Sec. 29-329. (Formerly Sec. 29-70a). Regulations concerning installation and operation of gas equipment and piping. Variations or exemptions.
Sec. 29-329. (Formerly Sec. 29-70a). Regulations concerning installation and
operation of gas equipment and piping. Variations or exemptions. (a) The State Fire
Marshal shall make regulations prescribing reasonable minimum requirements for the
installation and operation of gas equipment and gas piping. In the writing of such regulations said fire marshal may adopt by reference standards concerning gas equipment
and piping installation as set forth by the National Fire Protection Association for the
prevention of injury to life and damage to property and protection from hazards incident
to the installation and operation of such gas equipment and piping.
(b) No regulation made in accordance with this section shall apply to premises used
for manufacturing or to public service companies, as defined in section 16-1, nor shall
any such regulation impair the rights of municipalities to enact ordinances and make
rules and regulations for the installation of gas equipment and gas piping so far as such
ordinances, rules and regulations specify requirements equal or additional to or more
stringent than the regulations issued under the authority of this section.
(c) The State Fire Marshal may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve
equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of any regulation issued
under the provisions of this section where strict compliance with such provisions would
entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted,
provided any such variation, exemption, approved equivalent or alternate compliance
shall, in the opinion of the State Fire Marshal, secure the public safety and shall be made
in writing.
(d) Any person aggrieved by any such regulation or by any act of said Fire Marshal
in enforcing the same may apply for relief to the superior court for the judicial district
of Hartford or for the judicial district in which such gas equipment or gas piping is
located or, if said court is not in session, to any judge thereof, who may grant appropriate
relief.
(e) Any person who, by himself or his employee or agent or as the employee or
agent of another, violates or fails to comply with any regulation adopted under this
section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than
six months or both.
(1961, P.A. 135; P.A. 74-183, S. 259, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 222, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 5, 127; P.A. 79-512, S. 4, 13;
P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-196, S. 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6.)
History: P.A. 74-183 added reference to judicial districts in Subsec. (c); P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas
with superior court in Subsec. (c) and substituted "adopted" for "promulgated" in Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 1978; P.A.
78-280 deleted general reference to counties and replaced "Hartford county" with "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain"
in Subsec. (c); P.A. 79-512 referred to gas "equipment" rather than "appliances" throughout section and authorized fire
marshal to "adopt by reference" standards set forth by National Fire Protection Association where previously he "may be
guided by recognized national standards"; Sec. 29-70a transferred to Sec. 29-329 in 1983; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial
district of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed
the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 91-196 inserted new Subsec. (c),
permitting state fire marshal to grant variations or exemptions from, or approve alternate compliance with, provisions of
regulations issued under this section, and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective
date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the
effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec 4-168 et seq. re procedure for adoption of regulations.
See chapter 393 (Sec. 20-330 et seq.) re licensing of persons engaged in "plumbing and piping work".