NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 768

HOUSE BILL 978

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND GENERAL STATUTES 87, ARTICLE 2 RELATING TO PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  (a) Lines 5 and 6 of G.S. 87-16 as same appear in the General Statutes of North Carolina are hereby amended by deletion of the words "the engineering school of the Greater University of North Carolina" and insertion of the words "the School of Engineering of North Carolina State University".

(b)  Line 9 of G.S. 87-16 as same appears in the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by deletion of the words "the division of public health of the Greater University of North Carolina" and insertion of the words "the School of Public Health of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 87-21(c) is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 87-21(c).  To Whom Article Applies. — The provisions of this Article shall apply to all persons, firms, or corporations who engage in, or attempt to engage in, the business of plumbing or heating contracting, or any combination thereof as defined in this Article. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to those who make minor repairs or minor replacements to an already installed system of plumbing or heating."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 87-21(d) is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 87-21(d).  License Granted Without Examination. — Any resident of North Carolina who was engaged in business as defined in this Article in any city, town or other area in which General Statutes 87, Article 2 did not previously apply, shall receive license without examination upon submission of an application on forms provided by the Board, together with reasonable proof that he was engaged in business as defined and upon payment of the annual license fee; provided, the completed application is submitted to the Board on or before December 31, 1972."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 87-21(f) is hereby deleted.

Sec. 5.  Line 5 of G.S. 87-22 as same appears in the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by deletion of the words "more than thirty-five hundred and".

Sec. 6.  If any provision of this act, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 7.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8.  This act shall be effective on and after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of July, 1971.