Senate Bill 1102

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1102

    By Senator Forman





    32-706-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to sewage treatment; amending

  3         s. 381.00655, F.S.; excluding certain onsite

  4         sewage treatment and disposal systems from the

  5         requirement to connect with an available

  6         central sewerage system; providing an effective

  7         date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

12  381.00655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         381.00655  Connection of existing onsite sewage

14  treatment and disposal systems to central sewerage system;

15  requirements.--

16         (1)(a)  The owner of a properly functioning onsite

17  sewage treatment and disposal system, excluding an approved

18  onsite graywater system and a system located in an area

19  designated by a local government for rural land use, must

20  connect the system or the building's plumbing to an available

21  publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage system within 365

22  days after written notification by the owner of the publicly

23  owned or investor-owned sewerage system that the system is

24  available for connection.  The publicly owned or

25  investor-owned sewerage system must notify the owner of the

26  onsite sewage treatment and disposal system of the

27  availability of the central sewerage system.  No less than 1

28  year prior to the date the sewerage system will become

29  available, the publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage

30  system shall notify the affected owner of the onsite sewage

31  treatment and disposal system of the anticipated availability

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  1  of the sewerage system and shall also notify the owner that

  2  the owner will be required to connect to the sewerage system

  3  within 1 year of the actual availability. The owner shall have

  4  the option of prepaying the amortized value of required

  5  connection charges in equal monthly installments over a period

  6  not to exceed 2 years from the date of the initial

  7  notification of anticipated availability.  Nothing in this

  8  section shall operate to impair contracts or other binding

  9  obligations relating to payment schedules in existence as of

10  October 1, 1993. Nothing in this paragraph limits the power of

11  a municipality or county to enforce other laws for the

12  protection of the public health and safety.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Provides that onsite sewage treatment and disposal
      systems that are located in an area designated by a local
19    government for rural land use are exempt from the
      requirement to connect with an available central sewerage
20    treatment system.

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