Bill Text: IN HB1480 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Residential onsite sewage systems.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 10 [HB1480 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1480-Engrossed.html
Citations Affected: IC 16-41.
Synopsis: Residential onsite sewage systems. Allows an employee of
a local health department to conduct an onsite soil evaluation
concerning the repair or replacement of a failed residential onsite
sewage system if: (1) the employee was hired by the local health
department before January 1, 2013; (2) the local health board has
determined that the employee has the necessary knowledge of the
principles of soil science as acquired by professional education; (3) the
employee uses guidelines set forth in the soil manuals, technical
bulletins, and handbooks of the Natural Resources Conservation
Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; and (4) the
employee files a written report with the local health department for
each onsite soil evaluation conducted by the employee.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
(SENATE SPONSORS _ CHARBONNEAU, LEISING)
January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
February 14, 2013, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
February 18, 2013, read second time, ordered engrossed.
February 19, 2013, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 72, nays 17.
February 25, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
March 4, 2013, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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(b) An employee of a local health department may conduct an onsite soil evaluation concerning the repair or replacement of a failed residential onsite sewage system (as defined in IC 13-11-2-144.8) if:
(1) the employee was hired by the local health department before January 1, 2013;
(2) the local health board has determined that the employee has the necessary knowledge of the principles of soil science as acquired by professional education;
(3) the employee uses guidelines set forth in the soil manuals,
technical bulletins, and handbooks of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service of the United States Department of
Agriculture; and
(4) the employee files a written report with the local health
department for each onsite soil evaluation conducted by the
employee.