North Carolina SB 88: Electrician Requirements for Certain Orgs.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2019
S D
SENATE BILL DRS15040-MQ-8

Short Title: Electrician Requirements for Certain Orgs. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Sawyer and T. Alexander (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:

*DRS15040-MQ-8*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE STATUTES REGULATING ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 2
TO ENABLE LICENSED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS EMPLOYED BY SCHOOLS, 3
HOSPITALS, AND NONPROFITS TO MAKE REPAIRS AND CONDUCT 4
MAINTENANCE AT ALL FACILITIES AT ALL TIMES WHEN DONE AT THE 5
DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL, HOSPITAL, OR NONPROFIT. 6
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
SECTION 1. G.S. 87-43.1 reads as rewritten: 8
"§ 87-43.1. Exceptions. 9
The provisions of this Article shall not apply: 10
(1) To the installation, construction or maintenance of facilities for providing 11
electric service to the public ahead of the point of delivery of electric service 12
to the customer;customer. 13
(2) To the installation, construction, maintenance, or repair of telephone, 14
telegraph, or signal systems, by public utilities, or their corporate affiliates, 15
when said work pertains to the services furnished by said public 16
utilities;utilities. 17
(3) To any person in the course of his work as a bona fide employee of a licensee 18
of this Board;Board. 19
(4) To the installation, construction or maintenance of electrical equipment and 20
wiring for temporary use by contractors in connection with the work of 21
construction;construction. 22
(5) To the installation, construction, maintenance or repair of electrical wiring, 23
devices, appliances or equipment by persons, firms or corporations, upon their 24
own property when such property is not intended at the time for rent, lease, 25
sale or gift, who regularly employ one or more electricians or mechanics for 26
the purpose of installing, maintaining, altering or repairing of electrical 27
wiring, devices or equipment used for the conducting of the business of said 28
persons, firms or corporations;corporations. 29
(5a) To any person who when that person is himself and for himself installing, 30
maintaining, altering or repairing electric work, wiring, devices, appliances or 31
equipment upon his that person's own property and for that person's own 32
benefit when such property is not intended at the time for rent, lease, or 33
sale;sale. This subdivision shall not be construed to limit the ability of local 34
boards of education, hospitals as defined in G.S. 131E-76, or nonprofit 35
organizations exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 36
FILED SENATE
Feb 19, 2019
S.B. 88
PRINCIPAL CLERK

General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019
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Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)), to employ personnel who are licensed 1
under this Article to perform maintenance and repairs on property owned or 2
in the possession of that local board of education, hospital, or nonprofit 3
organization. 4
(6) To the installation, construction, maintenance or repair of electrical wiring, 5
devices, appliances or equipment by State institutions and private educational 6
institutions which maintain a private electrical department;department. 7
(7) To the replacement of lamps and fuses and to the installation and servicing of 8
cord-connected appliances and equipment connected by means of attachment 9
plug-in devices to suitable receptacles which have been permanently installed 10
or to the servicing of appliances connected to a permanently installed junction 11
box. This exception does not apply to permanently installed receptacles or to 12
the installation of the junction box. 13
(8) To the bonding of corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) gas piping systems 14
as required under Section 310.1.1 of the 2012 N.C. Fuel Gas Code. 15
(9) To the installation, maintenance, or replacement of any load control device or 16
equipment by an electric power supplier, as defined in G.S. 62-133.8, or an 17
electrical contractor contracted by the electric power supplier, so long as the 18
work is subject to supervision by an electrical contractor licensed under this 19
Article. The electric power supplier shall provide such installation, 20
maintenance, or replacement in accordance with (i) an activity or program 21
ordered, authorized, or approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission 22
pursuant to G.S. 62-133.8 or G.S. 62-133.9 or (ii) a similar program 23
undertaken by a municipal electric service provider, whether the installation, 24
modification, or replacement is made before or after the point of delivery of 25
electric service to the customer. The exemption under this subdivision applies 26
to all existing installations. 27
(10) To the installation, construction, maintenance, or repair of electrical wiring, 28
devices, appliances, or equipment by a person certified as a well contractor 29
under Article 7A of this Chapter when running electrical wires from the well 30
pump to the pressure switch." 31
SECTION 2. G.S. 87-43.2 re