HB 1486 – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

10-2365

03/09

HOUSE BILL 1486

AN ACT prohibiting the mandating of fire sprinkler systems in certain dwellings.

SPONSORS: Rep. Nord, Rock 1; Rep. Butler, Carr 1; Rep. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Hunt, Ches 7; Rep. Winters, Hills 17

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the mandating of fire sprinkler systems in certain dwellings.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2365

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT prohibiting the mandating of fire sprinkler systems in certain dwellings.

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

1 New Paragraph; State Building Code Review Board; Fire Sprinkler Systems. Amend RSA 155-A:10 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII. Neither the state building code review board nor any municipality or local land use board as defined in RSA 672 shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, regulation, code, or administrative practice requiring the installation of fire sprinkler systems in any new or existing one-, 2-, or 3-family dwelling. This paragraph shall not prohibit a duly adopted requirement mandating that fire sprinkler systems be offered to the owners of dwellings for a reasonable fee.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.