GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 78
SENATE BILL 71

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR APPLYING FOR AN INITIAL EXEMPTION CONCERNING FIRE SPRINKLER CONTRACTORS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 87-21(h), as enacted by Section 3 of Chapter 842, Session Laws of 1989, reads as rewritten:
"(h)	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, any North Carolina resident engaged in the business of fire sprinkler contracting and holding a fire sprinkler privilege license pursuant to G.S. 105-55 on or before the effective date of this act may file an application for licensure as a fire sprinkler contractor on forms prepared by the Board, and the Board shall issue a certificate of license in fire sprinkler contracting upon the payment of the fees as provided by G.S. 87-22 and further upon presentation of satisfactory evidence which clearly establishes that the applicant was engaged in the business of fire sprinkler contracting within three years prior to the effective date of this act.  The provisions of this subsection shall expire December 31, 1993."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective from and after October 1, 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of May, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives