Bill Text - HB259 (2019)

Relative to building code violations.


Revision: Feb. 15, 2019, 12:02 p.m.

HB 259 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

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2019 SESSION

19-0368

05/08

 

HOUSE BILL 259

 

AN ACT relative to building code violations.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. S. Beaudoin, Straf. 9; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires violation notices issued by a code enforcement authority to reference the relevant section of the state or local building or fire 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to building code violations.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Fire Safety Measures; Notice of Violation.  Amend RSA 153:14 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI.  Any notice of violation issued by the state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's authorized representative shall include the relevant section of the state or local fire code.

2  New Paragraph; State Building Code; Enforcement; Notice of Violation.  Amend RSA 155-A:7 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V.  Any notice of violation issued by an enforcement authority as described in paragraph I shall include the relevant section of the state or local building or fire code.

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