UNAPPROVED DRAFT BILL -- Subject to Change Without Notice!
BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY
(Primary Sponsor)
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING THE APPLICATION OF PLUMBING LAWS TO CITIES AND TOWNS; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 37-69-101 AND 37-69-102, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 37-69-101, MCA, is amended to read:
"37-69-101. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this chapter the following definitions apply:
(1) "Board" means the board of plumbers provided for in 2-15-1875.
(2) "Department" means the department of commerce provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 18.
(3) "Drainage system" means all the piping inside the walls of a building that conveys sewage or other liquid wastes outside the building to the building sewer but that does not extend more than 2 feet outside the building way.
(4) "Field of plumbing" means the business, trade, or work having to do with the installation, removal, alteration, or repair of plumbing and drainage systems or parts thereof.
(5) "Journeyman plumber" means a person who is authorized to make installation of all sanitary plumbing and potable water supply piping and appliances connected thereto.
(6) "Master plumber" means a person who is authorized by this chapter to plan, estimate, bid, contract for, and supervise plumbing work and who may do the work of a journeyman plumber.
(7) (a) Except as provided in subsection (7)(b), plumbing system means all potable water supply and distribution pipes,
plumbing fixtures and traps, drainage and vent pipes, and building drains, including their respective joints and connections,
devices, receptacles, and appurtenances within the property lines of to any premises, up to 20 feet beyond the building
foundation line, and includes and including potable water piping, water heaters, and vents for the premises.
(b) As defined in subsection (7)(a), "plumbing system" does not include permanent or temporary water services installed and maintained by cities and towns, water districts, or water user associations in which water service is installed by any qualified person appointed or hired by the administrative authority of the water system.
(8) "Public sewer system" means any common sewer carrying liquid wastes from two or more dwellings or any other facility that serves the public.
(9) "Public water supply" means any community well, water hauler for cisterns, water bottling plant, water dispenser, or other water supply that serves 10 or more families or 25 or more persons on a regular and continuous basis."
Section 2. Section 37-69-102, MCA, is amended to read:
"37-69-102. Exceptions. (1) Licensure is not required in the following instances of plumbing installation:
(a) where when an owner of a single-family residence used exclusively for his the owner's personal use makes the
installation himself for all sanitary plumbing and potable water supply piping or where when a mobile home dealer makes
such an installation to existing facilities as part of delivering and setting up a mobile home for a purchaser;
(b) in any mine, mill, smelter, refinery, or railroad;
(c) in a farm or ranch not connected to public water supply and sewage disposal systems;
(d) in cities, towns, water districts, and water user associations extending their own water and sewer mains;
(e) installation of water conditioner services in private dwellings;
(f) minor work by employees or agents of an appliance dealer incidental to the installation of an appliance purchased from the dealer; and
(g) installation of a water meter by a qualified person appointed by the administrative authority of the water system.
(2) This chapter shall may not be construed to apply to or to affect plumbing installations in any mines, mills, smelters,
refineries, public utilities, railroads, or plumbing installations on farms or ranches not connected to public water supply or
sewage disposal systems.
(3) This chapter may not be construed to apply to or affect the installation, extension, enlarging, repairing, or replacing of water or sewer mains by a city or town or any other work by the city or town that is associated with the water or sewer mains, including those portions of any service lines for which the city or town has ownership or maintenance responsibilities."
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