Bill Amendment: FL S1058 | 2021 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspection Programs
Status: 2021-04-30 - Died in Appropriations [S1058 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S1058-Senate_Committee_Amendment_786480.html
Bill Title: Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspection Programs
Status: 2021-04-30 - Died in Appropriations [S1058 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S1058-Senate_Committee_Amendment_786480.html
Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1058 Ì7864806Î786480 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Burgess) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 40 - 158 4 and insert: 5 (3)By July 1, 2022,Each county is encouraged to establish 6 an evaluation and rehabilitation program for sanitary sewer 7 laterals on residential and commercial properties within the 8 county’s jurisdiction to identify and reduce extraneous flow 9 from leaking sanitary sewer laterals. At a minimum, the program 10 may do all of the following: 11 (a) Establish a system to identify defective, damaged, or 12 deteriorated sanitary sewer laterals on residential and 13 commercial properties within the jurisdiction of the county. If 14 a county identifies a defective, damaged, or deteriorated 15 sanitary sewer lateral and initiates a program to eliminate 16 extraneous flow, the county: 17 1. Shall notify the property owner of the issue by 18 certified mail, return receipt requested. The notice must 19 specify that within 14 days after receiving the notice, the 20 county intends to access the owner’s property to address the 21 defective, damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral. The 22 notice must identify the issue, inform the property owner that 23 he or she will be indemnified and held harmless in the repair 24 process, and provide a proposed timeline and plan for the 25 duration of the project, including start and completion dates. 26 2. Is responsible for any repair work done on the private 27 property. If any disruption of the property is necessary to 28 access the sanitary sewer lateral, the county shall ensure that 29 the property is restored to at least its pre-work conditions 30 after the repair is complete. Any repair work done to a sanitary 31 sewer lateral must meet all of the following requirements: 32 a. Provide one continuous monolithic pipe system. The 33 connections for the structure, mainline, and cleanout must be 34 installed and integrated into the continuous monolithic pipe 35 system by a Florida-licensed plumber; and 36 b. Be inspected using a lateral launch or similar CCTV 37 camera system conducted by a Pipeline Assessment Certification 38 Program (PACP) and Lateral Assessment and Certification Program 39 (LACP)-certified camera operator. The contractor must produce 40 and provide the county with a PACP- and LACP-certified report 41 describing the conditions of the continuous monolithic pipe 42 system and the respective connections to the main sewer pipe and 43 the structure. 44 (b) Consider economical methods for the countya property45ownerto repair or replace a defective, damaged, or deteriorated 46 sanitary sewer lateral. 47 (c) Establish and maintain a publicly accessible database 48 to store information concerning properties where a defective, 49 damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral has been 50 identified. For each property, the database must include, but is 51 not limited to, the address of the property, the names of any 52 persons the county notified concerning the faulty sanitary sewer 53 lateral, and the date and method of such notification. 54 (d) Use state or local funds allocated for the purpose of 55 environmental preservation or the protection of water quality. 56 Section 2. Section 166.0481, Florida Statutes, is amended 57 to read: 58 166.0481 Municipal sanitary sewer lateral inspections 59inspection programs for municipalities.— 60 (1) As used in this section, the term: 61 (a) “Sanitary sewer lateral” means a privately owned 62 pipeline connecting a property to the main sewer line which is 63 maintained and repaired by the property owner. 64 (b) “Continuous monolithic pipe system” means a pipe system 65 with no joints or seams anywhere, including all points where it 66 connects to the structure, the mainline, and the cleanout. 67 (2) A municipality may access any sanitary sewer lateral 68 within its jurisdiction to investigate, clean, repair, 69 recondition, or replace the sanitary sewer lateral. 70 (3)By July 1, 2022,Each municipality is encouraged to 71 establish an evaluation and rehabilitation program for sanitary 72 sewer laterals on residential and commercial properties within 73 the municipality’s jurisdiction to identify and reduce 74 extraneous flow from leaking sanitary sewer laterals. At a 75 minimum, the program may do all of the following: 76 (a) Establish a system to identify defective, damaged, or 77 deteriorated sanitary sewer laterals on residential and 78 commercial properties within the jurisdiction of the 79 municipality. If a municipality identifies such a defective, 80 damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral and initiates a 81 program to eliminate extraneous flow, the municipality: 82 1. Shall notify the property owner of the issue by 83 certified mail, return receipt requested. The notice must 84 specify that within 14 days after receiving the notice, the 85 municipality intends to access the owner’s property to address 86 the defective, damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral. 87 The notice must identify the issue, inform the property owner 88 that he or she will be indemnified and held harmless in the 89 repair process, and provide a proposed timeline and plan for the 90 duration of the project, including start and completion dates. 91 2. Is responsible for any repair work done on the private 92 property. If any disruption of the property is necessary to 93 access the sanitary sewer lateral, the municipality must ensure 94 that the property is restored to at least its pre-work 95 conditions after the repair is complete. Any repair work done to 96 a sanitary sewer lateral must meet all of the following 97 requirements: 98 a. Provide one continuous monolithic pipe system. The 99 connections for the structure, mainline, and cleanout must be 100 installed and integrated into the continuous monolithic pipe 101 system by a Florida-licensed plumber; and 102 b. Be inspected using a lateral launch or similar CCTV 103 camera system and conducted by a Pipeline Assessment 104 Certification Program (PACP) and Lateral Assessment and 105 Certification Program (LACP)-certified camera operator. The 106 contractor must produce and provide the county with a PACP- and 107 LACP-certified report stating the conditions of the continuous 108 monolithic pipe system and the respective connections to the 109 main sewer pipe and the structure. 110 (b) Consider economical methods for the municipalitya111property ownerto repair or replace a defective, damaged, or 112 deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral. 113 (c) Establish and maintain a publicly accessible database 114 to store information concerning properties where a defective, 115 damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral has been 116 identified. For each property, the database must include, but is 117 not limited to, the address of the property, the names of any 118 persons the municipality notified concerning the faulty sanitary 119 sewer lateral, and the date and method of such notification. 120 (d) Use state or local funds allocated for the purpose of 121 environmental preservation or the protection of water quality. 122 123 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 124 And the title is amended as follows: 125 Delete lines 21 - 22 126 and insert: 127 environmental preservation or the protection of water 128 quality; providing an effective date.