Bill Text: NH SB239 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the membership and duties of the installation standards board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-11 - Senate Signed by the Governor on 06/11/2012; Chapter 0180; Effective 08/10/2012 [SB239 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-SB239-Introduced.html

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SB 239 - AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2896

05/10

SENATE BILL 239

AN ACT relative to the powers and duties of the installation standards board.

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. De Blois, Dist 18; Rep. Renzullo, Hills 27; Rep. L. Ober, Hills 27; Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Matt Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Jennifer Coffey, Merr 6

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill transfers responsibility for manufactured housing inspections from the state fire marshal to the manufactured housing installation standards 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2896

05/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to the powers and duties of the installation standards board.

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

1 Manufactured Housing Installation Standards; Inspections. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 205-D:5, I to read as follows:

I. The local enforcement agency, or if there is no local enforcement agency, the [state fire marshal or the state fire marshal’s] board or the board’s designee, shall:

2 Manufactured Housing Installation Standards; Inspections. Amend RSA 205-D:5, II to read as follows:

II. Whenever a local enforcement agency[,] or [if there is no local enforcement agency, the state fire marshal or the state fire marshal’s] the board’s designee[,] orders the correction of a violation under subparagraph I(c), he or she shall immediately notify the board.

3 Manufactured Housing Installation Standards; Fees. Amend RSA 205-D:12, I to read as follows:

I. The board may establish, pursuant to RSA 541-A, fees for licensure, license renewal, training, inspections [conducted by the state fire marshal], and issuance of the manufacturer’s warranty seal. The fees established by the board shall be sufficient to produce estimated revenues equal to 125 percent of the direct operating expenses of the board for the previous fiscal year. The fee for the manufacturer’s warranty seal shall not exceed $50. If the fees collected [through] for licensure, license renewal, training, and issuance of the manufacturer’s warranty seal are not sufficient to produce revenue to carry out the responsibilities of the board [and the responsibilities of the state fire marshal in conducting inspections] under this chapter, then the board shall establish a fee for inspection which shall not exceed $100.

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