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SB 568 Claims; Sean and Jennie Barrett.

Introduced by: William Bolling | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Claims; Sean and Jennie Barrett. Provides relief for Sean and Jennie Barrett, consisting of a lump-sum payment of $11,821.00 to be paid by August 1, 2004. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett purchased a house and six-acre parcel that contained a malfunctioning septic system in 1998. The presence of the malfunctioning septic system was not revealed to them prior to purchase. Although Mr. and Mrs. Barrett obtained an out-of-court settlement with the seller's real estate agent regarding the failure to disclose the malfunctioning septic system, events related to the erroneous issuance of a sewage disposal construction permit in 1988 also contributed to the situation faced by Mr. and Mrs. Barrett. The Caroline County Department of Health, which is an agency of the Virginia Department of Health, issued a sewage disposal construction permit in 1988. The physical inspection prior to the issuance of this permit was conducted not on the six-acre parcel, but on an adjoining 10-acre parcel. Based upon the inspection of the 10-acre parcel, a sewage disposal construction permit was issued for the six-acre parcel. It is unclear how the permit inspection for the 10-acre parcel resulted in the issuance of a permit for the six-acre parcel.


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