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Committee agrees limit on backflow inspection frequency: every 3 years for low hazard, annually for high hazard
Summary
The committee adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 269 that prevents the Department of Health from requiring backflow-prevention assemblies to be inspected more frequently than once every three years for low-hazard systems and once per year for high-hazard systems; members cited inspection cost and inspector availability concerns.
The Senate Government Organization Committee agreed to the committee substitute for Senate Bill 269 and voted to report the substitute to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass. Committee members adopted the committee substitute and the report motion by voice votes.
The committee substitute would amend two sections of state code to provide that the Department of Health may not promulgate rules requiring backflow-prevention assemblies to be inspected more frequently than once every three years for low-hazard systems and annually for high-hazard systems. Counsel told the committee that a "high hazard" situation is one where failure of the backflow-prevention assembly would likely…
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