GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 201

Committee Substitute Favorable 5/13/13
Third Edition Engrossed 5/14/13

 

Short Title:        Reinstate 2009 Energy Conservation Codes.

(Public)

Sponsors:

 

Referred to:

 

March 5, 2013

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to reinstate the 2009 north carolina energy conservation codes and repeal the 2012 north carolina energy conservation codes.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Consistent with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes and G.S. 143-138, the Building Code Council shall adopt an energy conservation building code identical to the 2009 North Carolina State Building Code Energy Conservation Code.

SECTION 1.(b)  The Building Code Council shall repeal the 2012 North Carolina State Building Code Energy Conservation Code.

SECTION 2.  No permit shall be denied or revoked, certificate of compliance denied, order to correct violations issued, stop order issued, defect noted, building condemned, order to take corrective action issued, judicial action brought, or any other action be made under Part 4 of Article 18 of Chapter 153A or Part 5 of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes because of a violation of the 2012 North Carolina State Building Code Energy Conservation Code if it would not also be a violation of the 2009 North Carolina State Building Code Energy Conservation Code.

SECTION 3.  Section 1(b) of this act is effective when rules adopted in accordance with Section 1(a) of this act become effective. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law except as to judicial actions referred to in Section 2, and as to those actions, this act applies only to judicial actions filed on or after the effective date of this act.