New Hampshire HB 1396: relative to prohibiting municipal inspections of owner-occupied units of multi-unit housing.

Bill Text

HB 1396 - AS INTRODUCED

2024 SESSION

 24-2665

 10/02

HOUSE BILL 1396

AN ACT relative to prohibiting municipal inspections of owner-occupied units of multi-unit housing.

SPONSORS: Rep. Berry, Hills. 39

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

 This bill prohibits municipal inspections of owner-occupied units within residential structures of 4 units or less.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 24-2665

 10/02

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to prohibiting municipal inspections of owner-occupied units of multi-unit housing.

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

 1 New Hampshire Building Code; Enforcement Authority; Municipal Inspections. Amend RSA 155-A:7, III to read as follows:

 III. The local enforcement agency appointed to enforce the state building code shall have the authority to inspect all buildings, structures, construction sites, and other places in the jurisdiction, unless otherwise provided in this section. If consent for such inspection is denied or not reasonably obtainable, the local enforcement agency may obtain an administrative inspection warrant under RSA 595-B. 

 III-a. The local enforcement agency appointed to enforce the state building code shall not have the authority to inspect owner-occupied units in residential multi-unit structures of 4 units or less.

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.