An Act To Eliminate Certain Restrictions on the Installation of Chimneys and Equipment
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0124
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: HARVELL, SAVIELLO, BLACK, CLARK, CRAFTS, DAVIS, DUCHESNE, DUNPHY, EDGECOMB, TIMBERLAKE
Amends: 32 MRSA §18107

Legislative Document 
No. 124 
H.P. 106 
House of Representatives, January 20, 2011 
An Act To Eliminate Certain Restrictions on the Installation of 
Chimneys and Equipment 
Reference to the Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative HARVELL of Farmington. 
Cosponsored by Senator SAVIELLO of Franklin and 
Representatives: BLACK of Wilton, CLARK of Millinocket, CRAFTS of Lisbon, DAVIS of 
Sangerville, DUCHESNE of Hudson, DUNPHY of Embden, EDGECOMB of Caribou, 
TIMBERLAKE of Turner. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  32 MRSA §18107, as amended by PL 2009, c. 652, Pt. A, §46, is further 
amended to read: 
§18107.  Installations to conform to standards 
Installation of oil, solid fuel, propane and natural gas burning equipment and 
chimneys may not be made in this State unless the installation complies with all the 
standards and rules adopted by the board.  These standards and rules may not prohibit the 
continued use of an existing connection of a solid fuel burning appliance to a chimney 
flue to which another appliance burning oil or solid fuel is connected for any chimney 
existing and in use prior to February 2, 1998 as long as sufficient draft is available for 
each appliance, the chimney is lined and structurally intact and a carbon monoxide 
detector is installed in the building near a bedroom.  Whenever oil, solid fuel, propane 
and natural gas burning equipment, accessory equipment or its installation are separately 
contracted, the master oil and solid fuel burning technician or the propane and natural gas 
technician in charge of the installation is responsible for ascertaining total conformance to 
the standards and rules adopted by the board.  Whenever a state fuel inspector authorized 
under section 18110 finds a person installing or assisting in an oil, solid fuel, propane or 
natural gas installation, that person shall, on request of the state fuel inspector, provide 
evidence of being properly licensed when required by this chapter and, if unable to 
provide the evidence, shall furnish the state fuel inspector with that person's full name 
and address and, if applicable, the full name and address of the master oil and solid fuel 
burning technician or the propane and natural gas technician in charge. 
SUMMARY 
Current law allows the continued use of an existing connection of a solid fuel burning 
appliance to a chimney flue to which another appliance burning oil or solid fuel is 
connected for any chimney existing and in use prior to February 2, 1998 as long as 
sufficient draft is available for each appliance, the chimney is lined and structurally intact 
and a carbon monoxide detector is installed in the building near a bedroom. 
This bill allows any such connection regardless of whether the chimney was existing 
and in use prior to February 2, 1998 as long as sufficient draft is available for each 
appliance, the chimney is lined and structurally intact and a carbon monoxide detector is 
installed in the building near a bedroom.