S 0675 {Rat #55, Act #110 of 2019} General Bill, By Turner and Allen

Similar(H 4265)
 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 745 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO RENEWABLE WATER
 RESOURCES (REWA), FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WESTERN CAROLINA REGIONAL SEWER
 AUTHORITY, TO ADD THE "SOUTHERN GREENVILLE" AREA OF GREENVILLE COUNTY TO
 REWA'S SERVICE TERRITORY, TO EXPRESS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INTENT TO
 DESIGNATE A MAP AS THE DOCUMENT OF RECORD ON WHICH REWA'S AMENDED BOUNDARY
 LINES ARE DELINEATED, TO PROVIDE THAT NO RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL ENTITY
 LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHERN GREENVILLE EXTENDED TERRITORY IS REQUIRED TO TAP
 INTO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY REWA UNLESS THE ENTITY DOES SO VOLUNTARILY OR
 HAS NO OTHER DHEC-APPROVED METHOD FOR DISPOSAL, AND TO REVISE THE CONDITIONS
 UNDER WHICH A RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL ENTITY LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN
 GREENVILLE AREA OF REWA MAY TAP INTO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY REWA. - ratified
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   03/19/19  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 5)
   03/20/19         Scrivener's error corrected
   04/02/19  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 19)
   04/02/19  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 19)
   04/10/19  Senate Read third time and sent to House
                     (Senate Journal-page 36)
   04/11/19  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 61)
   04/11/19  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs
                     (House Journal-page 61)
   04/24/19  House  Recalled from Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs
                     (House Journal-page 23)
   04/24/19  House  Committed to Greenville Delegation
                     (House Journal-page 23)
   05/01/19  House  Delegation report: Favorable Greenville
                     Delegation (House Journal-page 9)
   05/02/19  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 36)
   05/02/19  House  Roll call Yeas-95  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 37)
   05/02/19  House  Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day (House Journal-page 38)
   05/03/19  House  Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 2)
   05/09/19         Ratified R  55
   05/13/19         Signed By Governor
   05/17/19         Effective date  05/13/19
   07/10/19         Act No.  110

(A110, R55, S675)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 745 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES (REWA), FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WESTERN CAROLINA REGIONAL SEWER AUTHORITY, TO ADD THE "SOUTHERN GREENVILLE" AREA OF GREENVILLE COUNTY TO REWA'S SERVICE TERRITORY, TO EXPRESS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INTENT TO DESIGNATE A MAP AS THE DOCUMENT OF RECORD ON WHICH REWA'S AMENDED BOUNDARY LINES ARE DELINEATED, TO PROVIDE THAT NO RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL ENTITY LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHERN GREENVILLE EXTENDED TERRITORY IS REQUIRED TO TAP INTO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY REWA UNLESS THE ENTITY DOES SO VOLUNTARILY OR HAS NO OTHER DHEC-APPROVED METHOD FOR DISPOSAL, AND TO REVISE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL ENTITY LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN GREENVILLE AREA OF REWA MAY TAP INTO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY REWA.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Territory expanded

SECTION    1.    Act 745 of 1967, as last amended by Act 284 of 2018, is further amended by adding:

"Section 2.9.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, the boundary lines that define the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources are hereby expanded so as to include an area labeled the 'Southern Greenville' area of Greenville County, which is shown on a map filed with the Renewable Water Resources Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document 'ReWa Service Area - 2019A'. The General Assembly intends for this document to serve as the document of record delineating the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources. No residential or commercial entity in the 'Southern Greenville' extended territory is required to tap into the services provided by the Renewable Water Resources unless the residential or commercial entity voluntarily seeks such access."

Tap conditions revised

SECTION    2.    Section 2.7 of Act 745 of 1967, as added by Act 298 of 2016, is amended to read:

"Section 2.7.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, the boundary lines that define the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources are hereby expanded so as to include an area labeled the 'Northern Greenville' area of Greenville County, which is shown on a map filed with the Renewable Water Resources Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document 'ReWa Service Area - 2016A'. The General Assembly intends for this document to serve as the document of record delineating the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources. No residential or commercial entity in the 'Northern Greenville' extended territory is required to tap into the services provided by the Renewable Water Resources unless the residential or commercial entity voluntarily seeks such access."

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 9th day of May, 2019.

Approved the 13th day of May, 2019.