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Bill 483

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      483
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010322
Primary Sponsor:                  Reese
All Sponsors:                     Reese
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11417ac01.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Medical Affairs Committee 13 SMA
Subject:                          Wastewater system, onsite; petition DHEC 
                                  for in new subdivision; must own property or 
                                  reside near; Water and Sewer


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010322  Introduced, read first time,           13 SMA
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 48-1-115 SO AS TO REQUIRE A PERSON PETITIONING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN APPLICATION FOR AN ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEM IN A NEW SUBDIVISION TO RESIDE OR OWN PROPERTY WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED YARDS OF THE SUBDIVISION AND MUST STATE HOW THE APPROVAL OF THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT HIM.

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 48-1-115. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the Department of Health and Environmental Control has given public notice of an application to approve an onsite wastewater system as the method of sewage treatment and disposal in a new subdivision, a person filing a petition for a public hearing during the fifteen-day public comment period must reside or own property within five hundred yards of the subdivision and must state how the approval of the wastewater system would impact him specifically.

(B) For purposes of this section:

(1) 'Onsite wastewater system' means a sewage treatment and disposal system or any part of a system, designed to treat and dispose of, or store sewage including, but not limited to, septic tank systems, sewage holding systems, and similar devices.

(2) 'Subdivision' means a tract or parcel of land that is subdivided into two or more lots for the immediate or future purpose of building development and applies whether the lots are to be sold, rented, or leased."

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

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