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GA HB926
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/5/2014
Primary Sponsor
Ron Stephens
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AI Summary
- Prohibits municipal corporations, counties, and local authorities from requiring transfer of ownership of privately constructed water or sewage systems that are not connected to a publicly owned system, and bars such transfer as a condition for local permit approval
- Applies only to privately constructed systems owned and operated by companies permitted by the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) whose primary business is managing and operating such systems
- Exempts entities within the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District area from the prohibition, allowing them to continue requiring ownership transfers
- Exempts publicly owned water or sewage systems with at least 200 active connections as of January 1, 2014, and allows required ownership transfers when a new private system is located within one mile of a governmentally owned system
- Grants the EPD director authority to require connection and transfer of ownership of such systems for public health and environmental quality reasons
Legislative Description
Local government; requiring transfer of ownership of privately constructed water or sewage systems under certain circumstances; prohibit
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/7/2014
Full Bill Text
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