HOUSE BILL NO. 2703 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE FALKNER.
6200H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 640.144, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to community water system hydrant inspections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 640.144, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 640.144, to read as follows: 640.144. 1. All community water systems shall be required to create a valve 2 inspection program that includes: 3 (1) Inspection of all valves every ten years; 4 (2) Scheduled repair or replacement of broken valves; and 5 (3) Within five years of August 28, 2020, identification of each shut-off valve 6 location using a geographic information system or an alternative physical mapping system 7 that accurately identifies the location of each valve. 8 2. All community water systems shall be required to create a hydrant inspection 9 program that includes: 10 (1) Scheduled testing of every hydrant in the community water system; 11 (2) Scheduled repair or replacement of broken hydrants; 12 (3) A plan to flush every hydrant and dead-end main; 13 (4) Maintenance of records of inspections, tests, and flushings for six years; and 14 (5) Within five years of August 28, 2020, identification of each hydrant location 15 using a geographic information system or an alternative physical mapping system that 16 accurately identifies the location of each hydrant.
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 2703 2
17 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any state parks, cities with a 18 population of more than thirty thousand inhabitants, [a] any county with a charter form of 19 government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand 20 inhabitants, [a] any county with a charter form of government and with more than nine 21 hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, or [a] any public service commission regulated utility 22 with more than thirty thousand customers. ✔
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