Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1450
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 910 and 911
    4  insert:
    5         Section 22. Section 125.569, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         125.569 Sanitary sewer lateral inspection program.—
    8         (1) As used in this section, the term “sanitary sewer
    9  lateral” means a privately owned pipeline connecting a property
   10  to the main sewer line which is maintained and repaired by the
   11  property owner.
   12         (2) By July 1, 2022, counties are encouraged to establish
   13  an evaluation and rehabilitation program for sanitary sewer
   14  laterals on residential and commercial properties within the
   15  county’s jurisdiction to identify and reduce extraneous flow
   16  from leaking sanitary sewer laterals. At a minimum, the program
   17  may do all of the following:
   18         (a) Establish a system to identify defective, damaged, or
   19  deteriorated sanitary sewer laterals on residential and
   20  commercial properties within the jurisdiction of the county.
   21         (b) Consider economical methods for a property owner to
   22  repair or replace a defective, damaged, or deteriorated sanitary
   23  sewer lateral.
   24         (c) Establish and maintain a publicly accessible database
   25  to store information concerning properties where a defective,
   26  damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral has been
   27  identified. For each property, the database must include, but is
   28  not limited to, the address of the property, the names of any
   29  persons the county notified concerning the faulty sanitary sewer
   30  lateral, and the date and method of such notification.
   31         Section 23. Section 166.0481, Florida Statutes, is created
   32  to read:
   33         166.0481 Sanitary sewer lateral inspection program.—
   34         (1) As used in this section, the term “sanitary sewer
   35  lateral” means a privately owned pipeline connecting a property
   36  to the main sewer line which is maintained and repaired by the
   37  property owner.
   38         (2) By July 1, 2022, municipalities are encouraged to
   39  establish an evaluation and rehabilitation program for sanitary
   40  sewer laterals on residential and commercial properties within
   41  the municipality’s jurisdiction to identify and reduce
   42  extraneous flow from leaking sanitary sewer laterals. At a
   43  minimum, the program may do all of the following:
   44         (a) Establish a system to identify defective, damaged, or
   45  deteriorated sanitary sewer laterals on residential and
   46  commercial properties within the jurisdiction of the
   47  municipality.
   48         (b) Consider economical methods for a property owner to
   49  repair or replace a defective, damaged, or deteriorated sanitary
   50  sewer lateral.
   51         (c) Establish and maintain a publicly accessible database
   52  to store information concerning properties where a defective,
   53  damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral has been
   54  identified. For each property, the database must include, but is
   55  not limited to, the address of the property, the names of any
   56  persons the municipality notified concerning the faulty sanitary
   57  sewer lateral, and the date and method of such notification.
   58         Section 24. Section 689.301, Florida Statutes, is created
   59  to read:
   60         689.301 Disclosure of known defects in sanitary sewer
   61  laterals to prospective purchaser.—Before executing a contract
   62  for sale, a seller of real property shall disclose to a
   63  prospective purchaser any defects in the property’s sanitary
   64  sewer lateral which are known to the seller. As used in this
   65  section, the term “sanitary sewer lateral” means the privately
   66  owned pipeline connecting a property to the main sewer line.
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   68  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   69  And the title is amended as follows:
   70         Between lines 48 and 49
   71  insert:
   72         creating ss. 125.569 and 166.0481, F.S.; defining the
   73         term “sanitary sewer lateral”; encouraging counties
   74         and municipalities, respectively, to establish a
   75         sanitary sewer lateral inspection program by a
   76         specified date; providing parameters for such a
   77         program; creating s. 689.301, F.S.; requiring a seller
   78         of real property to disclose any known defects in the
   79         property’s sanitary sewer lateral; defining the term
   80         “sanitary sewer lateral”;