Florida Senate - 2020                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for HB 1091
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/11/2020 05:51 PM       .      03/12/2020 04:44 PM       
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       Senator Brandes moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 58
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 125.569, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         125.569 Sanitary sewer lateral inspection programs for
    8  counties.—
    9         (1) As used in this section, the term “sanitary sewer
   10  lateral” means a privately owned pipeline connecting a property
   11  to the main sewer line which is maintained and repaired by the
   12  property owner.
   13         (2) By July 1, 2022, each county is encouraged to establish
   14  an evaluation and rehabilitation program for sanitary sewer
   15  laterals on residential and commercial properties within the
   16  county’s jurisdiction to identify and reduce extraneous flow
   17  from leaking sanitary sewer laterals. At a minimum, the program
   18  may do all of the following:
   19         (a) Establish a system to identify defective, damaged, or
   20  deteriorated sanitary sewer laterals on residential and
   21  commercial properties within the jurisdiction of the county.
   22         (b) Consider economical methods for a property owner to
   23  repair or replace a defective, damaged, or deteriorated sanitary
   24  sewer lateral.
   25         (c) Establish and maintain a publicly accessible database
   26  to store information concerning properties where a defective,
   27  damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral has been
   28  identified. For each property, the database must include, but is
   29  not limited to, the address of the property, the names of any
   30  persons the county notified concerning the faulty sanitary sewer
   31  lateral, and the date and method of such notification.
   32         Section 2. Section 166.0481, Florida Statutes, is created
   33  to read:
   34         166.0481 Sanitary sewer lateral inspection programs for
   35  municipalities.—
   36         (1) As used in this section, the term “sanitary sewer
   37  lateral” means a privately owned pipeline connecting a property
   38  to the main sewer line which is maintained and repaired by the
   39  property owner.
   40         (2) By July 1, 2022, each municipality is encouraged to
   41  establish an evaluation and rehabilitation program for sanitary
   42  sewer laterals on residential and commercial properties within
   43  the municipality’s jurisdiction to identify and reduce
   44  extraneous flow from leaking sanitary sewer laterals. At a
   45  minimum, the program may do all of the following:
   46         (a) Establish a system to identify defective, damaged, or
   47  deteriorated sanitary sewer laterals on residential and
   48  commercial properties within the jurisdiction of the
   49  municipality.
   50         (b) Consider economical methods for a property owner to
   51  repair or replace a defective, damaged, or deteriorated sanitary
   52  sewer lateral.
   53         (c) Establish and maintain a publicly accessible database
   54  to store information concerning properties where a defective,
   55  damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral has been
   56  identified. For each property, the database must include, but is
   57  not limited to, the address of the property, the names of any
   58  persons the municipality notified concerning the faulty sanitary
   59  sewer lateral, and the date and method of such notification.
   60         Section 3. Section 689.301, Florida Statutes, is created to
   61  read:
   62         689.301 Disclosure of known defects in sanitary sewer
   63  laterals to prospective purchaser.—Before executing a contract
   64  for sale, a seller of real property shall disclose to a
   65  prospective purchaser any defects in the property’s sanitary
   66  sewer lateral which are known to the seller. As used in this
   67  section, the term “sanitary sewer lateral” means the privately
   68  owned pipeline connecting a property to the main sewer line.
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   70  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   71  And the title is amended as follows:
   72         Delete line 2
   73  and insert:
   74         An act relating to environmental accountability;
   75         creating ss. 125.569 and 166.0481, F.S.; defining the
   76         term “sanitary sewer lateral”; encouraging counties
   77         and municipalities, respectively, to establish a
   78         sanitary sewer lateral inspection program by a
   79         specified date; providing parameters for such a
   80         program; creating s. 689.301, F.S.; requiring a seller
   81         of real property to disclose any known defects in the
   82         property’s sanitary sewer lateral; defining the term
   83         “sanitary sewer lateral”; amending