by the Building Code Council. Approval of such buildings, structures or components shall be evidenced by labels or seals acceptable to the Council. All building units, structures or components bearing such labels or seals shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the State Building Code and this Article without further inspection or payment of fees, except as may be required for the enforcement of the Code relative to the connection of units and components and enforcement of local ordinances governing zoning, utility connections, and foundations permits. The Building Code Council shall adopt and may amend from time to time such reasonable and appropriate rules and regulations as it deems necessary for approval of agencies offering such testing, evaluation, inspection, and certification services and for overseeing their operations. Such rules and regulations shall include provisions to insure that such agencies are independent and free of any potential conflicts of interest which might influence their judgement in exercising their functions under the Code. Such rules and regulations may include a schedule of reasonable fees to cover administrative expenses in approving and overseeing operations of such agencies and may require the posting of a bond or other security satisfactory to the Council guaranteeing faithful performance of duties under the Code."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.