Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1450
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
(Brandes) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (255866) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 840 and 841
5 insert:
6 Section 22. Section 125.569, Florida Statutes, is created
7 to read:
8 125.569 Sanitary sewer lateral inspection program.—
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, counties are 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 23. Section 166.0481, Florida Statutes, is created
33 to read:
34 166.0481 Sanitary sewer lateral inspection program.—
35 (1) As used in this section, the term “sanitary sewer
36 lateral” means a privately owned pipeline connecting a property
37 to the main sewer line which is maintained and repaired by the
38 property owner.
39 (2) By July 1, 2022, municipalities are encouraged to
40 establish an evaluation and rehabilitation program for sanitary
41 sewer laterals on residential and commercial properties within
42 the municipality’s jurisdiction to identify and reduce
43 extraneous flow from leaking sanitary sewer laterals. At a
44 minimum, the program may do all of the following:
45 (a) Establish a system to identify defective, damaged, or
46 deteriorated sanitary sewer laterals on residential and
47 commercial properties within the jurisdiction of the
48 municipality.
49 (b) Consider economical methods for a property owner to
50 repair or replace a defective, damaged, or deteriorated sanitary
51 sewer lateral.
52 (c) Establish and maintain a publicly accessible database
53 to store information concerning properties where a defective,
54 damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral has been
55 identified. For each property, the database must include, but is
56 not limited to, the address of the property, the names of any
57 persons the municipality notified concerning the faulty sanitary
58 sewer lateral, and the date and method of such notification.
59 Section 24. Section 689.301, Florida Statutes, is created
60 to read:
61 689.301 Disclosure of known defects in sanitary sewer
62 laterals to prospective purchaser.—Before executing a contract
63 for sale, a seller of real property shall disclose to a
64 prospective purchaser any defects in the property’s sanitary
65 sewer lateral which are known to the seller. As used in this
66 section, the term “sanitary sewer lateral” means the privately
67 owned pipeline connecting a property to the main sewer line.
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70 And the title is amended as follows:
71 Delete line 909
72 and insert:
73 waste; making technical changes; creating ss. 125.569
74 and 166.0481, F.S.; defining the term “sanitary sewer
75 lateral”; encouraging counties and municipalities,
76 respectively, to establish a sanitary sewer lateral
77 inspection program by a specified date; providing
78 parameters for such a program; creating s. 689.301,
79 F.S.; requiring a seller of real property to disclose
80 any known defects in the property’s sanitary sewer
81 lateral; defining the term “sanitary sewer lateral”;
82 reenacting s.