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IN HB1350
Bill
Status
1/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
Greg Beumer
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AI Summary
House Bill 1350 Summary
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Allows property owners to submit written determinations from qualified inspectors (instead of only local health departments) to prove septic systems are not failing for exemption from mandatory sewer connection.
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Requires not-for-profit utilities and regional sewage districts to provide application forms, respond promptly in writing to exemption applications, explain rejections in writing, and allow property owners 270 days to revise applications after rejection.
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Reduces minimum property acreage for regional sewage district exemptions from 10 acres to the lesser of 5 acres or the county's minimum acreage requirement for onsite septic systems.
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Permits property owners connecting to regional sewage district systems to provide labor, equipment, and materials at their own expense to accomplish the connection, subject to district inspection and approval.
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Prohibits local health departments from denying residential septic system installation permits on properties of at least 10 acres with two suitable treatment areas, domestic waste only, and 750 gallons per day maximum design flow.
Legislative Description
Connection of certain properties to sewer systems. Amends the law under which a property of at least 10 acres may be exempt from mandatory connection to the sewer system of a not-for-profit utility to provide that: (1) a property owner seeking the exemption may provide to the utility a written determination from a qualified inspector that the system is not failing; and (2) the utility shall provide a property owner with any forms needed, shall promptly respond in writing to any application, shall explain in writing any rejection of a property owner's application, and shall allow a property owner at
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
1/12/2016