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.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   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.