A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to extend the BUILDING CODE PILOT PROGRAM FOR REHABILITATING EXISTING BUILDINGS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 4 of S.L. 2001‑372 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 4.  For each lead local jurisdiction, the period of the pilot program established by this act shall commence upon adoption of the pilot code by the governing body of the lead local jurisdiction. For all other participating jurisdictions, the pilot program shall commence on the date the eligible local jurisdiction communicates to the Department and the lead local jurisdiction that its governing body has adopted the pilot code. The pilot program shall expire for each lead local jurisdiction and all participating jurisdictions on  January 1, 2007."
SECTION 2.  Section 6 of S.L. 2001‑372 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 6.  The lead local jurisdiction shall submit to the Building Code Council, the Department, and to the General Assembly both an interim report on the effectiveness of the pilot program on or before December 1, 2004, and a final report on or before April 1, 2007. The final report shall include:
(1) 	A survey and statistics on the utilization of the pilot code in participating jurisdictions;
(2)	An analysis of administrative and cost issues associated with implementing the pilot code in participating jurisdictions;
(3)	Recommendations as to whether the pilot program should be extended or made permanent; and 
(4)	Any legislative recommendations, including whether the pilot code standards authorized by this act should be incorporated in the General Statutes as part of the statewide building code."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.