Subsection 210.8 (A) (5) Exceptions in the National Electric Code are hereby amended to read as follows:

210.8 (A) (5) Unfinished portions or areas of the basement not intended as habitable rooms.

Exceptions to (A) (5): The following conditions shall not be required to have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection:

1. A receptacle supplying only a permanently installed fire alarm or burglar alarm system.

2. A single receptacle supplying a permanently installed sump pump.

3. A single receptacle supplied by a dedicated branch circuit that is located and identified for specific use by a cord- and plug-connected appliance such as a refrigerator or freezer.

Receptacles installed under exception to 2108.8 (A) (5) shall not be considered as meeting the requirements of 210.52 (G).