A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reinstate the 2009 north carolina energy conservation codes and repeal the 2012 north carolina energy conservation codes.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Consistent with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes and G.S. 143‑138, the Building Code Council shall adopt an energy conservation building code identical to the 2009 North Carolina State Building Code Energy Conservation Code.
SECTION 1.(b)  The Building Code Council shall repeal the 2012 North Carolina State Building Code Energy Conservation Code.
SECTION 2.(a)  Consistent with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes and G.S. 143‑138, the Building Code Council shall adopt an energy conservation part for the North Carolina State Building Code Residential Code identical to the energy conservation part contained in the 2009 North Carolina State Building Code Residential Code.
SECTION 2.(b)  The Building Code Council shall repeal the energy conservation part of the 2012 North Carolina State Building Code Residential Code.
SECTION 3.  No permit shall be denied or revoked, certificate of compliance denied, order to correct violations issued, stop order issued, defect noted, building condemned, order to take corrective action issued, judicial action brought, or any other action be made under Part 4 of Article 18 of Chapter 153A or Part 5 of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes because of a violation of the 2012 North Carolina State Building Code Energy Conservation Code if it would not also be a violation of the 2009 North Carolina State Building Code Energy Conservation Code or a violation of the energy conservation part of the 2012 North Carolina State Building Code Residential Code if it would not also be a violation of the 2009 North Carolina State Building Code Residential Code.
SECTION 4.(a)  Sections 1(a), 2(a), and 3 of this act are effective when they become law.
SECTION 4.(b)  Sections 1(b) and 2(b) of this act are effective when the rules adopted in accordance with Sections 1(a) and 2(a) become effective.