NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 279

HOUSE BILL 359

 

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS' LICENSING LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 87-1 as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes is hereby amended by striking the words "sewer main" as they appear in line 4 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the words "public utilities".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 87-10 as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes is hereby amended by deleting all of line 16 of the second paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(3)      Public utilities contractors, which shall include those whose operations are the performance of construction work on the following subclassifications of facilities: (a) water and sewer mains and water service lines and house and building sewer lines as defined in the North Carolina State Building Code, and water storage tanks, lift stations, pumping stations, and appurtenances to water storage tanks, lift stations and pumping stations; (b) water and waste water treatment facilities and appurtenances thereto; (c) electrical power transmission facilities, and primary and secondary distribution facilities ahead of the point of delivery of electric service to the customer; (d) public communication distribution facilities; and (e) natural gas and other petroleum products distribution facilities; provided the General Contractors Licensing Board may issue license to a public utilities contractor limited to any of the above subclassifications for which the general contractor qualifies, and".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 87-10 as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph after the second paragraph to read as follows:

"Public utilities contractors constructing water service lines and house and building sewer lines as provided in (3)(a) above shall terminate said lines at a valve, box, meter, or manhole or cleanout at which the facilities from the building may be connected."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 87-12 as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume 2C of the General Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows:

"§ 87-12.  Certificate evidence of license. — The issuance of a certificate of license or limited license by this board shall be evidence that the person, firm, or corporation named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed or limited licensed general contractor while said license remains unrevoked or unexpired. A licensed general contractor holding a license which qualifies him for work as described in G.S. 87-10 shall be authorized to perform the said work without any additional occupational license, notwithstanding the provisions of any other occupational licensing statute. A license issued by any other occupational licensing board having jurisdiction over any work described in G.S. 87-10, shall qualify such licensee to perform the work for which the license qualifies him without obtaining the license from the General Contractors Licensing Board. Nothing contained herein shall operate to relieve any general contractor from the necessity of compliance with other provisions of the law requiring building permits and construction in accordance with appropriate provisions of the North Carolina State Building Code."

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of May, 1975.