No. SB 710
Filed under Occupational.
Underground Utility and Excavation Contractors; Revising the definition of the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”; authorizing an underground utility and excavation contractor to take certain actions relating to underground piping for fire protection systems; defining the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDUnderground utility and excavation contractors were flatly barred from installing any piping that is part of a fire protection system. That ban is now narrowed to let them install such piping outside a building.
The new authority stops at a point within 5 feet of the building, ending at a valve. Contractors still cannot install, alter, repair, or service any part of that piping once it runs inside the building.
A matching definition is added to the state Fire Prevention Code: 'underground utility and excavation contractor' now means anyone holding a current, valid license under the construction contracting statute's definition of that trade.
AIUnderground utility and excavation contractors, previously barred outright, may now install piping that is part of a fire protection system, capped at a point within 5 feet of the building.
AIThe new authority ends at a valve near the building; an underground utility and excavation contractor still may not install, alter, repair, or service that piping once it runs inside the building.
AIThe Fire Prevention Code now defines 'underground utility and excavation contractor' by cross-reference to the license described in the construction-contracting statute, rather than setting its own independent standard.