GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

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1997 SESSION

 

 

S.L. 1997-457

SENATE BILL 842

 

 

AN ACT TO EXEMPT PERSONS PERFORMING CERTAIN ALTERATIONS, REMODELING, AND RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 83A-13(c)(5) reads as rewritten:

"(5)      Alteration, remodeling remodeling, or renovation of an existing building  which that is exempt under this section, or alteration, remodeling, or renovation of an existing building or building site which that does not alter or affect the structural system of the building; change the building's access or exit pattern; or change the live or dead load on the building's structural system.  This subdivision shall not limit or change any other exemptions to this Chapter or to the practice of engineering under Chapter 89C of the General Statutes."

Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of August, 1997.

s/   Marc Basnight

President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

s/   Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

s/   James B. Hunt, Jr.

Governor

 

Approved 6:00 p.m. this 29th day of August, 1997