CHAPTER 304

S.P. 348 - L.D. 1004

An Act To Clarify the Status of Regulated Water Utility

Plumbing Permits

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4221, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 404, Pt. B, §1, is amended to read:

4. Inspections and permits not required. Plumbing inspections and permits are not required for:

A. Minor plumbing work or minor installations that are performed in compliance with state laws and rules if that plumbing work or those installations are done inside the structure of a private residence by the owner of that residence; and

B. Installation of domestic heating appliances by master oil burner technicians licensed pursuant to Title 32, chapter 33.; and

C.__Installation of stand-alone water meters, water meters in combination with nontestable backflow prevention devices and related valves by water utility personnel or water utility contractors.__The water utility shall include in any notice it provides to a customer regarding entry to install such a meter or related valves a statement that installation of a backflow preventor may necessitate installation by the customer of additional devices, such as an expansion tank, due to thermal expansion.