Revision: March 21, 2011, midnight
HB 141 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2011 SESSION
06/05
HOUSE BILL 141
AN ACT relative to protected utility services.
SPONSORS: Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Jennifer Coffey, Merr 6
This bill clarifies which utility services are protected from interruption or termination by landlords.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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11-0020
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to protected utility services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Prohibited Practices and Security Deposits; Certain Specific Acts Prohibited. RSA 540-A:3, I is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
I. Except for such temporary interruption as may be necessary while actual repairs are in process or during temporary emergencies, no landlord shall willfully cause the interruption or termination of any of the following utility services being supplied to the tenant by the landlord: water, sewage, electricity, gas, heat, air conditioning, telephone, elevator, or refrigeration.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.