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4 <br /> GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> SESSION 2023 <br /> SESSION LAW 2023-108 <br /> HOUSE BILL 488 <br /> AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL AND CREATE THE <br /> RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL, TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE <br /> NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODE AND LAND DEVELOPMENT <br /> REGULATIONS, AND TO INCREASE THE PROJECT COST MINIMUM FOR <br /> APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL CONTRACTOR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. <br /> The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: <br /> BUILDING CODE COUNCIL REORGANIZATION, CREATION OF THE <br /> RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL, AND CLARIFY STATUTORY REFERENCES TO <br /> THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODE <br /> SECTION L(a) Article 9 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten: <br /> "Article 9. <br /> "Building Code Couneil Council, Residential Code Council, and North Carolina State Building <br /> Code. <br /> "§ 143-136. Building Code Council created; membership, committees. <br /> (d) Building Code Committee Created;Duties.—Within the Building Code Council,there <br /> is hereby created a Building Code Committee for all structures except those subject to the North <br /> Carolina —Residential Building <br /> Dwellinff,Code. The committee shall be composed of the following nine members of the <br /> Building Code Council: <br /> (1) One of the licensed architects appointed by the chairman of the Building Code <br /> Council. <br /> (2) The licensed engineer practicing mechanical engineering. <br /> (3) The licensed engineer practicing electrical engineering. <br /> (4) The licensed engineer practicing structural engineering. <br /> (5) The municipal elected official. <br /> (6) The fire service representative. <br /> (7) The municipal or county building inspector. <br /> (8) The State agency engineer. <br /> (9) The licensed general contractor. <br /> The chairman of the Building Code Council shall call the first meeting of the Committee, at <br /> which meeting the Committee shall elect a chairman from among the members of the Committee <br /> as the first order of business. Thereafter,the Committee shall meet upon the call of the chairman <br /> to review any proposal for revision or amendment to the North Carolina SBuilding Code, <br /> including provisions applicable to the North Carolina Energy Conservation Code, the North <br /> Carolina Electrical Code,the North Carolina Fuel Gas Code,the North Carolina Plumbing Code, <br /> the North Carolina Mechanical Code, the North Carolina Existing Building Code, and any other <br /> code applicable to commercial or multi-family construction, and no revision or amendment to <br /> any of these codes applicable to commercial or multi-family construction may be considered by <br /> the Building Code Council unless recommended by this committee. This committee shall also <br /> 11111111111111111111 <br /> * H 4 8 8 - V - 8 * <br />