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| | | An Act To Clarify the Status of Regulated Water Utility |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4221, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 404, Pt. B, | | §1, is amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Inspections and permits not required. Plumbing | | inspections and permits are not required for: |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | B. Installation of domestic heating appliances by master | | oil burner technicians licensed pursuant to Title 32, | chapter 33.; and |
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| | | 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. |
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