AN ACT to extend the effective date of the exemption given to retailers under the laws regulating plumbing and heating contractors.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 36(b) of S.L. 2002‑159 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 36.(b)  This section becomes effective May 1, 2003."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of February, 2003.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 4:42 p.m. this 27th day of February, 2003