SB256 (2007) Detail

Relative to hazardous buildings.


SB 256 – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

07-1306

06/03

SENATE BILL 256

AN ACT relative to hazardous buildings.

SPONSORS: Sen. DeVries, Dist 18

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill expands the definition of hazardous building to include buildings with life safety code violations.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-1306

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to hazardous buildings.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Life Safety Code Violations. Amend RSA 155-B:1, II to read as follows:

II. “Hazardous building” means any building which[,]:

(a) Because of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, physical damage, unsanitary condition, or abandonment, constitutes a fire hazard or a hazard to public safety or health.

(b) Fails to meet the requirements of the Life Safety Code, NFPA Doc. No. 101.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.