Bill 35

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    35
Primary Sponsor:                Passailaigue
Committee Number:               20
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Septic tanks, draining and
                                filling of, when
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Agriculture, Natural
                                Resources, and Environmental
                                Affairs
Computer Document Number:       S.35
Introduced Date:                19930112    
Date of Last Amendment:         19930406    
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              19930413    
Last History Type:              Introduced, read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Passailaigue
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
____  ______  ____________  ______________________________  ___  ____________

35    House   19930413      Introduced, read first time,    20
                            referred to Committee
35    Senate  19930407      Read third time, sent to House
35    Senate  19930406      Amended, read second time,
                            ordered to third reading with
                            notice of general amendments
35    Senate  19930401      Committee Report: Favorable     13
                            with amendment
35    Senate  19930112      Introduced, read first time,    13
                            referred to Committee

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

April 6, 1993

S. 35

S. Printed 4/6/93--S.

Read the first time January 12, 1993.

A BILL

TO AMEND ARTICLE 7, CHAPTER 55, TITLE 44, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-55-695, RELATING TO SEPTIC TANKS IN COUNTIES WITH A CITY OF A POPULATION OVER 70,000 PERSONS, SO AS TO REQUIRE SEPTIC TANKS THAT HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY DISCONNECTED FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OR COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS TO BE DRAINED AND FILLED AND TO PROHIBIT EXPANSION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES OR NEW CONSTRUCTION OVER SEPTIC TANKS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DRAINED AND FILLED.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 44-55-695. A septic tank which has been permanently disconnected from a residential dwelling or a commercial establishment may not be covered by any portion of an expansion to the residential or commercial structure or any new construction on the site unless the disconnected septic tank has been drained and filled to meet soil compaction requirements for residential or commercial construction."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.