Bill Text - SB342 (2012)

Including standards for log homes in the New Hampshire building code.


Revision: Dec. 22, 2011, midnight

SB 342 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2858

08/04

SENATE BILL 342

AN ACT including standards for log homes in the New Hampshire building code.

SPONSORS: Sen. Groen, Dist 6; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. De Blois, Dist 18; Rep. Groen, Straf 1; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Winter, Merr 3

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill includes standards for log homes in the New Hampshire building code.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2858

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT including standards for log homes in the New Hampshire building code.

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

1 Definition; New Hampshire Building Code. Amend RSA 155-A:1, IV to read as follows:

IV. “New Hampshire building code” or “state building code” means the adoption by reference of the International Building Code 2006, the International Plumbing Code 2006, the International Mechanical Code 2006, the International Energy Conservation Code 2006, the Standard on the Design and Construction of Log Structures 2007, and the International Residential Code 2006, as published by the International Code Council, and the National Electric Code 2008, as amended by the state building code review board and ratified by the legislature in accordance with RSA 155-A:10. The provisions of any other national code or model code referred to within a code listed in this definition shall not be included in the state building code unless specifically included in the codes listed in this definition.

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