GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SESSION LAW 2011-269
SENATE BILL 708
AN ACT to reconcile the effective dates of certain rules adopted by the building code council related to the 2012 energy conservation code and the 2012 NC residential code.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding G.S. 150B-21.3, or any other provision of law, if approved by the Rules Review Commission, the following rules adopted by the Building Code Council on April 21, 2011, shall become effective January 1, 2012.
2012 NC Fire Code - Appendices 101.2.1;
2012 NC Residential Code - Egress Door R311.2;
2012 NC Residential Code - Minimum Width of Footings Table R403.1;
2012 NC Residential Code - Concrete Masonry Foundation Details Figure R 403.3(1);
2012 NC Residential Code - Foundation Vent Sizing R408.1.1;
2012 NC Residential Code - Ground Vapor Retarder R408.2;
2012 NC Residential Code - Framing Details R802.3;
2012 NC Residential Code - Attic Access R807.1.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding G.S. 150B-21.3, or any other provision of law, the 2012 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code, as adopted by the Building Code Council on December 14, 2010, and approved by the Rules Review Commission on February 17, 2011, and the 2012 North Carolina Residential Code, as adopted by the Building Code Council on December 14, 2010, and approved by the Rules Review Commission on March 17, 2011, shall take effect on January 1, 2012, with a mandatory compliance date of March 1, 2012.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 2011.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 5:02 p.m. this 23rd day of June, 2011