GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	2 

SENATE BILL 1271
Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 7/16/92

Short Title:  Internal Supervisor Exempt.	(Public)
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July 9, 1992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL SUPERVISORS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MAY DRAW INTERNAL ELECTRICAL WIRING PRINTS AND SUPERVISE INTERNAL ELECTRICAL WIRING WORK WITHOUT MEETING THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 89C-25(7) reads as rewritten:
"(7)	The internal engineering, drawing or design, or surveying activities of a person, firm or corporation engaged in manufacturing, processing, or producing a product, including the activities of public service corporations, public utility companies, authorities,  State agencies, railroads, or membership cooperatives, or the installation and servicing of their product in the field; or research and development in connection with the manufacture of that product or their service; or of their research affiliates; or their employees in the course of their employment in connection with the manufacture, installation, or servicing of their product or service in the field, or on-the-premises maintenance of machinery, equipment, or apparatus incidental to the manufacture or installation of the product or service of a firm by the employees of the firm upon property owned, leased or used by the firm; inspection, maintenance and service work done by employees of the State of North Carolina, any political subdivision thereof, or any municipality therein including construction, installation, servicing, maintenance by regular full-time employees of streets, street lighting, traffic-control signals, police and fire alarm systems, waterworks, steam, electric and sewage treatment and disposal plants; the services of superintendents, inspectors or foremen regularly employed by the State of North Carolina or any political subdivision thereof, or municipal corporation therein; provided, however, that the internal engineering, drawing or design, or surveying activity is not a holding out to or an offer to the public of engineering or any service thereof as prohibited by this Chapter. Engineering work, not related to the foregoing exemptions, where the safety of the public is directly involved shall be under the responsible charge of a registered professional engineer, or in accordance with standards prepared or approved by a registered professional engineer."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.