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OH SB100
Bill
Status
4/7/2009
Primary Sponsor
Capri Cafaro
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AI Summary
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Revises regulations for household sewage treatment systems by requiring the Public Health Council to adopt rules addressing siting, design, installation, operation, maintenance, and abandonment standards while considering economic impact on housing affordability.
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Establishes a Household Sewage Treatment System Revolving Loan Fund with $10 million in initial funding for loans to eligible persons with failing systems, with interest rates of 3% for those at or below 200% federal poverty level and 5% for those above.
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Creates a Household Sewage Treatment System Grant Fund with $5 million annually for fiscal years 2010-2011 to provide grants to eligible persons aged 65+ or with incomes at or below 150% of federal poverty level.
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Allows loan repayments to be assessed as part of real property taxes and permits temporary system improvements for persons notified they will be required to connect to public sewerage within ten years.
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Declares bill an emergency measure effective immediately to reinstate sewage treatment system regulations scheduled to take effect July 1, 2009.
Legislative Description
To revise the Household Sewage and Small Flow On-Site Sewage Treatment Systems Law, to establish the Household Sewage Treatment System Revolving Loan Program and the Household Sewage Treatment System Grant Program in the Department of Health, to amend Section 120.05 and to repeal Sections 120.01 and 120.02 of Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the 127th General Assembly, to make appropriations, and to declare an emergency.
Household Sewage Treatment Law/establish loan & grant program
Last Action
To Environment & Natural Resources
4/7/2009