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 29-329 - (Formerly Sec. 29-70a). Regulations concerning installation and operation of gas equipment and piping. Exemption.
(a) The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, prescribing reasonable minimum requirements for the installation and operation of gas equipment and gas piping. 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 gas equipment and piping.
(b) No regulation adopted in accordance with this section shall apply to any gas company or electric distribution company, as such terms are defined in section 16-1.
(1961, P.A. 135; P.A. 74-183, S. 259, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 222, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 5, 127; P.A. 79-512, S. 4, 13; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-196, S. 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 09-177, S. 12; P.A. 10-54, S. 6; P.A. 12-60, S. 3, 4; P.A. 14-134, S. 112.)
History: 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) and substituted “adopted” for “promulgated” in Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted general reference to counties and replaced “Hartford county” with “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in Subsec. (c); P.A. 79-512 referred to gas “equipment” rather than “appliances” throughout section and authorized fire marshal to “adopt by reference” standards set forth by National Fire Protection Association where previously he “may be guided by recognized national standards”; Sec. 29-70a transferred to Sec. 29-329 in 1983; 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 state fire marshal to grant variations or exemptions from, or approve alternate compliance with, provisions of regulations issued under this section, and relettered 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, delete reference to National Fire Protection Association standards, and require regulations to be incorporated into State Fire Prevention Code, amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to premises used for manufacturing and to public service companies with “any electric company, gas company or electric distribution company”, delete provision re municipal ordinances and regulations that are equivalent to or more stringent than the regulations and make a conforming change, and deleted former Subsecs. (c) to (e) re variations or exemptions, judicial relief and penalty, effective January 1, 2011; P.A. 10-54 changed effective date of P.A. 09-177, S. 12, from January 1, 2011, to January 1, 2013, effective May 18, 2010; P.A. 12-60 changed effective date of P.A. 09-177, S. 12, as amended by P.A. 10-54, S. 6, from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2015, effective May 31, 2012; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to electric company, effective January 1, 2015.
See chapter 393 re licensing of persons engaged in plumbing and piping work.
