Bill Text - SB91 (2011)

Relative to automatic fire suppression sprinklers.


Revision: April 29, 2011, midnight

SB 91 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

27Apr2011… 1415h

2011 SESSION

11-0766

06/05

SENATE BILL 91

AN ACT relative to automatic fire suppression sprinklers.

SPONSORS: Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. De Blois, Dist 18; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Groen, Dist 6; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 7; Sen. White, Dist 9; Rep. Infantine, Hills 13; Rep. Hawkins, Hills 18; Rep. Jennifer Coffey, Merr 6; Rep. Pepino, Hills 11; Rep. T. Keane, Merr 13

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits municipalities from requiring automatic fire suppression sprinklers in certain dwellings.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

27Apr2011… 1415h

11-0766

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to automatic fire suppression sprinklers.

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

1 New Paragraph; Power to Amend State Building Code and Establish Enforcement Procedures. Amend RSA 674:51 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. No municipality or local land use board as defined in RSA 672:7 shall adopt any ordinance, regulation, code, or administrative practice requiring the installation of automatic fire suppression sprinklers in any new or existing detached one- or 2-family dwelling unit in a structure used only for residential purposes.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.