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G.S. 115C-525 https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/H5ML/BySecti... <br /> (2) The board of county commissioners of each county shall designate the persons to <br /> make the inspections and reports required by subdivision (1) of this subsection. The <br /> board may designate any city or county building inspector, any city or county fire <br /> prevention bureau, any city or county electrical inspector, the county fire marshal, or <br /> any other qualified persons, but no person shall make any inspection unless he shall be <br /> qualified as required by G.S. 153A-351.1 and Section 7 of Chapter 531 of the 1977 <br /> Session Laws. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting two or more <br /> counties from designating the same persons to make the inspections and reports <br /> required by subdivision (1) of this subsection. The board of county commissioners <br /> shall compensate or provide for the compensation of the persons designated to make <br /> all such inspections and reports. The board of county commissioners may make <br /> appropriations in the general fund of the county to meet the costs of such inspections, <br /> or in the alternative the board may add appropriations to the school current expense <br /> fund to meet the costs thereof. Provided, that if appropriations are added to the school <br /> current expense fund, such appropriations shall be in addition to and not in <br /> substitution of existing school current expense appropriations. <br /> (3) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Insurance, the Superintendent of Public <br /> Instruction, and the State Board of Education to prescribe any additional rules and <br /> regulations which they may deem necessary in connection with such inspections and <br /> reports for the reduction of fire hazards and protection of life and property in public <br /> schools. <br /> (4) It shall be the duty of each principal to make certain that all fire hazards called to his <br /> attention in the course of the inspections and reports required by subdivision (1) of <br /> this subsection are immediately removed or corrected, if such removal or correction <br /> can be accomplished by the principal. If such removal or correction cannot be <br /> accomplished by the principal, it shall be the duty of the principal to bring the matter <br /> to the attention of the superintendent. <br /> (5) It shall be the duty of each superintendent of schools to make certain that all fire <br /> hazards called to his attention in the course of the inspections and reports required by <br /> subdivision (1) of this subsection and not removed or corrected by the principals as <br /> required by subdivision (4) of this subsection are removed or corrected, if such <br /> removal or correction can be brought about within the current appropriations available <br /> to the superintendent. Where any removal or correction of a hazard will require the <br /> expenditure of funds in excess of current appropriations, it shall be the duty of the <br /> superintendent to bring the matter to the attention of the appropriate board of <br /> education, and the board of education in turn shall bring the same to the attention of <br /> the board of county commissioners, in order that immediate steps be taken, within the <br /> framework of existing law,to remove or correct the hazard. <br /> (c) Liability for Failure to Perform Duties Imposed by G.S. 115C-288(d) and 115C-525(a) or <br /> 115C-525(b). - Any person willfully failing to perform any of the duties imposed by G.S. 115C-288(d), <br /> 115C-525(a) or 115C-525(b) shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and shall only be fined not more <br /> than five hundred dollars ($500.00) in the discretion of the court. (1957, c. 844; 1959, c. 573, s. 14; <br /> 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1989, c. 681, s. 12; 1993, c. 539, s. 892; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2009-570, s. <br /> 40.) <br /> 2 of 2 11/27/2018,2:03 PM <br />