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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2703
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE F ALKNER.
6200H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 640.144, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
community water system hydrant inspections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 640.144, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 640.144, to read as follows:
640.144. 1. All community water systems shall be required to create a valve
2 inspection program that includes:
3 (1) Inspection of all valves every ten years;
4 (2) Scheduled repair or replacement of broken valves; and
5 (3) W ithin five years of August 28, 2020, identification of each shut-of f valve
6 location using a geographic information system or an alternative physical mapping system
7 that accurately identifies the location of each valve.
8 2. All community water systems shall be required to create a hydrant inspection
9 program that includes:
10 (1) Scheduled testing of every hydrant in the community water system;
11 (2) Scheduled repair or replacement of broken hydrants;
12 (3) A plan to flush every hydrant and dead-end main;
13 (4) Maintenance of records of inspections, tests, and flushings for six years; and
14 (5) W ithin five years of August 28, 2020, identification of each hydrant location
15 using a geographic information system or an alternative physical mapping system that
16 accurately identifies the location of each hydrant.
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
17 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any state parks, cities with a
18 population of more than thirty thousand inhabitants, [ a ] any county with a charter form of
19 government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand
20 inhabitants, [ a ] any county with a charter form of government and with more than nine
21 hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, or [ a ] any public service commission regulated utility
22 with more than thirty thousand customers.
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