GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1322*

Short Title:  Residential Building Code Rules Review.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Sherron; Foxx, Blackmon, McKoy, Webster, Kerr, Hoyle, Martin of Pitt, Albertson, Rand, Warren, Perdue, Cochrane, Plyler, Parnell, Smith, and Ballance.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I/Constitution.

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May 27, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL TO SUBMIT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE TO THE RULES REVIEW COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL AND TO SUBJECT THE AMENDMENTS APPROVED BY THE RULES REVIEW COMMISSION TO LEGISLATIVE DISAPPROVAL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-137(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Preparation and Adoption. – The Building Code Council is hereby empowered to prepare and adopt, in accordance with the provisions of this Article, a North Carolina State Building Code. Prior to the adoption of this Code, or any part thereof, the Council shall hold at least one public hearing. A notice of such public hearing shall be given once a week for two successive calendar weeks in a newspaper published in Raleigh, said notice to be published the first time not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for said hearing. The Council may hold such other public hearings and give such other notice as it may deem necessary.
The Council shall request the Office of State Budget and Management to prepare a fiscal note for a proposed Code change that has a substantial economic impact, as defined in G.S. 150B-21.4(b1). The Council shall not take final action on a proposed Code change that has a substantial economic impact until at least 60 days after the fiscal note has been prepared.
	Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or G.S. 150B-2(8a)h., all proposed changes to the North Carolina Uniform Residential Building Code shall be subject to the provisions of Part 3 of Article 2A of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes as if the proposed changes were considered rules, and all proposed changes to the North Carolina Uniform Residential Building Code shall become effective as set forth in G.S. 150B-21.3."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.