H. B. 2611
(By Delegate Caputo)
[Introduced February 3, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the
Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article three, chapter twenty-four of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
one-c, relating to requiring verification of approved septic
or sewage disposal system before connection of public
utilities to residential or commercial structures utilizing
individual on-site systems.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter twenty-four of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section one- c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES SUBJECT TO
REGULATIONS OF COMMISSION.
§24-3-1c. Verification of approved septic or sewage disposal system required before connection of public
utilities.
No public utility, as defined in section two, article one of
this chapter, may install or establish utility service to
residential or commercial structure utilizing an individual
on-site septic or sewage disposal system, unless the property
owner provides verification beforehand to the public utility that
the structure is presently serviced or has been approved for
service by a system or method of sewage or excreta disposal that
has been approved in writing by the commissioner of health or his
or her authorized representative, as required by section nine,
article one, chapter sixteen of this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require property owners
to provide verification of an approved septic or sewage disposal
system before public utilities may be connected to a residential
or commercial structure utilizing an individual on-site septic or
sewage disposal system.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.