Senate Bill 563 Summary

• Authorizes the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to transfer stormwater best management practice permits from condominium or planned community declarants to owners' associations upon request.

• Permit transfer requires the stormwater best management practice to be in substantial compliance with the original permit issued to the declarant.

• Declarant control is deemed terminated after 50% of units or lots are conveyed to owners other than the declarant.

• Declarant must submit documentation to the Department demonstrating that declarant control has terminated as a condition of permit transfer.

• Effective upon enactment.