Reference is to Printer's Date 02/04/16-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered penultimate SECTION to read:
/ SECTION ___. Section 40-11-360(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) This chapter
does not apply to:
(1)
An entity which installs fire sprinkler systems if the
entity is licensed under Chapter 45 of Title 23, or burglar and
fire alarm systems if the entity is licensed under Chapter 79 of
Title 40;.
(2)
The installation of finished products, materials, or
articles of merchandise that are not fabricated into and do not
become a permanent fixed part of the structure. Work requiring
licensure must be installed by a licensed
contractor;.
(3)
Construction, alteration, improvement, or repair carried
on within the limits of a site, the title to which is in the
name United States of America or with respect to which federal
law supersedes this chapter;.
(4)
Contractors performing construction work for the South
Carolina Department of Transportation pursuant to that
department's prequalification requirements with the exception of
public/private partnerships performing work pursuant to Section
57-3-200;.
(5)
An owner of residential property who improves the property
or who builds or improves structures or appurtenances on the
property if he does the work himself, with his own employees, or
with licensed contractors; provided that the structure, group of
structures, or appurtenances, including the improvements, are
intended for the owner's sole occupancy or occupancy by the
owner's family and are not intended for sale or rent, and
provided further, that the general public does not have access
to this structure. In an action brought under this chapter,
proof of the sale or rent or the offering for sale or rent of
the structure by the owner-builder within two years after
completion or issuance of a certificate of occupancy is prima
facie evidence that the project was undertaken for the purpose
of sale or rent and is subject to the penalties provided in this
chapter. As used in this item, "sale" or
"rent" includes an arrangement by which an owner
receives compensation in money, provisions, chattel, or labor
from the occupancy, or the transfer of the property or the
structures on the property;.
(6)
An owner of nonowner-occupied property who improves the
property or who builds or improves structures of less than five
thousand square feet or other appurtenances on the property,
either by himself or with the owner's employees, if all
structural and mechanical work is performed by licensed
contractors regardless of the cost of construction and if the
property is not sold for two years after completion of the
improvements. For purposes of this item, 'structural' means
foundation, pier, load-bearing partition, perimeter wall,
internal wall exceeding ten feet in height, roof, floor, and any
other work deemed by the board to be structural. 'Mechanical'
means work described in Section
40-11-410(5);.
(7)
An owner constructing a farm building or portable storage
building with less than five thousand square feet of floor space
and used only for livestock or storage;.
(8)
Public owners performing all or a portion of any work on a
project themselves as long as the work performed falls within
the limitations of a License Group 3 General Contractor or a
License Group 4 Mechanical Contractor, as adjusted by an
inflation factor reflecting the Department of Labor's Consumer
Price Index.
(9)
Renovations and maintenance projects of the South Carolina
Department of Corrections whereby all labor is supplied from
that department's own labor forces.
(10)
The South Carolina Public Service Authority when
performing maintenance and renovations to existing facilities
and when performing work in accordance with Section
40-11-410(4)(n).
(11)
The installation, repair, or maintenance of
signs of billboards; provided, however, an electrical license is
required to perform a final connection to a branch circuit
conductor. The installation or modification of a branch circuit
conductor is not considered a part of the installation, repair,
or maintenance of a sign or billboard." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.