CHAPTER 41
HB 339 – FINAL VERSION
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2009 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 339
AN ACT ratifying changes to the state building code adopted by the state building code review board and revising the definition of the state building code.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weare, Rock 14; Rep. Welch, Rock 8
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill ratifies changes to the state building code adopted by the state building code review board. The bill also amends the definition of the state building code to include the National Electric Code 2008.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0785
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT ratifying changes to the state building code adopted by the state building code review board and revising the definition of the state building code.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
41:1 State Building Code; Ratification of Changes by the State Building Code Review Board. Pursuant to RSA 155-A:10, V, the general court hereby ratifies the changes or updates to the following codes included in the state building code adopted by the state building code review board during 2006 and 2007 in administrative rules Bcr 300:
I. The International Building Code 2006;
II. The International Plumbing Code 2006;
III. The International Mechanical Code 2006;
IV. The International Energy Conservation Code 2006;
V. The International Residential Code 2006; and
VI. The National Electrical Code 2008.
41:2 State 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, and the International Residential Code 2006, as published by the International Code Council, and the National Electric Code [2005] 2008. 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.
41:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 15, 2009
Effective Date: July 14, 2009