HOUSE BILL NO. 257

2005 Legislation

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HOUSE BILL NO. 257 – Plumbing, pitless adaptor defined

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Bill Status


H0257......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
PLUMBING - Amends existing law relating to plumbing to provide reference to
pitless adaptors; and to define the term "pitless adaptor."
                                                                        
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Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 257
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PLUMBING; AMENDING SECTION 54-2621, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A  REF-
  3        ERENCE  TO  PITLESS ADAPTORS; AND AMENDING SECTION 54-2624, IDAHO CODE, TO
  4        PROVIDE A REFERENCE TO PITLESS  ADAPTORS,  TO  DEFINE  THE  TERM  "PITLESS
  5        ADAPTOR" AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section 54-2621, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        54-2621.  WORK NOT REQUIRING PERMITS. A permit shall not be  required  for
 10    the  clearing  of  stoppages or repairing of leaks in pipes, valves, fixtures,
 11    appliances or appurtenances, including pitless adaptors, of any plumbing  sys-
 12    tem when such work does not involve or require any functional rearrangement of
 13    pipes, valves or fixtures comprising the plumbing system.
                                                                        
 14        SECTION  2.  That  Section 54-2624, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 16        54-2624.  INSPECTION BY AGENT -- TESTS. (1) All pipes,  fittings,  valves,
 17    vents,  fixtures,  appliances and appurtenances, including pitless adaptors as
 18    defined in subsection (2) of this section, shall be inspected by a designated,
 19    qualified and properly identified agent of the division of building safety  to
 20    insure ensure compliance with provisions of this act chapter. In order to make
 21    inspections uniform and complete, the board shall make, promulgate and publish
 22    such rules as are necessary to insure ensure that any plumbing system has been
 23    designed,  constructed, installed, improved, extended or altered in accordance
 24    with the provisions of this act chapter and in accordance with the rules made,
 25    promulgated and published by the Idaho plumbing board.
 26        (2)  As used in this chapter, "pitless adaptor" means a device that allows
 27    a pump to discharge from a water well into a  pressurized  supply  line  at  a
 28    point below the seasonal frost level.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 15033

This legislation would insure that pitless adaptors are inspected
by the plumbing inspectors at the same time as all other
connections to the well.



                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact.




Contact
Name:  Representative Doug Jones 
Phone: 208-332-1000




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                      H 257