A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to disapprove the administrative rules governing AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS and to mandate the building code council to adopt rules to require automatic sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Pursuant to G.S. 150B‑21.3(b1), 11 NCAC 08 Fire Code 903.2.7 Group R Sprinklers (060314 Item B‑3) adopted by the North Carolina Building Code Council on September 13, 2006, and approved by the Rules Review Commission on October 19, 2006, is disapproved.
SECTION 2.  The North Carolina Building Code Council shall adopt rules or amend the State Building Code to require automatic sprinkler systems in residential buildings of more than two stories and containing more than 16 dwelling units built on or after the effective date of the rule or amendment.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.