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The Daily Bulletin: 2021-05-06
PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS
H 165 (2021) DOT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.-AB Filed Feb 25 2021, AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES TO LAWS, AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
House amendment to the 2nd edition adds the following new provisions.
Requires the Department of Transportation (DOT), Ferry Division, to lease a passenger ferry vessel for operation between
Hatteras and Ocracoke, with the lease ending no later than September 1 2, 202 1 . Requires that $943.000 of the funds
appropriated in SL 2020-91 from the Highway Fund to the Department of Transportation be used by the Ferry Division to
lease and operate the ferry.
Requires that $62,9 1 7 of the funds appropriated in SL 2020-91 from the Highway Fund to DOT to be used to reimburse funds
Carteret County provided on behalf of Hyde County to fulfill the local match requirements for grant funds to dredge the Cedar
Island ferry channel.
Requires $362.000 of the funds appropriated in SL 2020-91 from the Highway Fund to DOT be used for North Carolina
coastal dredging.
Intro, by B. Jones, Iler, Shepard.
View summary
GS 20, GS 136, GS 143
Business and Commerce, Insurance, Courts/Judiciary, Civil,
Motor Vehicle, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and
Procedure, Government, Public Safety and Emergency
Management, State Agencies, Department of Transportation,
Local Government, Health and Human Services, Health
H 291 (2021) COMMERCIAL PROP. PLAN REV./DOl OVERSIGHT. (NEW) Filed Mar 1 1 2021. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND
REQUIRE CERTAIN TIME LINES FOR PLAN REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY BUILDING PLANS
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PLAN REVIEW. TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER
OF INSURANCE TO PROVIDE FURTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSPECTION DEPARTMENT OVERSIGHT AND TO REQUIRE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO REMIT A PORTION OF PERMIT FEES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Instead of amending GS 160D-1106, moves proposed new (cl), (c2), (c3), (c4) and (c5) into new GS 160D-1 104. 1 and makes
the following changes to that proposed language. Requires an initial plan review to be completed and a building permit
decision to be issued within 2 1 days for commercial and multifamily building plans that require a design professional seal
under the North Carolina Building Code (was. under the Building Code Council ndes). Expands upon the entities that the local
government may use if it is unable to complete the initial plan review within 21 days to include a third-party architect or
engineer (was, engineering firm only); makes conforming changes. Adds the specified provisions do not limit a local
government and a building permit applicant from entering into a mutual agreement to complete an initial plan review in a
timeframe that differs from the one specified. Amends the two conditions that apply when the local government does not issue
a building permit decision within 21 days or when additional information or a plan resubmission is requested and the local
government does not issue a building permit decision within 1 5 days of receiving the information or resubmitted plan, to now
provide that: ( 1) the building permit applicant may use a third-party architect or engineer that has a valid certificate or the
Department of Insurance and its marketplace pool of qualified Code-enforcement officials to review and approve the submitted
plans, after such review and approval the local government must issue all necessary building permits within 72 hours; and (2)
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