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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:
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17 Other Special Clauses:
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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
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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.