SB 156 — Plumbing & Heating Contractors Changes.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 S 21 SENATE BILL 156 Commerce and Insurance Committee Substitute Adopted 3/30/17 Short Title:

Senator Tucker (Primary Sponsor).

Rules and Operations of the Senate March 2, 2017 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE TYPES OF ACTIVITY REGULATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PLUMBING, HEATING, AND FIRE SPRINKLER CONTRACTORS AND TO REAUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO ISSUE LICENSES FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTED CLASSIFICATIONS.

(5) Any person, firm or corporation, who for a valuable consideration, (i) verifies, inspects, evaluates, tests, installs, alters or restores, or offers to verify, inspect, evaluate, test, install, alter or restore, either plumbing, heating group number one, or heating group number two, or heating group number three, or (ii) verifies, inspects, evaluates, tests, lays out, fabricates, installs, alters or restores, or offers to verify, inspect, evaluate, test, 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;

The Board shall establish and issue a fuel piping license for use by persons who do not possess the required Class I or Class II plumbing *S156-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 or heating license, but desire to engage in the contracting or installing of fuel piping extending from an approved fuel source at or near the *S156-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 premises, which piping is used or may be used to supply fuel to any systems, equipment, or appliances located inside the premises.

The licensing of any person, partnership, firm, or corporation desiring to engage in a specific phase of heating, plumbing, or fire sprinkling contracting that is an incidental part of their Page 2 Senate Bill 156-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 primary business, which is a lawful business other than heating, plumbing, or fire sprinkling contracting.

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The licensing of anypersons person desiring to engage in contracting and installing fuel piping from an approved fuel source on the premises to a point inside the residence.

(l) The provisions of this Article do not apply to a home inspector licensed under Article 9F of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes who does not claim to be a plumbing or heating contractor or who is not acting in the capacity of a plumbing or heating contractor in the course of histheir or her duties as a home inspector.

(m) The provisions of this Article do not apply to a certified Code-enforcement official licensed under Article 9C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes who does not claim to be a plumbing or heating contractor or who is not acting in the capacity of a plumbing or heating contractor in the course of histheir or her duties as a Code-enforcement official." SECTION 2.

This act isbecomes effective whenJuly it1, becomes2017. law.

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