00 HOUSE BILL NO. 224                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the state plumbing code."                                                                           
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 18.60.705 is amended to read:                                                                       
04  Sec. 18.60.705.  PLUMBING CODE.  (a)  Except as provided otherwise in                                                
05 this section, the [THE] following publications are adopted as the minimum plumbing                                     
06 code for the state:                                                                                                     
07   (1)  chapters 1 - 13 of Part II and the appendices of the 1991 edition of                                            
08 the Uniform Plumbing Code, published by the International Association of Plumbing                                       
09 and Mechanical Officials and adopted at the 61st annual conference, September 1990;                                     
10   (2)  the 1991 edition of the Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub                                                 
11 Code, published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials                                   
12 and adopted at the 61st annual conference, September 1990, but excluding Part I,                                        
13 Administration, pages xiii - xxi; and                                                                                   
14   (3)  the 1991 edition of the Uniform Solar Energy Code, published by                                                 
01 the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and adopted at the                                   
02 September 1990 annual conference, but excluding Part I, Administration, pages xv -                                      
03 xxii.                                                                                                                   
04  (b)  Unless changed by the department under (c) - (d) of this section,                                              
05 [NOTWITHSTANDING (a) OF THIS SECTION,] the use of a pipe or pipe fitting                                                
06 containing more than 8.0 percent lead, or of solder or flux containing more than 0.2                                    
07 percent lead, in the installation or repair of a public water system or in the installation                           
08 or repair of plumbing of a residential or nonresidential facility that provides water for                               
09 human consumption is prohibited.  This subsection does not apply to the use of leaded                                   
10 joints necessary to repair cast iron pipe.                                                                              
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.60.705 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                                
12  (c)  After the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials                                         
13 approves a new, published edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code, the Uniform                                             
14 Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Code, or the Uniform Solar Energy Code, the                                             
15 department may, by regulation, adopt one or more of these codes to constitute part or                                   
16 all of the minimum plumbing code standards of the state.                                                                
17  (d)  The department may by regulation adopt amendments to the uniform codes                                           
18 adopted under (a) or (c) of this section, if the amendments are in the best interests of                                
19 the state.                                                                                                              
20    * Sec. 3.  AS 18.60.740(1) is amended to read:                                                                       
21   (1)  "code" means the code adopted under AS 18.60.705                                                              
22 [AS 18.60.705(a) AS AMENDED BY AS 18.60.705(b)];