Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 274
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on General Government Appropriations (Lawson)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 594 - 617
    4  and insert:
    5         (d) Implement a mandatory statewide onsite sewage treatment
    6  and disposal system inspection program in accordance with the
    7  department’s rules that provides for an inspection of each
    8  onsite sewage treatment and disposal system at least once every
    9  5 years.
   10         1. Initiation of the ongoing inspection cycle shall be
   11  phased in as follows:
   12         a. All existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal
   13  systems must be inspected no later July 1, 2019, or when the
   14  onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems are inspected under
   15  other departmental criteria or otherwise serviced, repaired, or
   16  modified, whichever occurs first.
   17         b. All new onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
   18  installed on or after July 1, 2009, must be inspected no later
   19  than 5 years from the date of installation, or when the onsite
   20  sewage treatment and disposal systems are inspected under other
   21  departmental criteria or otherwise serviced, repaired or
   22  modified, whichever occurs first.
   23         c. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to a
   24  property with 1 residential dwelling unit per 3 or more acres
   25  unless the property abuts a water body or water segment that is
   26  listed as impaired pursuant to s. 403.067 or is within a county
   27  designated as a spring protection zone pursuant to s. 369.404.
   28         2. The department, local government, or state-licensed
   29  septic tank contractor or plumber shall charge an additional fee
   30  of up to $20 for each onsite sewage treatment and disposal
   31  system inspected. Upon completion of the inspection, the entity
   32  conducting the inspection shall submit an inspection report to
   33  the department and the owner. Within 30 days of receipt of the
   34  report, the department shall approve the onsite sewage treatment
   35  and disposal system for continued use or notify the owner of the
   36  requirement for a repair or modification permit.
   37         3. Revenues from the fee in subparagraph 2 shall be
   38  deposited in the Ecosystem Management Trust Fund within the
   39  Department of Environmental Protection and shall be used to
   40  implement the grant program created pursuant to s. 369.407. The
   41  Department of Environmental Protection is authorized to use no
   42  more than 5 percent of the revenue to administer the grant
   43  program.