Bill Text: NH HB533 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to arc-fault circuit-breaker protection in residential construction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-11-17 - Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate [HB533 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2015-HB533-Introduced.html
HB 533 - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
15-0864
05/06
HOUSE BILL 533
AN ACT relative to arc-fault circuit-breaker protection in residential construction.
SPONSORS: Rep. Groen, Straf 10; Rep. R. Gordon, Rock 35
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill provides that arc-fault circuit-interrupter protection shall not be required in new residential construction.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0864
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to arc-fault circuit-breaker protection in residential construction.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; State Building Code Review Board. Amend RSA 155-A:10 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. Notwithstanding any requirement of the 2014 National Electric Code, as amended, the state building code review board shall not adopt or enforce any rule requiring the installation of arc-fault circuit-interrupter protection in any new residential construction project.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
