[ARTICLE 22]

LOSS MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM

 

     §431:22-101  Definitions.  As used in this article:

     "Commissioner" means the insurance commissioner.

     "Loss mitigation" means actions undertaken to reduce losses that may result from a hazard.

     "Wind resistive devices" means devices and techniques, as identified and determined in accordance with section 431:22-104(b), that increase a building's or structure's resistance to damage from wind forces.  The term shall also include safe rooms that are defined and built pursuant to design standards of the department of defense's civil defense division that are adopted pursuant to chapter 91. [L 2002, c 179, pt of §3; am L Sp 2005, c 5, §9]