A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the building code council to take necessary steps to amend the state building code to cross‑reference all additional requirements imposed by occupational licensing boards, commissions, or other agencies of the state and to appropriate funds.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Building Code Council shall review the facility design, construction, and building requirements of every licensing board or commission and every State agency and shall adopt amendments or develop administrative rules or legislative proposals, as necessary, to cross‑reference any requirements that are in addition to the North Carolina State Building Code in the Code and in all applicable subcodes for the purpose of giving the public adequate notice of those additional requirements.  The Building Code Council shall report any legislative proposals required to implement this act to the General Assembly by February 1, 2005.
SECTION 2.  Every State agency and licensing board or commission shall report to the Building Code Council all facility design, construction, and building requirements that vary from the North Carolina State Building Code and with which the public must comply.  The report required by this section shall be submitted to the Building Code Council by December 31, each year and the Building Code Council shall adopt any necessary amendments or develop any rules or legislative proposals required to cross‑reference new building requirements that vary from the Code by April 1 each year.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Insurance, Building Code Council, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year to conduct the necessary review of agency and board facility design, construction, and building requirements and to adopt the amendments or develop the administrative rules or legislative proposals required to implement this act.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.