2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 89G - Irrigation Contractors.
§ 89G-3. Exemptions.

§ 89G‑3.  Exemptions.

The provisions in this Chapter shall not apply to:

(1)        Any federal or State agency or any political subdivision performing irrigation construction or contracting work on public property.

(2)        Any property owner who performs irrigation construction or contracting work on his or her own property.

(3)        A landscape architect registered under Chapter 89A of the General Statutes.

(4)        A professional engineer licensed under Chapter 89C of the General Statutes.

(5)        Any irrigation construction or contracting work where the price of all contracts for labor, material, and other items for a given jobsite is less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

(6)        Any person performing irrigation construction or contracting work for temporary irrigation to establish vegetative cover for erosion control.

(7)        Any person performing irrigation construction or contracting work to control dust on commercial construction sites or mining operations.

(8)        Any person performing irrigation construction or contracting work for use in agricultural production, farming, or ranching, including land application of animal wastewater.

(9)        Any person performing irrigation construction or contracting work for use in commercial sod production.

(10)      Any person performing irrigation construction or contracting work for use in the commercial production of horticultural crops, including nursery and greenhouse operators.

(11)      A general contractor licensed under Article 1 of Chapter 87 of the General Statutes.

(12)      A wastewater contractor certified under Article 5 of Chapter 90A of the General Statutes who performs only the construction of or repair to a wastewater dispersal system.

(13)      A public utility contractor licensed under Article 1 of Chapter 87 of the General Statutes.

(14)      A plumbing contractor licensed under Article 2 of Chapter 87 of the General Statutes who performs only the following work: installation, repairs, or maintenance of water mains, water taps, service lines, water meters, or backflow prevention assemblies supplying water for irrigation systems; or repairs to an irrigation system.

(15)      Any person performing irrigation construction or contracting work for a golf course.

(16)      (See editor's note for applicability) Any person maintaining or repairing an irrigation system owned by the homeowners association of a planned community and located within the planned community's common elements as defined in G.S. 47F‑1‑103.  (2008‑177, s. 1.)