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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6395
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING SM ALL HOT WATER HEATER S.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-231 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Boilers under 3
federal control; (2) portable boilers used in pumping, heating, steaming 4
and drilling in the open field; (3) portable boilers used solely for 5
agricultural purposes; (4) steam heating boilers, hot water heaters and 6
hot water heating boilers, when used in private homes or apartment 7
houses of not more than five families; (5) hot water heaters approved by 8
a nationally recognized testing agency that are equipped with adequate 9
safety devices, including a temperature and pressure relief valve, (A) (i) 10
having a nominal water capacity of not more than one hundred twenty 11
gallons and a heat input of not more than two hundred thousand British 12
thermal units per hour, [and] (ii) used solely for hot water supply 13
carrying a pressure of not more than one hundred sixty pounds per 14
square inch and operating at temperatures of not more than two 15
hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit, [provided such heaters are] and (iii) 16 Raised Bill No. 6395
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not installed in schools, day care centers, public or private hospitals, 17
nursing or boarding homes, churches or public buildings, as defined in 18
section 1-1, or (B) (i) having a nominal water capacity of not more than 19
ten gallons and a heat input of not more than twenty thousand British 20
thermal units per hour, and (ii) installed in any occupancy; (6) antique 21
or model boilers used in public, nonprofit engineering or scientific 22
museums and operated for educational, historical or exhibition 23
purposes having a shell diameter of less than twelve inches and a grate 24
surface area of less than one square foot; and (7) public service 25
companies, as defined in section 16-1. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 29-231
Statement of Purpose:
To exempt small hot water heaters from the provisions of chapter 540 of
the general statutes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]