143-345.11. Secretary's approval of plans for State buildings required.
(a) No agency or other person authorized or directed by law to select a plan and erect a building for the use of the State or any State institution shall receive and approve of the plan until it is submitted to and approved by the Secretary as to State construction standards and at a minimum as to the safety of the proposed building from fire, including the property's occupants or contents. For the purposes of this subsection, buildings, facilities, or projects located on State lands that are (i) privately owned or privately leased and (ii) located within the North Carolina Global TransPark are exempt.
(b) Any plan submitted to the Commissioner of Insurance and approved prior to October 1, 2009 shall be deemed to have been approved jointly by the Commissioner of Insurance and the Secretary.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate the authority of the Commissioner of Insurance under G.S. 58-31-40 or any other provision of law.
(d) The Secretary shall provide quarterly written reports on plans reviewed and approved under this section to the Commissioner of Insurance. The reports shall be made in a form approved by the Commissioner of Insurance and the Secretary. (2009-474, s. 2; 2020-90, s. 2.5.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions
Article 36 - Department of Administration.
§ 143-335 - Department of Administration created.
§ 143-340 - Powers and duties of Secretary.
§ 143-341 - Powers and duties of Department.
§ 143-341.2 - Proactive management of State-owned and State-leased real property portfolio.
§ 143-342 - Rules governing allocation of property and space.
§ 143-342.1 - State-owned office space; fees for use by self-supporting agencies.
§ 143-343 - General Services Division.
§ 143-344 - Transfer of functions, property, records, etc.
§ 143-345.1 - Rules and regulations.
§ 143-345.2 - Disorderly conduct in and injury to public buildings and grounds.
§ 143-345.3 - Construction and repair of public buildings; use of Contingency and Emergency Fund.
§ 143-345.4 - Moore and Nash squares and other public lots.
§ 143-345.5 - Program for location and construction of future public buildings.
§ 143-345.6 - Recodified as § 147-54.3 by Session Laws 1991, c689, s181(b).
§ 143-345.7 - Repair and reconstruction of the Western Residence of the Governor.
§ 143-345.8 - North Carolina Purchase Directory.
§ 143-345.9 - Official "Prisoner of War/Missing in Action" flag to be flown over the State Capitol.
§ 143-345.10 - Parking of maintenance vehicles.
§ 143-345.11 - Secretary's approval of plans for State buildings required.
§ 143-345.13 - Reporting of stocks of coal and petroleum fuels.
§ 143-345.14 - Authority to collect data; administration and enforcement; confidentiality.
§ 143-345.16 - Recodified as G.S143B-437.14 by Session Laws 2010-96, s21, effective July 20, 2010.
§ 143-345.17 - Recodified as G.S143B-437.15 by Session Laws 2010-96, s21, effective July 20, 2010.
§ 143-345.18 - Recodified as G.S143B-437.16 by Session Laws 2010-96, s21, effective July 20, 2010.