Sec. 21a-86c. Procedures for testing plumbing fixtures.
Sec. 21a-86c. Procedures for testing plumbing fixtures. (a) The Commissioner
of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management, the chairperson of the Public Utilities Control Authority, the State Building Inspector and the Commissioners of Public Health and Environmental Protection,
shall establish procedures for testing the efficiency of plumbing fixtures offered for
retail sale if such procedures are not established in the State Building Code adopted
pursuant to section 29-252.
(b) Each manufacturer of plumbing fixtures shall test samples of such plumbing
fixtures in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to this section or those
established in the State Building Code, whichever are applicable. The tested flow rate
shall be conspicuously marked on the unit carton in which the plumbing fixture is offered
for retail sale.
(P.A. 89-303, S. 4, 9; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A.
04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction
services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction
Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced
Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1,
2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of
Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.