Bill Text - SB478 (2010)

(Second New Title) relative to the appointments to the board of home inspectors, the administrative attachment of the plumbers’ board, and retired status for licensed architects.


Revision: March 18, 2010, midnight

SB 478 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/17/10 0823s

03/17/10 0854s

2010 SESSION

10-2730

10/01

SENATE BILL 478

AN ACT relative to the appointments to the board of home inspectors, the administrative attachment of the plumbers’ board, and retired status for licensed architects.

SPONSORS: Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Downing, Dist 22; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Rep. Pilotte, Hills 16

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill changes the terms for appointments to the board of home inspectors. The bill changes the administrative attachment of the state board for the licensing and regulation of plumbers from the department of environmental services to the department of safety. The bill also adds rulemaking and fees for retired status for licensed architects.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/17/10 0823s

03/17/10 0854s

10-2730

10/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to the appointments to the board of home inspectors, the administrative attachment of the plumbers’ board, and retired status for licensed architects.

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

1 Home Inspectors; Board; Appointment. Amend RSA 310-A:186, IV to read as follows:

IV. Members shall be appointed for [2-year] 5-year terms. Appointments for terms of less than [2] 5 years may be made in order to stagger the appointments. No appointed member shall be eligible to serve more than 2 full consecutive terms[, provided that for this purpose only a period actually served which exceeds 1/2 of the 2-year term shall be deemed a full term]. Upon expiration of a member’s term, the member shall serve until a successor is qualified and appointed. Vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of a specific term shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. Appointees to the unexpired portion of a full term shall become members of the board on the day following such appointment. Time served in filling an unexpired term shall not affect an appointee’s eligibility to serve 2 consecutive full terms. A board member may be removed for cause by the governor and council under RSA 4:1.

2 Plumbers’ Board; Administrative Attachment. Amend RSA 329-A:3, III to read as follows:

III. The board shall be an administratively attached agency, under RSA 21-G:10, to the department of [environmental services] safety.

3 Architects; Rulemaking; Retire Status. Amend RSA 310-A:32, I(j) and (k) to read as follows:

(j) The salary of the board secretary; [and]

(k) Application procedures for and issuance of certificates for architect business organizations[.]; and

(l) The requirements for retired status.

4 Architects; Fees; Retired Status Added. Amend RSA 310-A:33 to read as follows:

310-A:33 Fees. The board shall establish fees for examination of applicants, for licenses, for certificates of authorization, for reissuance of licenses, for renewal and reinstatement of licenses and certificates to practice under this subdivision, for late fees, for retired status, and for transcribing and transferring records and other services.

5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.