California Health and Safety Code

§ 116875

HSC § 116875 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 104 · Part 12 · Ch. 5 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)No person shall use any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that is not lead free in the installation or repair of any public water system or any plumbing in a facility providing water for human consumption, except when necessary for the repair of leaded joints of cast iron pipes.

(b)(1) No person shall introduce into commerce any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting, or fixture intended to convey or dispense water for human consumption through drinking or cooking that is not lead free, as defined in subdivision (e). This includes kitchen faucets, bathroom faucets, and any other end-use devices intended to convey or dispense water for human consumption through drinking or cooking, but excludes service saddles, backflow preventers for nonpotable services such as irrigation and industrial, and water distribution main gate valves that are two inches in diameter and above.

(2)Pipes, pipe or plumbing fittings, or fixtures that are used in manufacturing, industrial processing, for irrigation purposes, and any other uses where the water is not intended for human consumption through drinking or cooking are not subject to the requirements of paragraph (1).

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Legislative history

Amended (as added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 853, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2008, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009. Section operative January 1, 2010, by its own provisions.