HB 1059 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2388
12/05
HOUSE BILL 1059
AN ACT relative to the state building code.
SPONSORS: Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Rep. Erf, Hills. 28; Rep. O'Brien, Hills. 10; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill updates the definition of the state building code to include more recent versions of certain international codes and amendments approved by the building code review board.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2388
12/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the state building code.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Definition of 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 [2018] 2021, the International Existing Building Code [2018] 2021, the International Plumbing Code [2018] 2021, the International Mechanical Code [2018] 2021, the International Energy Conservation Code 2018, the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code [2018] 2021 and the International Residential Code [2018] 2021, as published by the International Code Council Inc., and the National Electrical Code 2020, as published by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., as reviewed and recommended by the state building code review board, including all amendments reviewed and approved by the board as of [November 30, 2021] September 8, 2023, and ratified by the legislature in accordance with RSA 155-A:10. [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.]
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.