HOUSE BILL NO. 618

INTRODUCED BY C. AHNER

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING THAT WATER CONDITIONER SERVICES THAT ARE INSTALLED IN A PRIVATE DWELLING BE INSTALLED BY A LICENSED PLUMBER; AND AMENDING SECTION 37-69-102, MCA."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

Section 1. Section 37-69-102, MCA, is amended to read:

"37-69-102. Exceptions. (1) Licensure is not required in the following instances of plumbing installation:

(a) when an owner of a single-family residence used exclusively for the owner's personal use makes the installation for all sanitary plumbing and potable water supply piping or when a mobile home dealer makes the installation to existing facilities as part of delivering and setting up a mobile home for a purchaser;

(b) in a mine, mill, smelter, refinery, or railroad;

(c) in a farm or ranch not connected to public water supply and sewage disposal systems;

(d) in cities, towns, water districts, and water user associations extending their own water and sewer mains;

(e) minor work by employees or agents of an appliance dealer incidental to the installation of an appliance purchased from the dealer; and

(f) installation of a water meter by a qualified person appointed by the administrative authority of the water system.

(2) This chapter may not be construed to apply to or to affect plumbing installations in mines, mills, smelters, refineries, public utilities, railroads, or plumbing installations on farms or ranches not connected to public water supply or sewage disposal systems."

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