NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1063

SENATE BILL 690

AN ACT CLARIFYING AND BRINGING UP TO DATE THE STATUTES GOVERNING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE N.C. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE WITH REFERENCE TO LOCAL BUILDING INSPECTORS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Section 14-68 of the General Statutes is amended by inserting the words "duly authorized" between the word "the" and the word "orders" in line 3; by inserting the words "or of any municipal or county inspector of buildings or of particular features, facilities, or installations of buildings," between the word "Commission," and the word "he" in line 4; and by changing the period at the end to a comma and thereafter inserting the words "failure, or refusal to obey such orders." in line 5 of said section.

Sec. 2.  Section 58-10 of the General Statutes is hereby rewritten to appear as follows:

"Section 58-10.  Commissioner to Supervise Local Inspectors. The Commissioner shall exercise general supervision over local investigators of fires and fire prevention inspectors. Whenever the Commissioner has reason to believe that the local inspectors are not doing their duty, he or his deputy shall make special trips of inspection and take proper steps to have all the provisions of the law relative to the investigation of fires and the prevention of fire waste enforced."

Sec. 3.  Section 69-4 of the General Statutes is amended by deleting the words "local inspector of buildings in municipalities where such officer is elected or appointed" in lines 3 and 4 and substituting in their place the words "the city or county building inspector, electrical inspector, heating inspector, or fire prevention inspector"; by deleting the second sentence of such section from lines 6 through 10; by deleting the words "fire committee" in line 20 and substituting in their place the words "building inspector, electrical inspector, heating inspector, or fire prevention inspector"; by inserting the words "or county" between the word "municipality" and the word "and" in line 24; and by deleting the final sentence of said Section.

Sec. 4.  Section 69-13 of the General Statutes, as same appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C, is amended by inserting the words "or the city or county building inspector, electrical inspector, heating inspector, or fire prevention inspector" between the word "department" and the word "is" in line 3 of said Section.

Sec. 5.  Section 69-29 of the General Statutes is amended by deleting the words "B, C, D, or E" in line 2 and substituting in their place the words "Type III, IV, V, or VI"; and by deleting the words "A or Al" in line 12 and substituting in their place the words "Type I or II".

Sec. 6.  Section 87-14 of the General Statutes, as the same appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C, is amended by deleting the word "village" in line 3 and substituting in its place the word "county".

Sec. 7.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.

Sec. 8.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of June, 1969.