Bill Text - HB1714 (2020)

Relative to ratification of amendments to the state building code and state fire code.


Revision: Feb. 13, 2020, 3:18 p.m.

HB 1714 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

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2020 SESSION

20-3116

05/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1714

 

AN ACT relative to ratification of amendments to the state building code and state fire code.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Goley, Hills. 8; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Sen. Carson, Dist 14

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments & Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill ratifies certain amendments to the state building code and the state 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to ratification of amendments to the state building code and state fire code.

 

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

 

1  State Building Code; Ratification of Amendments.  Pursuant to RSA 155-A:10, IV(b), the general court hereby ratifies the amendments to the state building code, as defined in RSA 155-A:1, approved by the state building code review board from July 10, 2015 through March 11, 2016 and from March 8, 2019 through November 8, 2019, in administrative rules Bcr 300; with the exception of state building code review board Exhibits RE-15-35-18 and RE-15-36-18, which shall not take effect.  Further provided that the following amendments shall expire as provided in 2019, 250:4:

I.  RE-15-33-18, an amendment to International Residential Code (IRC) 2015, table N1102.1.2, relative to climate zone 6, wood frame wall r-value.

II.  RE-15-37-18, an amendment to IRC 2015, section N1101.5, relative to information on construction documents.

III.  RE-15-39-18, an amendment to IRC 2015, section N1102.1, relative to the building thermal envelope.

IV.  RE-15-40-18, an amendment to IRC 2015, section N1102.4.1.2, relative to testing.

V.  RE-15-42-18, an amendment to IRC 2015, section N1103.6, relative to mechanical ventilation.

VI.  RE-15-43-18, an amendment to IRC 2015, table N1102.1.2, relative to insulation and fenestration requirements by component.   

2  State Fire Code; Ratification of Amendments.  Pursuant to RSA 153:5, the general court hereby ratifies the amendments to the state fire code adopted by the state fire marshal and the state board of fire control on January 15, 2020.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.