Adds to existing law to provide that listed submersible well pumps are approved for use in lakes, rivers, ponds and streams, to provide that certain regulations shall not apply and to provide that the Division of Building Safety shall promulgate rules.

Submersible well pumps have historically been permitted to be used in Idaho's lakes, rivers, ponds and streams. Recently it was discovered that the use of such pumps is not adequately covered by the National Electric Code, which is adopted as Idaho's electrical code by the Division of Building Safety. Only as they apply to submersible well pumps, this legislation removes three sections of the electrical code from Idaho's adoption of the code and directs the Division of Building Safety to create rules governing the use, inspection and safety of the pumps. This legislation has a sunset date of two years to allow industry and regulators a chance to work collaboratively on a solution.