Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §3403-B, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 215, §1, is further amended to read:

1. Plumbing and plumbing code. The board shall adopt minimum rules relating to plumbing, including a plumbing code. All rules, including installation and inspection rules, must be consistent with this chapter and Title 30-A, chapter 185, subchapter III 3, except that the authority of municipalities to adopt more restrictive ordinances under Title 30-A, section 3001 is not preempted. In adopting a plumbing code pursuant to this subsection, the board shall solicit input and comments from local plumbing inspectors appointed pursuant to Title 30- A, section 4221. Notwithstanding the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of a national or international published plumbing code as a new plumbing code for the State constitutes a major substantive rule and must receive affirmative action by the Legislature before adoption. Subsequent technical amendments to any national or international published plumbing code that may be adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A 2-A.

SUMMARY

This bill requires the Plumbers' Examining Board, in adopting a plumbing code, to solicit input and comments from local plumbing inspectors.