Zapped,
It's not unheard of here to have 3 jobs, 3 miles apart, under 3 different versions of the NEC.
Those days are gone.
It's not the NEC, it's the CEC (California Electrical Code), and we have adopted the CEC 2007 based on the NEC 2005 as our Code.
Local amendments to our Building Codes are not an option, unless they submit in writing the reasons for local amendments, and the amendments need to be necessary because of local climatic, geological or topographical conditions.
"The California Building Standards Commission will reject, by letter, the filings by local governments proposing to adopt and amend model codes. Only the California Building Standards Code, incorporating model codes by reference and including State agency amendments, and the related regulations of the Department of Housing and Community Development, are subject to adoption and amendment by local governments."
These Building Codes are Statewide, and do not need to be adopted by local governments to be in effect.
