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2001 SESSION

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HB 2726 Health; on-site sewage evaluations.

Introduced by: Richard H. Black | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Health; on-site sewage evaluations. Requires, notwithstanding any other provision of law or the provisions of any local ordinance, that counties, cities and towns, in the administration of their own ordinances, must comply with the time limits that currently apply in state law to the Department of Health in performing a field check of private evaluations and designs for single lots or for subdivision, residential development. The Department of Health is required to evaluate and approve or deny a request for an on-site sewage permit for a single lot construction permit within 15 days of the request and to evaluate and approve or deny a request for multiple lot certification letters or subdivision review within 60 days of the request.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Health; on-site sewage evaluations. Requires counties, cities and towns, in the administration of their own ordinances, to comply with the time limits that currently apply to the Department of Health.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health; on-site sewage evaluations. Requires counties, cities and towns, in the administration of their own ordinances, to accept, for purposes of subdivision review, permit approval, and issuance of letters for residential development, private site evaluations and designs by a licensed professional engineer or on-site soil evaluator, so long as such evaluations meet Board of Health regulations. Current law requires the Board, Commissioner and Department to accept such evaluations.