2012 -- H 7865

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - WATER METER REPLACEMENT

     

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Dickinson, Williams, Guthrie, and DaSilva

     Date Introduced: February 28, 2012

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 5-20-35 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-20 entitled "Plumbers

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and Irrigators" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     5-20-35. Persons and acts exempt -- Issuance of licenses in special cases. -- (a) The

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provisions of this chapter do not apply to the installation of automatic sprinkler systems or other

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fire protection appliances in this state and do not apply to employees of public utilities (publicly

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or privately owned); provided, that any resident of Rhode Island not licensed, as provided in this

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chapter, desiring a license as a master plumber or journeyperson plumber who on or before

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August 14, 1966, presents to the department of labor and training of the state reasonably

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satisfactory evidence, in writing, that he or she was actively engaged in the business of plumbing

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as a master plumber or working as a journeyperson plumber for a master plumber in any city or

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town for five (5) years prior to May 16, 1966, and that he or she is at the time of presenting that

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evidence to the department of labor and training operating in any city or town as a master

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plumber or working as journeyperson plumber, shall, upon payment of a fee of five dollars

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($5.00) in the case of a master plumber or one dollar ($1.00) in the case of a journeyperson

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plumber, have issued to him or her by the department of labor and training a certificate of license

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as a master plumber or a journeyperson plumber without an additional application, fee, or other

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condition precedent. Farms, golf courses, and nurseries performing irrigation work on their

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premises only shall not be required to be licensed under the chapter.

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      (b) Nothing in this or any other chapter of the general laws shall prohibit municipalities

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or water districts from using employees, or engaging the services of licensed plumbers or other

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contractors and/or service providers that meet certain requirements determined by the

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municipality or water district, for the purpose of replacing water meters or meter reading devices.

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connected to a residential property, or dwelling as defined in the international plumbing code as

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published by the international code council, inc. (I.C.C.) and as adopted by the Rhode Island state

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building code regulation SBC-3.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

     

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - WATER METER REPLACEMENT

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     This act would permit employees of municipalities or water districts to replace water

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metering devices without holding a plumber’s license. The exemption would apply to residential

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structures or other dwellings defined in the international plumbing code.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

     

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