Bill Text: NJ A1971 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits landscape irrigation contractors to install backflow prevention devices under certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee [A1971 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A1971-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman VINCENT PRIETO
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Permits landscape irrigation contractors to install backflow prevention devices under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning landscape irrigation contractors and amending P.L.1991, c.27.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 3 of P.L.1991, c.27 (C.45:5AA-3) is amended to read as follows:
3. a. No person shall engage in the business of landscape irrigation contracting without securing from the board a landscape irrigation contractor certificate in accordance with the provisions of this act; except that officers, employees, and duly authorized representatives of the United States, the State, or any political subdivision thereof performing work on the property of the public entity; vendors of landscape irrigation components, materials, or equipment who perform only such functions as delivery, rendering of advice or assistance in the installation or normal warranty service or exchange of defective or damaged goods; contractors engaged in the design, fabrication, installation or construction of irrigation apparatus, or irrigation equipment of any type which is to be used solely for agricultural purposes in the production of harvestable and saleable vegetative or animal products; plumbing contractors as defined by section 2 of P.L.1968, c.362 (C.45:14C-2); and persons engaged in landscape irrigation contracting solely as an employee of a landscape irrigation contractor, are exempt from the requirement of a certificate imposed by this act.
b. (1) If a landscape irrigation system is connected to a potable water supply, the landscape irrigation contractor's connection [is to begin at the downstream side of] shall include a properly installed backflow prevention device as required by the Plumbing Subcode of the Uniform Construction Code adopted pursuant to section 5 of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-123).
(2) No connection to a potable water supply may be made by a licensed landscape irrigation contractor unless the contractor has demonstrated to the board that he has successfully completed a course in the training and certification of backflow prevention device inspectors offered by the New England Water Works Association, or its equivalent, as determined by the board.
c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent individuals licensed or certified in this State under any other law from engaging in the profession for which they are licensed or certified.
(cf: P.L.1991, c.27, s.3)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends N.J.S.A.45:5AA-3 to permit a landscape irrigation contractor to install backflow prevention devices. The bill also stipulates that no connection to a potable water supply may be made by a licensed landscape irrigation contractor unless the contractor has demonstrated to the Landscape Irrigation Contractors Examining Board in the Department of Environmental Protection that he has successfully completed a course in the training and certification of backflow prevention device inspectors offered by the New England Water Works Association, or its equivalent, as determined by the board.
Under current law, if a landscape irrigation system is connected to a potable water supply, the landscape irrigation contractor's connection is to begin at the downstream side of a properly installed backflow prevention device.
