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AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL AND CREATE THE RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL, TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODE AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND TO INCREASE THE PROJECT COST MINIMUM FOR APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL CONTRACTOR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: BUILDING CODE COUNCIL REORGANIZATION, CREATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL, AND CLARIFY STATUTORY REFERENCES TO THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODE SECTION 1.(a) Article 9 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten: "Article 9. "Building Code Council Council, Residential Code Council, and North Carolina State Building Code. "§ 143-136. Building Code Council created; membership, committees. … (d) Building Code Committee Created; Duties. – Within the Building Code Council, there is hereby created a Building Code Committee for all structures except those subject to the North Carolina State Residential Building Code: Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings. Code. The committee shall be composed of the following nine members of the Building Code Council: (1) One of the licensed architects appointed by the chairman of the Building Code Council. (2) The licensed engineer practicing mechanical engineering. (3) The licensed engineer practicing electrical engineering. (4) The licensed engineer practicing structural engineering. (5) The municipal elected official. (6) The fire service representative. (7) The municipal or county building inspector. (8) The State agency engineer. (9) The licensed general contractor. The chairman of the Building Code Council shall call the first meeting of the Committee, at which meeting the Committee shall elect a chairman from among the members of the Committee as the first order of business. Thereafter, the Committee shall meet upon the call of the chairman to review any proposal for revision or amendment to the North Carolina State Building Code, including provisions applicable to the North Carolina Energy Conservation Code, the North Carolina Electrical Code, the North Carolina Fuel Gas Code, the North Carolina Plumbing Code, the North Carolina Mechanical Code, the North Carolina Existing Building Code, and any other code applicable to commercial or multi-family construction, and no revision or amendment to any of these codes applicable to commercial or multi-family construction may be considered by the Building Code Council unless recommended by this committee. This committee shall also 98