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Subcommittee delays bill to expand farm-building contractor-license exemption from 5,000 to 50,000 sq ft
Summary
A House Business and Commerce subcommittee heard testimony on a bill that would change an exemption from a 5,000-square-foot limit to 50,000 for certain agricultural and portable storage buildings, then voted to continue the measure after debate about life-safety and electrical oversight.
The Business and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee on March 5 heard testimony on a bill (filed as 40-11-360 amendment, referred to by sponsor as bill 3946) that would raise the floor-area threshold for a contractor-license exemption for certain farm buildings from 5,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet. The subcommittee voted to continue consideration of the bill.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative McCabe, told the subcommittee the change would let farmers perform work on large nonresidential farm structures without hiring a licensed contractor. McCabe said current South Carolina law already exempts many farm structures from national building codes under what he cited as “6-9-65,” and that extending the contractor-license exemption to 50,000 square feet would align the license…
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