NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 246

HOUSE BILL 532

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 1 OF CHAPTER 87 TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR WHICH A CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE IS REQUIRED FROM $20,000.00 TO $30,000.00, TO CLARIFY THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE LICENSE AND THE APPLICATION OF THE ACT TO STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION CONTRACTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RECIPROCITY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 87-1 is hereby amended by deleting from the first paragraph thereof the words and amount "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00)" in line 5 and in lines 7 and 8 and by inserting the words and amount "thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00)" in lieu thereof.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 87-9 is hereby amended by striking the words "by the United States Secretary of Agriculture" immediately following the word "promulgated" in line 3 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "pursuant thereto" and by striking the words "of the United States Secretary of Agriculture" immediately following the word "regulations" in line 8 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "promulgated pursuant thereto" so that G.S. 87-9 as amended and rewritten will read as follows:

"§ 87-9.  Nothing in this Article shall operate to prevent the State Highway Commission from complying with any act of Congress and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act, or shall apply to any person, firm or corporation proposing to submit a bid or enter into contract for any work to be financed in whole or in part with federal aid road funds in such manner as will conflict with any act of Congress or any such rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 87-10 is hereby amended by inserting the word "thirty" in line 3 of the fourth paragraph immediately preceding the word "first" and by deleting from lines 8 and 9 of paragraph four the following: "Provided, the classification herein provided for shall not apply to contracts of the State Highway Commission", so that the fourth paragraph of G.S. 87-10 as amended and rewritten will read as follows:

"Anyone failing to pass this examination may be re-examined at any regular meeting of the Board without additional fee. Certificate of license shall expire on the thirty-first day of December following the issuance or renewal and shall become invalid on that day unless renewed, subject to the approval of the Board. Renewals may be effected any time during the month of January without re-examination, by the payment of a fee to the Secretary of the Board of sixty dollars ($60.00) for unlimited license, forty dollars ($40.00) for intermediate license and twenty dollars ($20.00) for limited license."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 87-14 is amended by deleting the words and amount "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00)" in line 6 and by inserting the words and amount "thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00)" in lieu thereof.

Sec. 5.  Article 1 of Chapter 87 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section to be designated G.S. 87-15.1 and to read as follows:

"§ 87-15.1.  To the extent that other states which provide for the licensing of general contractors provide for similar action, the Board in its discretion may grant licenses of the same or equivalent classification to general contractors licensed by other states, without written examination upon satisfactory proof furnished to the Board that the qualifications of such applicants are equal to the qualifications of holders of similar licenses in North Carolina and upon payment of the required fee."

Sec. 6.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of April, 1971.