2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures
Section 29-317 - (Formerly Sec. 29-60). Regulation of installation of oil burners. Incorporation into State Fire Prevention Code. Exemption.
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of section 29-291e, to prescribe reasonable minimum requirements for the installation of oil burners and equipment used in connection therewith, including tanks, piping, pumps, control devices and accessories. Such regulations shall be incorporated into the State Fire Prevention Code and shall include provisions for the prevention of injury to life and damage to property, and protection from hazards incident to the installation and operation of such oil burners and equipment.
(b) No regulation made in accordance with this section shall apply to any gas company or electric distribution company, as such terms are defined in section 16-1.
(1955, S. 2005d; P.A. 73-12, S. 1, 3; P.A. 74-183, S. 256, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 219, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 5, 127; P.A. 79-610, S. 34; P.A. 85-86; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-196, S. 1; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 09-177, S. 7; P.A. 10-54, S. 1, 6; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 12-60, S. 3, 4; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 14-134, S. 109; P.A. 16-215, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 73-12 transferred regulation power in Subsec. (a) from commissioner of state police to labor commissioner; P.A. 74-183 added reference to judicial districts in Subsec. (c); P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties and substituted “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county” in Subsec. (c); P.A. 79-610 replaced labor commissioner with commissioner of public safety in Subsec. (a); Sec. 29-60 transferred to Sec. 29-317 in 1983; P.A. 85-86 amended Subsec. (a), permitting commissioner to adopt National Fire Protection Association standards re installation of oil burners and equipment; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 91-196 inserted new Subsec. (c), permitting commissioner to grant variations or exemptions from, or approve alternate compliance with, provisions of regulations issued under this section, relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 09-177 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re adoption of regulations in accordance with Ch. 54 and replace provision re National Fire Protection Association standards with provision re incorporation into State Fire Prevention Code, amended Subsec. (b) to delete requirement that regulations be consistent with Sec. 29-316, to replace “public service companies” with “electric company, gas company or electric distribution company”, and to delete provision permitting municipal ordinances re oil burners and equipment that are equal to or more stringent than regulations, and deleted former Subsecs. (c) to (e) re variations or exemptions, judicial relief and penalty, effective January 1, 2011; P.A. 10-54 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2013, and changed effective date of P.A. 09-177, S. 7, from January 1, 2011, to January 1, 2013, effective May 18, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-60 changed effective date of P.A. 09-177, S. 7, as amended by P.A. 10-54, S. 6, and effective date of P.A. 10-54, S. 1, from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2015, effective May 31, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to electric company, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 16-215 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to Ch. 54 with reference to Sec. 29-291e and making a technical change, effective May 31, 2016.
Annotation to former section 29-60:
Regulations cover broad field; jury should not be permitted to read at random; court should take judicial notice of applicable portion only. 149 C. 193.
