Can I do this. Electrical experts help please!

[woodturner]

I can pigtail the hot and neutral wires together with the lamp fixture, and simply wire nut the grounds together. Does that sound about right?

NO, at least not as written.

I'm assuming you mean:
pigtail all hot wires together with one wire nut
pigtail all neutral wires together with one, different wire nut
pigtail all ground wires together with one, different wire nut
BUT all as separate circuits

If you meant what you wrote - that you are going to pigtail the hot wires together with neutral wires - that is not right.

[woodturner]

People who don't deal with codes all the time often don't realize that when a municipality adopts a national code, the local building official has the discretion to waive certain requirements or to be more stringent than the code calls for on others.

Both NEC and BOCA are now nationally adopted codes. The local officials are permitted to impose more stringent requirements but are not empowered to waive the requirements of the NEC or BOCA codes.

[Salty]

I was not aware that they are called pigtails but I often use those jumpers because it is much easier to put just a single wire under the terminal screw instead of two. It is also easier to push 2 single wires up into the box when installing the fixture.

Salty

[LarryG]

Both NEC and BOCA are now nationally adopted codes. The local officials are permitted to impose more stringent requirements but are not empowered to waive the requirements of the NEC or BOCA codes.

My experience is different.

[woodturner]

My experience is different.

It's like anything else, I suppose - some jurisdictions may remain non-compliant until someone challenges them. There is an enforcement process available if one's local jurisdiction is non-compliant and one wants to get that changed.

BTW, here is a link to an online version of the 2008 NEC. It does require registration, but the registration is free and the full NEC is online.
http://rrdocs.nfpa.org/rrserver/brow...NFPASTD/7008SB