REFERENCE TITLE: no-water urinals required; public buildings

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature

First Regular Session

2019

 

 

 

HB 2428

 

Introduced by

Representative Thorpe

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-500.46; amending title 11, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11-277; amending title 34, chapter 4, article 1, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 34-402; amending section 45‑311, Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing section 45‑313.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to energy saving measures.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.46, to read:

START_STATUTE9-500.46.  Water-free urinals; required use

a city or town shall require on all new construction or remodeling of existing public buildings, the cost of which exceeds $10,000, that all flushable urinals be replaced with water-free urinals. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Title 11, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-277, to read:

START_STATUTE11-277.  Water-free urinals; required use

a county shall require on all new construction or remodeling of existing public buildings, the cost of which exceeds $10,000, that all flushable urinals be replaced with water‑free urinals. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.  Title 34, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 34-402, to read:

START_STATUTE34-402.  Water-free urinals; required use

within two years after the effective date of this section, all flushable urinals located within state buildings shall be replaced with water-free urinals. END_STATUTE

Sec. 4.  Section 45-311, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE45-311.  Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.  "Commercial, industrial and public construction" means buildings used for commercial, industrial or public purposes, including restaurants, bars, nightclubs, public buildings, comfort stations, schools, gymnasia, factories, offices, athletic clubs, hotels and motels.

2.  "Person" means an individual, public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, society, estate or trust, any other private organization or enterprise, the United States, any state, territory or country or a governmental entity, political subdivision or municipal corporation organized under or subject to the constitution and laws of this state.

3.  "Plumbing fixture" means a lavatory faucet, lavatory faucet replacement aerator, kitchen faucet, kitchen faucet replacement aerator, shower head, urinal, water closet, evaporative cooler or decorative fountain.  Plumbing fixture does not include parts necessary for routine maintenance.

4.  "PSI" means pounds per square inch of water pressure.

5.  "Residential construction" or "residential dwelling" means buildings used for temporary or permanent human habitation, including single family residences and accessory guest houses, multi‑family dwellings, townhouses, condominiums, apartments, the sleeping quarters of hotels and motels, dormitories and group housing units.

6.  "Urinal" means a fixture that consists of a water flushed bowl, and any associated flush valve, and that is used for the disposal of human urine.

7.  "Water closet" means a fixture that consists of a water flushed bowl, and any associated flush valve, and that is used for the disposal of all wastes from the human body.

8.  "Water free urinal" means a plumbing fixture that does not require a water supply or flushing device to receive and convey only liquid waste through a trap seal and into the gravity drainage system for such function and that meets the requirements of the American society of mechanical engineers (ASME) standard A112.19.2M‑95 or the American national standards institute (ANSI) standard Z124.9‑94 or any equivalent standard. END_STATUTE

Sec. 5.  Repeal

Section 45-313.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.