Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 155:1

  • bylaw: when used in reference to legislative action taken by a city, town, county or village district shall have the same meaning as an ordinance and shall be subject to the same procedures for enactment. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:45
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Town and village districts may make bylaws requiring factories, hotels, tenement houses, public buildings, schoolhouses, places of assembly as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 155:17, I, and other buildings used as places of public resort in their towns, to be so erected as not to endanger the health and safety of persons who may occupy them; however, any bylaw relative to safety from fire in buildings and structures adopted by a town or village district of the state shall conform to the life safety code, which is in effect at the time the bylaw is adopted and as promulgated by the state fire marshal; such bylaw may provide for local inspections and enforcement and shall include assistance of the state fire marshal where required.