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HB533: (New Title) relative to installation requirements for arc-fault circuit interrupters.

Bill status: Vetoed by Governor

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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.

ANALYSIS

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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