NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1100

SENATE BILL 657

 

 

AN ACT MAKING DWELLINGS SUBJECT TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE, AND MAKING CERTAIN CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER 143 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143-138(b), as the same appears in the 1969 Cumulative Supplement to volume 3C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended as follows:

(1)        By inserting the words "and structures" between the word "buildings" and the comma which follows it at the beginning of line 3;

(2)        By inserting the words "and structures" between the word "buildings" and the semicolon which follows it at the end of line 4;

(3)        By inserting the words "and structures" between the word "buildings" and the semicolon which follows it in line 5;

(4)        By inserting the words "and structures" between the word "buildings" and the semicolon which follows it in line 6;

(5)        By inserting the words "and structures" between the word "buildings" and the semicolon which follows it in line 9;

(6)        By inserting the words "and structures" between the word "buildings" and the word "and" in line 12;

(7)        By inserting the words "or structure" between the word "building" and the comma which follows it in line 14;

(8)        By inserting the words "or structure" between the word "building" and the comma which follows it in line 15;

(9)        By changing the semicolon in line 16 to a period and deleting the remainder of line 16 and lines 17 through 28, ending with the word "resolution." in line 28;

(10)      By inserting the words "or structure" between the word "building" and the comma which follows it in line 33.

Delete the last paragraph of G.S. 143-138(b), and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

(11)      "Nothing in this Article shall extend to or be construed as being applicable to the regulation of the design, construction, location, installation, or operation of (1) equipment for storing, handling, transporting, and utilizing liquefied petroleum gases for fuel purposes or anhydrous ammonia or other liquid fertilizers, or (2) equipment or facilities, other than buildings, of a public utility, as defined in G.S. 62-3, or an electric or telephone membership corporation, including without limitation poles, towers, and other structures supporting electric or communication lines."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-138(e), as the same appears in the 1969 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3C of the General Statutes, is amended by deleting the words "a special or local act of" from line 6.

Sec. 3.  Provided that nothing in this act shall in any way apply to any type of farm building.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1972.

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