HB1471 (2010) Detail

(New Title) requiring the governor’s office of energy and planning and the board of home inspectors to develop a document relative to home energy efficiency for home buyers.


HB 1471 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2010 SESSION

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10/05

HOUSE BILL 1471

AN ACT requiring the governor’s office of energy and planning and the board of home inspectors to develop a document relative to home energy efficiency for home buyers.

SPONSORS: Rep. R. Read, Rock 16; Rep. Borden, Rock 18; Rep. Pastor, Graf 9; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the governor’s office of energy and planning and the board of home inspectors to develop a document relative to home energy efficiency for home buyers and begin distribution no later than January 1, 2011.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT requiring the governor’s office of energy and planning and the board of home inspectors to develop a document relative to home energy efficiency for home buyers.

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

1 New Section; Home Inspectors; Home Energy Efficiency; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 310-A by inserting after section 188 the following new section:

310-A:188-a Home Energy Efficiency; Rulemaking. The governor’s office of energy and planning, in consultation with the board of home inspectors, shall develop a document which shall be provided by home inspectors to their clients who are buyers or prospective buyers of single-family residential dwellings or condominium units. The document shall be provided at the time the home inspector provides the buyer or prospective buyer with the inspector’s property inspection report. The document shall include where and how home buyers can obtain information and materials on energy efficiency that is specific to New Hampshire, and shall be provided through the efficiency programs administered by the electric utilities pursuant to RSA 374-F:4, VIII. Distribution of the document by home inspectors shall begin no later than January 1, 2011. The requirement to distribute the document either in hand or electronically to clients shall be included in rules adopted by the board under RSA 541-A. No additional fees shall be imposed or collected in connection with the development and provision of the document.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.