No. CS/CS/SB 698
Filed under Healthcare.
Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits; Prohibiting a municipality or political subdivision of the state from requiring owners and builders of certain residences to receive construction permits from the Department of Environmental Protection as a condition of issuing building or plumbing permits; requiring such owners and builders to provide certain proof to the municipality or political subdivision; requiring an applicant for a permit for the construction of an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system or a property owner to assume specified liabilities under certain circumstances, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDFor a single-family home needing a septic system, a city or county can no longer withhold the building or plumbing permit until the state issues its septic construction permit -- proof that the application was filed is now enough.
If the septic system itself gets built before the state actually approves the permit, the property owner or applicant takes on all the legal, financial, and safety liability for it alone.
Starting July 1, 2026, a newly adopted rule on septic system use or installation cannot be enforced against permit applications filed within 90 days after the rule takes effect.
AIFor single-family homes needing an onsite sewage system, a municipality or county may no longer require the owner or builder to have already received the state's septic construction permit before issuing the local building or plumbing permit.
AIIn place of the state permit itself, the owner or builder need only show the municipality that a septic system application was submitted at the time of applying for the building and plumbing permit.
AIIf the septic system is built before the department actually issues its construction permit, the property owner or applicant, not the municipality or the state, bears all legal, financial, and safety liability that results.
AIStarting July 1, 2026, a newly adopted department rule on septic system use or installation cannot be applied against a permit application filed within 90 days after that rule's adoption date.