Section 155-D:4 Administration. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. It shall be the responsibility of the towns and cities to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The public utilities commission shall administer the code.
   II. In towns or cities where building codes have been adopted, it shall be the responsibility of the building code official or code official designated by the administrative authority of the city or town, to review plans and specifications to determine if all pertinent data and features of the structure and the equipment and systems conform with the provisions of the code.
   III. In communities where the building inspector is serving on a part-time basis, he may request technical assistance from the public utilities commission.
   IV. In towns and cities where no building codes have been adopted, it shall be the responsibility of the general contractor or owner-builder to submit plans and specifications to the public utilities commission where they shall be reviewed and approved if conforming to the Code for Energy Conservation in New Building Construction.
   V. If the public utilities commission does not transmit notification of compliance or noncompliance of submitted plans and specifications to the applicant within 15 working days of receipt of said plan, they shall be considered automatically approved.
   VI. It shall be the responsibility of all architects and engineers, registered and practicing in the state of New Hampshire, to certify in writing that all buildings and structures required to comply with RSA 155-D:3, which they design, and all blueprints to which they affix their professional seal, meet or exceed the standards as printed and amended in the Code for Energy Conservation in New Building Construction.
   VII. A document certifying compliance with the provisions of the code shall be submitted by the architect or engineer to the public utilities commission and to the local building official in whose jurisdiction the building is to be erected.
   VIII. All manufactured or prefabricated structures, except mobile homes, transported over state lines for erection in the state of New Hampshire, shall be certified by the manufacturer as meeting the requirements of the Code for Energy Conservation in New Building Construction or a nationally recognized equivalent thereof.
   IX. For residential construction only, the geographical distinctions established under section 302 of the code shall not apply in the administration of the code.

Source. 1979, 460:1. 1985, 276:2, 3, 6. 1986, 85:2. 1990, 147:4, eff. June 18, 1990.