GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997
SESSION LAW 1998-122
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 160A-415 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-415. Conflicts of interest.
No member of an inspection department or other individual
contracting with a city to conduct inspections shall be financially interested
or employed by a business that is financially interested in the furnishing of
labor, material, or appliances for the construction, alteration, or maintenance
of any building within the city's jurisdiction or any part or system thereof,
or in the making of plans or specifications therefor, unless he is the owner of
the building. No member of an inspection department or other individual
contracting with a city to conduct inspections shall engage in any work that is
inconsistent with his that person's duties or with the interest
of the city. The provisions of this section do not apply to a firefighter
whose primary duties are fire suppression and rescue, but who engages in some
fire inspection activities as a secondary responsibility of the firefighter's
employment as a firefighter, except no firefighter may inspect any work
actually done, or materials or appliances supplied, by the firefighter or the
firefighter's business within the preceding six years."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of August, 1998.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 1:07 p.m. this 27th day of August, 1998