GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-427
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 87-10(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) The Board shall conduct an examination, either
oral or written, of all applicants for license to ascertain the ability of the
applicant to make a practical application of his knowledge of the profession of
contracting, under the classification contained in the application, and to
ascertain the qualifications of the applicant in reading plans and
specifications, knowledge of relevant matters contained in the North
Carolina State Building Code, knowledge of estimating costs, construction,
ethics and other similar matters pertaining to the contracting business and
knowledge of the applicant as to the responsibilities of a contractor to the
public and of the requirements of the laws of the State of North Carolina
relating to contractors, construction and liens. If the results of the
examination of the applicant shall be satisfactory to the Board, then the Board
shall issue to the applicant a certificate to engage as a general contractor in
the State of North Carolina, as provided in said the certificate,
which may be limited into five classifications as the common use of the terms
are known – that is, is:
(1) Building contractor, which shall include private,
public, commercial, industrial and residential buildings of all types; types.
(1a) Residential contractor, which shall include any
general contractor constructing only residences which are required to conform
to the residential building code adopted by the Building Code Council pursuant
to G.S. 143-138; G.S. 143-138.
(2) Highway contractor; contractor.
(3) Public utilities contractors, which shall include those whose operations are the performance of construction work on the following subclassifications of facilities:
a. Water and sewer mains and water service lines and
house and building sewer lines as defined in the North Carolina State Building
Code, and water storage tanks, lift stations, pumping stations, and
appurtenances to water storage tanks, lift stations and pumping stations; stations.
b. Water and wastewater treatment facilities and
appurtenances thereto; thereto.
c. Electrical power transmission facilities, and
primary and secondary distribution facilities ahead of the point of delivery of
electric service to the customer; customer.
d. Public communication distribution facilities;
and facilities.
e. Natural gas and other petroleum products
distribution facilities; provided the General Contractors Licensing Board may
issue license to a public utilities contractor limited to any of the above
subclassifications for which the general contractor qualifies, and qualifies.
(4) Specialty contractor, which shall include those whose operations as such are the performance of construction work requiring special skill and involving the use of specialized building trades or crafts, but which shall not include any operations now or hereafter under the jurisdiction, for the issuance of license, by any board or commission pursuant to the laws of the State of North Carolina.
Public utilities contractors constructing water service lines and house and building sewer lines as provided in (3)a above shall terminate said lines at a valve, box, meter, or manhole or cleanout at which the facilities from the building may be connected."
Section 2. G.S. 87-11(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) The Board shall have the power to revoke
the certificate of license of any general contractor licensed hereunder who refuse
to issue or renew or revoke, suspend, or restrict a certificate of license or
to issue a reprimand or take other disciplinary action if a general contractor
licensed under this Article is found guilty of any fraud or deceit in
obtaining a license, or gross negligence, incompetency incompetency, or
misconduct in the practice of his or her profession, or willful
violation of any provisions provision of this Article. The
Board shall also have the power to revoke, suspend, or otherwise restrict the
ability of any person to act as a qualifying party for a license to practice
general contracting, as provided in G.S. 87-10(c), for any copartnership,
corporation or any other organization or combination, if that person committed
any act in violation of the provisions of this section and the Board may take
disciplinary action against the individual license held by that person.
(a1) Any person may prefer charges of such fraud,
deceit, negligence negligence, or misconduct against any general
contractor licensed hereunder; such under this Article. The charges
shall be in writing and sworn to by the complainant and submitted to the Board.
Such The charges, unless dismissed without hearing by the Board
as unfounded or trivial, shall be heard and determined by the Board in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes."
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of July, 1999.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 10:44 p.m. this 5th day of August, 1999