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Connecticut House Bill HB06395 Compare Versions

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7	7		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6395
8	8		January Session, 2021
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12	12		Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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20	21		AN ACT CONCERNING SM ALL HOT WATER HEATER S.
21	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	23		Assembly convened:
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24	25		Section 1. Section 29-231 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	26		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
26	27		The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Boilers under 3
27	28		federal control; (2) portable boilers used in pumping, heating, steaming 4
28	29		and drilling in the open field; (3) portable boilers used solely for 5
29	30		agricultural purposes; (4) steam heating boilers, hot water heaters and 6
30	31		hot water heating boilers, when used in private homes or apartment 7
31	32		houses of not more than five families; (5) hot water heaters approved by 8
32	33		a nationally recognized testing agency that are equipped with adequate 9
33	34		safety devices, including a temperature and pressure relief valve, (A) (i) 10
34	35		having a nominal water capacity of not more than one hundred twenty 11
35	36		gallons and a heat input of not more than two hundred thousand British 12
36	37		thermal units per hour, [and] (ii) used solely for hot water supply 13
37	38		carrying a pressure of not more than one hundred sixty pounds per 14
38	39		square inch and operating at temperatures of not more than two 15
39	40		hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit, [provided such heaters are] and (iii) 16 Raised Bill No. 6395
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46	46		not installed in schools, day care centers, public or private hospitals, 17
47	47		nursing or boarding homes, churches or public buildings, as defined in 18
48	48		section 1-1, or (B) (i) having a nominal water capacity of not more than 19
49	49		ten gallons and a heat input of not more than twenty thousand British 20
50	50		thermal units per hour, and (ii) installed in any occupancy; (6) antique 21
51	51		or model boilers used in public, nonprofit engineering or scientific 22
52	52		museums and operated for educational, historical or exhibition 23
53	53		purposes having a shell diameter of less than twelve inches and a grate 24
54	54		surface area of less than one square foot; and (7) public service 25
55	55		companies, as defined in section 16-1. 26
56	56		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
57	57		sections:
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59	59		Section 1 from passage 29-231
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	61	+	Statement of Purpose:
	62	+	To exempt small hot water heaters from the provisions of chapter 540 of
	63	+	the general statutes.
	64	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	65	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	66	+	underlined.]
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