Bill Text: NH HB1144 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to requirements for sewage disposal system information to be disclosed during real estate transactions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-26 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 223; eff. 09/17/2024 [HB1144 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1144-Introduced.html
HB 1144 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2807
08/10
HOUSE BILL 1144
SPONSORS: Rep. McConkey, Carr. 8
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires certain information to be disclosed about sewage disposal systems during real estate transactions of dwellings and food service establishments.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2807
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Notification Required; Real Estate Transactions; Sewage Disposal Systems. Amend RSA 477:4-d, I to read as follows:
I. Prior to or during the preparation of an offer for the purchase and sale of any interest in real property to be used or proposed to be used for [a one to 4 family dwelling] all dwellings and food service establishments, the seller shall disclose, in writing, the following information to the buyer. The buyer shall acknowledge receipt of the disclosure by signing a copy of the disclosure:
(a) Information relative to the type of private water supply system, its location, malfunctions, date of installation, date of most recent water test and whether or not the seller has experienced a problem such as an unsatisfactory water test or a water test with notations.
(b) Information relative to the private sewage disposal system serving the property including copies of the most recent state approvals, the number of approved bedrooms if the system serves a residential unit, the number of approved seats if the system serves a food service establishment, its location, malfunctions, the date it was most recently serviced and the name of the contractor who services the system.
(c) Information relative to the insulation, including type and location.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
