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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS - WATER METER REPLACEMENT | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lanzi, Doyle, Gallo, Ruggerio, and DiPalma | |
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Date Introduced: February 14, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Labor | |
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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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(c) The provisions of this section shall apply to the construction, alteration, enlargement, |
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replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy and location of detached one and two family |
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dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three (3) stories in |
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height with a separate means of egress, and their accessory structures. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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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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