CHAPTER 225
HB 1480 – FINAL VERSION
7Mar2012… 0940h
05/09/12 1947s
2012 SESSION
08/03
HOUSE BILL 1480
AN ACT requiring all local enforcement agencies and other officials responsible for enforcement of fire codes to provide information on the local and state appeals process when issuing a building permit or notice of violation.
SPONSORS: Rep. Schroadter, Rock 12
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill requires all local enforcement agencies and other officials responsible for enforcement of the fire code to provide information on the local and state appeals process when issuing a building permit or notice of violation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Mar2012… 0940h
05/09/12 1947s
12-2573
08/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT requiring all local enforcement agencies and other officials responsible for enforcement of fire codes to provide information on the local and state appeals process when issuing a building permit or notice of violation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
225:1 New Paragraph; Notice of Appeal Process. Amend RSA 155-A:7 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. All local enforcement agencies and selectmen and the state fire marshal in those communities without a local enforcement agency shall provide information on the local and state appeals process when issuing a building permit or notice of violation.
225:2 Notice of Appeal Process. Amend RSA 154:2, II to read as follows:
II.(a) The fire chief shall have the authority to enforce any local or state laws or rules pertaining to the control of combustible or hazardous materials, or both, the design of exits, and any other fire safety measures including the state fire code enacted pursuant to RSA 153:5.
(b) All local fire chiefs and duly authorized subordinates shall provide information on the local appeals process for local fire code ordinances and the variance process for the state fire code upon review of plans and notice of violations.
225:3 New Paragraph; Notice of Appeals. Amend RSA 153:14 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. All fire chiefs and duly authorized subordinates shall provide information on the local appeals process for local fire code ordinances and the variance process for the state fire code upon review of plans and notice of violations.
225:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 15, 2012
Effective Date: August 14, 2012