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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 553

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on State Administration offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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16  insert after "must":  ensure that the hydrant is installed in

17  compliance with the provisions of National Fire Protection

18  Association Standard 24, Standard for the Installation of

19  Private Fire Service Mains and Their Appurtenances, and is

20  inspected and maintained in compliance with the provisions of

21  National Fire Protection Association Standard 25, Standard for

22  the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire

23  Protection Systems, the edition currently adopted by the State

24  Fire Marshal pursuant to its code and standards adoption

25  authority in Chapter 633.  A person who owns a private fire

26  hydrant must produce a valid and continuing maintenance

27  contract with a plumbing contractor licensed under Chapter

28  489, an underground utility contractor licensed under Chapter

29  489, or in the case the private hydrant is part of a fire

30  suppression system, a fire protection contractor licensed

31  under Chapter 633.  Upon failure to produce a valid

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 553

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)





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  5  And the title is amended as follows:

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