Bill Text: NH HB387 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Clarifying change of use occupancy classifications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-11-13 - Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 10-8; Regular Calendar) [HB387 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB387-Introduced.html
HB 387 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0366
05/06
HOUSE BILL 387
AN ACT clarifying change of use occupancy classifications.
SPONSORS: Rep. S. Beaudoin, Straf. 9; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that compliance with additional state and local building code requirements shall not be required for issuance of a certificate of occupancy unless the occupancy classification has changed or unless the property is undergoing a substantial renovation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0366
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT clarifying change of use occupancy classifications.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Local Land Use; Building Codes; Enforcement Authority; Certificates of Occupancy. Amend RSA 674:51, IV to read as follows:
IV. The regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph I may include a requirement for a certificate of occupancy to be issued prior to the use or occupancy of any building or structure that is erected or remodeled, or undergoes a change or expansion of use, subsequent to the effective date of such requirement. Compliance with additional state or local building code requirements shall not be required for the issuance of a certificate of occupancy unless the occupancy classification has changed or unless the property is undergoing a substantial renovation. For purposes of this paragraph, "substantial renovation" means any improvement to a building or single family dwelling which is valued at an amount greater than 1/2 of the assessed valuation of the building or dwelling.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
