SB 106 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0972
08/05
SENATE BILL 106
AN ACT adopting omnibus legislation relative to codes.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill adopts legislation relative to:
I. Repealing the voluntary fire service equipment certification.
II. Establishing a committee to study adopting changes to the state fire and building codes.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 SB 106 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0972
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT adopting omnibus legislation relative to codes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Sponsorship. This act consists of the following proposed legislation:
2 Part I. LSR 21-0972, repealing the voluntary fire service equipment certification, sponsored
3 by Sen. Carson, Prime/Dist 14.
4 Part II. LSR 21-0974, establishing a committee to study adopting changes to state fire and
5 building codes, sponsored by Sen. Carson, Prime/Dist 14; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist. 21.
6 Part I
7 Repealing the voluntary fire service equipment certification.
8 1 Repeal. RSA 153:5-a, relative to voluntary fire service equipment certification, is repealed.
9 2 Effective Date. Part I of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
10 Part II
11 Establishing a committee to study adopting changes to the state fire and building codes.
12 1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study adopting changes to the
13 state fire code and building code.
14 2 Membership and Compensation.
15 I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
16 (a) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
17 (b) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the
18 house of representatives.
19 II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to
20 the duties of the committee.
21 3 Duties. The committee shall study adopting changes to the state fire code and building code.
22 4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from
23 among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named senate
24 member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this
25 section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
26 5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed
27 legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate
28 clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2021.
29 6 Effective Date. Part II of this act shall take effect upon its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 153:5-a
Ought to Pass: 153:5-a
latest version: 153:5-a