ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1656	By:	Dorman and Shelton of the House

			    and

		Ivester of the Senate

An Act relating to cities and towns; requiring municipalities and rural water districts to test fire hydrants and develop certain plan for such testing; requiring certain agencies to promulgate rules; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 29-116 of Title 11, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Every municipal governing body and rural water district of this state shall, in order to ensure proper functioning, at least once each three (3) years, test and develop a plan for inspecting, repairing, and maintaining wet barrel fire hydrants and dry barrel fire hydrants located within the applicable municipal boundaries.  This plan shall include the following recommendations:
1.  The frequency of individual fire hydrant inspections;
2.  The manner in which municipalities indicate fire hydrants are temporarily inoperable; and
3.  The provisions for the removal of permanently inoperative fire hydrants.
B.  The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management or the State Fire Marshal shall promulgate rules which shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for certifying and posting the results of such testing.
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 29-117 of Title 11, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Every municipal governing body and rural water district of this state shall establish rules for monitoring and estimating the usage of water for fire protection.
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.
Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate