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Provided further, that no building permit shall be required under such Code from any State
agency for the construction of any building or structure, the total cost of which is less than
twenty thousand dollars ($ 20,000), except public or institutional buildings.
For the information of users thereof, the Code shall include as appendices
( 1) Any rules governing boilers adopted by the Board of Boiler and Pressure
Vessels Rules,
( 2) Any rules relating to the safe operation of elevators adopted by the
Commissioner of Labor, and
( 3) Any rules relating to sanitation adopted by the Commission for Health Services
which the Building Code Council believes pertinent.
In addition, the Code may include references to such other rules of special types, such as
those of the Medical Care Commission and the Department of Public Instruction as may be
useful to persons using the Code. No rule issued by any agency other than the Building Code
Council shall be construed as a part of the Code, nor supersede that Code, it being intended that
they be presented with the Code for information only.
Nothing in this Article shall extend to or be construed as being applicable to the regulation of
the design, construction, location, installation, or operation of ( 1) equipment for storing,
handling, transporting, and utilizing liquefied petroleum gases for fuel purposes or anhydrous
ammonia or other liquid fertilizers, except for liquefied petroleum gas from the outlet of the first
stage pressure regulator to and including each liquefied petroleum gas utilization device within a
building or structure covered by the Code, or ( 2) equipment or facilities, other than buildings, of
a public utility, as defined in G. S. 62- 3, or an electric or telephone membership corporation,
including without limitation poles, towers, and other structures supporting electric or
communication lines.
Nothing in this Article shall extend to or be construed as being applicable to the regulation of
the design, construction, location, installation, or operation of industrial machinery. For the
purposes of this paragraph, ' industrial machinery' means equipment and machinery used in a
system of operations for the explicit purpose of producing a product. The term does not include
equipment that is permanently attached to or a component part of a building and related to
general building services such as ventilation, heating and cooling, plumbing, fire suppression or
prevention, and general electrical transmission.
In addition, the Code may contain rules concerning minimum efficiency requirements for
replacement water heaters, which shall consider reasonable availability from manufacturers to
meet installation space requirements.
No State, county, or local building code or regulation shall prohibit the use of special locking
mechanisms for seclusion rooms in the public schools approved under G. S. 115C- 391.1( e)( 1) e.,
provided that the special locking mechanism shall be constructed so that it will engage only
when a key, knob, handle, button, or other similar device is being held in position by a person,
and provided further that, if the mechanism is electrically or electronically controlled, it
automatically disengages when the building's fire alarm is activated. Upon release of the locking
mechanism by a supervising adult, the door must be able to be opened readily."
SECTION 7.2. This part is effective when it becomes law.
PART VIII. EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 8.1. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes
law.
