AN ACT to reconcile the effective dates of certain rules adopted by the building code council related to the 2012 energy conservation code and the 2012 NC residential code.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 150B‑21.3, or any other provision of law, if approved by the Rules Review Commission, the following rules adopted by the Building Code Council on April 21, 2011, shall become effective January 1, 2012.
2012 NC Fire Code – Appendices   101.2.1;
2012 NC Residential Code – Egress Door   R311.2;
2012 NC Residential Code – Minimum Width of Footings   Table R403.1;
2012 NC Residential Code – Concrete Masonry Foundation Details   Figure R 403.3(1);
2012 NC Residential Code – Foundation Vent Sizing   R408.1.1;
2012 NC Residential Code – Ground Vapor Retarder   R408.2;
2012 NC Residential Code – Framing Details   R802.3;
2012 NC Residential Code – Attic Access   R807.1.
SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding G.S. 150B‑21.3, or any other provision of law, the 2012 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code, as adopted by the Building Code Council on December 14, 2010, and approved by the Rules Review Commission on February 17, 2011, and the 2012 North Carolina Residential Code, as adopted by the Building Code Council on December 14, 2010, and approved by the Rules Review Commission on March 17, 2011, shall take effect on January 1, 2012, with a mandatory compliance date of March 1, 2012.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 2011.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 5:02 p.m. this 23rd day of June, 2011