GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 978
AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE FIRE SPRINKLER CONTRACTOR LICENSING ACT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 87-16, as rewritten by Chapter 842 of the 1989 Session Laws (1990 Reg. Sess.), reads as rewritten:
"§ 87-16. Board of Examiners; appointment; term of office.
There is created the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating,
and Fire Sprinkler Contractors consisting of seven members appointed by the
Governor: one member from a school of engineering of the Greater University of
North Carolina, one member who is a plumbing or mechanical inspector
from a city in North Carolina, one licensed air conditioner contractor, one
licensed plumbing or mechanical contractor, one licensed heating
contractor, one licensed fire sprinkler contractor, and one person who has no
tie with the construction industry to represent the interests of the public at
large. Members serve for terms of seven years, with the term of one
member expiring each year. The term of the member initially appointed to
fill the position of licensed fire sprinkler contractor shall commence April
25, 1991. No member appointed after June 7, 1979, shall serve more than
one complete consecutive term. Vacancies occurring during a term are
filled by appointment of the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired
term."
Sec. 2. G.S. 87-21(a)(5), as rewritten by Chapter 842 of the 1989 Session Laws (Reg. Sess. 1990), reads as rewritten:
(5) Any person, firm or
corporation, who for a valuable consideration, (i) installs, (i) alters
or restores, or offers to install, alter or restore, either plumbing, heating
group number one, or heating group number two, or heating group number three,
or (ii) lays out, fabricates, installs, alters or restores, or offers to lay
out, fabricate, install, alter or restore fire sprinklers, or any combination
thereof, as defined in this Article, shall be deemed and held to be engaged in
the business of plumbing, heating, or fire sprinkler contracting; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict the practice of
qualified registered professional engineers. Any person who installs a
plumbing, heating, or fire sprinkler 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, heating, or fire sprinkler
contracting without regard to receipt of consideration, unless exempted
elsewhere in this Article."
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective October 1, 1990.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of July, 1990.