No. CS/CS/CS/HB 589
Filed under Healthcare.
Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits; Prohibits municipality or political subdivision of state from requiring owners & builders of certain residences to receive construction permits from DEP as condition of issuing building or plumbing permits; requires such owners & builders to provide certain proof to municipality or political subdivision.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDFor single-family homes, a municipality can no longer require the owner or builder to have already received a septic system construction permit from the department before issuing a building or plumbing permit.
Instead, the owner or builder only has to show a municipality proof that a septic permit application was submitted when applying for the building or plumbing permit.
If septic construction begins before the department issues that permit, the property owner or applicant, not the local government, assumes all legal, financial, and safety liability for it.
Separately, once the department adopts a new septic system rule, that rule cannot be applied to permit applications already submitted within the 90 days right after adoption.
AIFor a single-family residence needing a septic system, a municipality or political subdivision can no longer make an already-approved department construction permit a condition of issuing the building or plumbing permit.
AIIn place of the approved permit, the owner or builder must show the municipality proof that a septic system permit application was submitted at the time of applying for the building or plumbing permit.
AIIf work on the septic system begins before its own construction permit is issued, the property owner or applicant, not the municipality or the department, must assume all legal, financial, and safety liability that results.
AIOnce the department adopts a new rule for the use and installation of septic systems, that rule cannot be applied to a permit application submitted within 90 days after the rule's adoption; this part takes effect July 1, 2026.