Bill Text - HB1033 (2024)

Relative to the advertising of nominal dimensions of lumber.


Revision: Nov. 28, 2023, 8:17 a.m.

HB 1033  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2466

08/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1033

 

AN ACT relative to the advertising of nominal dimensions of lumber.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gerhard, Merr. 25; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 18

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits the advertising of nominal dimensions of lumber.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2466

08/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to the advertising of nominal dimensions of lumber.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Truth in Advertising; Nominal Dimensions of Lumber.  Amend RSA 417:4 by inserting after paragraph XIII the following new paragraph:

XIV.  Nominal Dimensions of Lumber.  All lumber, logs, timber or other wood products shall advertise their true dimensions and not a nominal size.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.