GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 569

SENATE BILL 408

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW GOVERNING PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS TO REDEFINE "HEATING, GROUP NUMBER THREE" AND

"CONTRACTOR".

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 87-21(a)(4) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:  "A heating system requiring air distribution ducts and supplied by ground water or utilizing a coil supplied by water from a domestic hot water heater not exceeding 150° Fahrenheit requires either plumbing or heating group number one license to extend piping from valved connections in the domestic hot water system to the heating coil and requires either heating group number one or heating group number three license for installation of coil, duct work, controls, drains and related appurtenances."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 87-21(a)(5) is amended by adding a sentence at the end to read:  "Any person who installs a plumbing or heating system on property which at the time of installation was intended for sale or to be used primarily for rental is deemed to be engaged in the business of plumbing or heating contracting without regard to receipt of consideration, unless exempted elsewhere in this Article."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of June, 1983.