Florida Senate - 2014 CS for SB 1306 By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Altman 588-02826-14 20141306c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to onsite sewage treatment and 3 disposal systems; amending s. 381.00655, F.S.; 4 providing that an existing onsite sewage treatment and 5 disposal system is not considered abandoned if the 6 Department of Environmental Protection approves the 7 use of all or a portion of the existing onsite sewage 8 treatment and disposal system as an integral part of a 9 sanitary sewer system.; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (1) of 14 section 381.00655, Florida Statutes, to read: 15 381.00655 Connection of existing onsite sewage treatment 16 and disposal systems to central sewerage system; requirements.— 17 (1) 18 (c) An existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal 19 system, including the drainfield, is not considered abandoned if 20 the Department of Environmental Protection or the department’s 21 designee approves the use of all or a portion of the existing 22 onsite sewage treatment and disposal system as an integral part 23 of a sanitary sewer system. 24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.