Revision: June 23, 2011, midnight
SB 91 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
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06/22/11 2293CofC
2011 SESSION
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
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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
06/22/11 2293CofC
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. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no municipality or local land use board shall enforce any existing ordinance, regulation, code, or administrative practice requiring the installation or use of automatic fire suppression sprinklers in any manufactured housing unit as defined in RSA 674:31 situated in a manufactured housing park as defined in RSA 205-A:1, II.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.