21 NCAC 23 .0103             LICENSING

(a)  Individual applicants for an irrigation contractor's license who can document to the Board's satisfaction that, during the entirety of the period from January 1 to June 29, 2009, the applicant was serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States and, for that reason, could not prepare and submit an application for licensure until after being released from active duty are excused from taking the Board's licensing examination and shall be granted a license upon fulfilling all other licensing requirements. 

(b)  The Board shall deem an individual to have been unable to prepare and submit an application for licensure due to being on active duty upon receiving a letter or e-mail from the officer or senior non-commissioned officer commanding the unit in which the applicant served during the above-referenced period, certifying this to be the case.

(c)  The Board shall also accept and consider other documentation in determining whether active military service made it impossible for the applicant to submit that application during that period of time.

(d)  All licensees shall notify the Board of any change in their mailing address or location of their office within five days.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 89G-5; 89G-6; 105-249.2; S.L. 2008-177, s. 2; S.L. 2009-458; Section 7508 of the Internal Revenue Code; 10 U.S.C. 101;

Eff. July 1, 2011;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 22, 2014.