WEST virginia legislature

2021 regular session

ENROLLED

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 2370

By Delegates Howell, B. Ward, Paynter, Martin, Phillips, Mandt, J. Pack, Pinson, Miller, Sypolt and Kimes

[Passed April 10, 2021; in effect from passage.]

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-13A-9b, relating to exempting sewer charges for privately-owned swimming pools; requiring the owner of the swimming pool to provide the dimensions of a pool that is being filled with water; requiring the public service district to calculate the volume of the pool and allow the swimming pool’s owner to use that amount of water for filling the pool without being charged for the corresponding sewer charges; and allowing the public service district to inspect the swimming pool in order to verify the dimensions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 13A. public service districts.

§16-13A-9b. Exemptions for Swimming Pools.

(a) A public service district shall provide the owner of a privately-owned swimming pool with an exemption from sewer charges for the water required to fill the swimming pool, if the water is not discharged into the sewer system.

(b) In order for the owner of a privately-owned swimming pool to qualify for the exemption, the owner shall provide the dimensions of the swimming pool that is being filled to the public service district within 30 days of filling the swimming pool.

(c) The public service district shall calculate the volume of the swimming pool and allow the owner of the privately-owned swimming pool to use the amount of water necessary to fill the pool without charging the owner for the corresponding sewer charges that would normally be associated for that amount of use.

(d) The public service district may inspect the swimming pool of the owner of a privately-owned swimming pool applying for the exemption to verify the dimensions of the swimming pool submitted by the owner.

The Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills hereby certifies that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.

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        Chairman, House Committee

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                             Chairman, Senate Committee

Originating in the House.

In effect from passage.

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                  Clerk of the House of Delegates

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                                                   Clerk of the Senate

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                                            Speaker of the House of Delegates

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                                                                           President of the Senate

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                                                                                                Governor