A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE TO CREATE AND HIRE A CODE‑ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TEAM, AS RECOMMENDED BY the HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING CODE REGULATORY REFORM LEGISLATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Insurance is authorized to expend up to one million four hundred ninety thousand two hundred eighteen dollars ($1,490,218) from appropriations to the Department for the purpose of creating 10 new full‑time equivalent (FTE) positions within the Department of Insurance, Office of State Fire Marshal, providing training to local government code‑enforcement officials and to contractors on matters relating to the North Carolina State Building Code, and offering technical interpretations on questions arising under the said Code. The positions would be physically placed within the Division of Engineering and shall include two positions in each of the following Code areas: North Carolina Residential Code, North Carolina State Building Code, North Carolina Fire Prevention Code, North Carolina Plumbing Code, North Carolina Mechanical Code, and North Carolina Electrical Code.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2018.