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SEWER LATERAL DISCLOSURES

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2016 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Karen Mayne

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House Sponsor: Stephen G. Handy

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill enacts provisions relating to sanitary sewer service.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     defines terms; and
13          ▸     requires each public owner of sanitary sewer facilities to provide certain disclosures
14     related to liability for the repair or replacement of a sewer lateral.
15     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16          None
17     Other Special Clauses:
18          None
19     Utah Code Sections Affected:
20     ENACTS:
21          11-8-4, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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23     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24          Section 1. Section 11-8-4 is enacted to read:
25          11-8-4. Sewer lateral disclosure required.
26          (1) As used in this section:
27          (a) "Public owner" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-8-1.
28          (b) "Sanitary sewer service" means service provided by a public owner's sanitary sewer
29     facilities.

30          (c) "Sewer lateral" means a pipe that connects a property to a public owner's sanitary
31     sewer main line.
32          (2) (a) Each calendar year, a public owner shall, in accordance with Subsection (2)(b),
33     distribute a disclosure that:
34          (i) includes the definition of a sewer lateral; and
35          (ii) states whether the record owner of the property or the public owner is responsible
36     for repair and replacement of the sewer lateral that serves a property.
37          (b) A public owner may distribute the disclosure described in Subsection (2)(a) by:
38          (i) once each calendar year conspicuously placing the disclosure:
39          (A) on each bill for sanitary sewer service in a particular billing cycle; or
40          (B) in a newsletter that is circulated within the boundaries of the area served by the
41     public owner;
42          (ii) conspicuously placing the disclosure on the public owner's website;
43          (iii) including the disclosure in a broad based social media campaign; or
44          (iv) any other means reasonably calculated to make the disclosure available to
45     individuals served by the public owner.
46          (c) A public owner's failure to comply with a provision of this Subsection (2) does not
47     result in any liability for the public owner based on the public owner's failure to comply.