GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2007-303
HOUSE BILL 735
AN ACT TO streamline the construction plan review process for certain public buildings, as requested by the house select committee on public school construction.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 58‑31‑40(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) No agency or other person authorized or
directed by law to select a plan and erect a building for the use of the State
or any State institution shall receive and approve of the plan until it is
submitted to and approved by the Commissioner as to the safety of the proposed
building from fire, including the property's occupants or contents. No agency
or person authorized or directed by law to select a plan or erect a building
comprising 10,000 20,000 square feet or more for the use of any
county, city, or school district shall receive and approve of the plan until it
is submitted to and approved by the Commissioner as to the safety of the
proposed building from fire, including the property's occupants or contents."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2007, and applies to plans submitted to the Commissioner for approval on or after that date as to the safety of any proposed county, city, or school district building comprising 20,000 square feet or more from fire including the property's occupants or contents.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2007.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 11:56 a.m. this 28th day of July, 2007