An Act To Change the Membership of the Plumbers' Examining Board To Include a Local Plumbing Inspector Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. I. 32 MRSA §3401, first 1f, as amended by PL 1989, c. 503, Pt. B, §140, is further amended to read: -/1..-l'.he. Plumbers' Examining Board, as established by Title 5, section 12004-A, subsection 32, shall--€~H164st consists of 5 membersT--wbG---s~.,l--se appointed by the Governor. One of the members eha;!,;!, !!!la.t. be a representative of the public, shall !!!la.t. be master plumbers as defined in section 3301, aRQ-~-&hall one mUlit be .a journeyman p;!'WRse!'s plumber as defined in section 3301T-~k-~-~~-haye who hali been engaged in the business of plumbing for at least 2 years and one mUlit be a local plumbing inspector who has been engaged in plumbing inspections for at least 4 years and is employed by a mynicipality. Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect September 24, 2004. Page 1-LR0262(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0682
Committee Amendment CA_A_H89 (House)
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development and replaces the bill
Amends: 32 MRSA §3401

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,!J, to H.P. 499, L.D. 682, Bill, "An 
Act To Expand the Membership of the Plumbers' Examining Board To 
Include a Local Plumbing Inspector" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Change the Membership of the Plumbers' Examining Board 
To Include a Local Plumbing Inspector' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. I. 32 MRSA §3401, first 1f, as amended by PL 1989, c. 503, 
Pt. B, §140, is further amended to read: 
-/1..-
l'.he. Plumbers' Examining Board, as established by Title 
5, section 12004-A, subsection 32, 
shall--€~H164st consists of 5 
membersT--wbG---s~.,l--se appointed by the Governor. 
One of the 
members eha;!,;!, !!!la.t. be a representative of the public, 
shall 
!!!la.t. be master plumbers as defined in section 3301, 
aRQ-~-&hall 
one mUlit be .a journeyman p;!'WRse!'s plumber as defined in section 
3301T-~k-~-~~-haye who hali been engaged in the business of 
plumbing for at least 2 years and one mUlit be a local plumbing 
inspector who has been engaged in plumbing inspections for at 
least 4 years and is employed by a mynicipality. 
Sec. 2. Effective date. 
This Act takes effect September 24, 
2004. ' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "~,, to H.P. 499, L.D. 682 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing 
Committee on Business, 
Research and Economic 
Development 
and 
replaces the bill. 
The amendment changes the membership of the 
Plumbers' 
Examining 
Board 
by 
substituting 
a 
local 
plumbing 
inspector who has been engaged in plumbing inspections for at 
least 4 years and is employed by a municipality for one of the 
journeyman plumbers currently on the board. 
The amendment takes 
effect on September 24, 2004, which is the expiration date of the 
term of the 
current board 
member 
who 
is 
a 
local 
plumbing 
inspector. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT