A5082

Requires certain water companies to provide representative of fire department, fire district, or volunteer fire company access to fire hydrants for water flow rate testing purposes.

Introduced·5/14/26
Introduced Text

New Jersey A5082 mandates water companies to allow fire department, fire district, or volunteer fire company representatives access to fire hydrants.

New Jersey A5082 requires water companies operating as public utilities to allow authorized representatives of fire departments, fire districts, or volunteer fire companies to access fire hydrants for the purpose of testing water flow rates. This ensures that these representatives can ascertain the water flow rate of hydrants used for public fire protection purposes. The bill takes effect immediately but remains inoperative for 60 days following enactment.

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Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
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History

May 14

Assembly

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee