SF 773

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the environment; authorizing establishment 
  1.3             of a statewide individual sewage treatment system 
  1.4             cost-share program; appropriating money; proposing 
  1.5             coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103C.
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [103C.503] [COST-SHARING FOR SEPTIC SYSTEM 
  1.8   IMPROVEMENT.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY.] A county, watershed district, 
  1.10  or watershed management organization may, individually or 
  1.11  cooperatively, establish an individual sewage treatment system 
  1.12  cost-share program in cooperation with a soil and water 
  1.13  conservation district board for the purpose of providing 
  1.14  cost-share funds to property owners for site evaluation, design, 
  1.15  installation, repair, or replacement of individual sewage 
  1.16  treatment systems, including cluster systems, on privately owned 
  1.17  property.  The program must be designed to enable property 
  1.18  owners to comply with section 115.55 and rules adopted under 
  1.19  it.  Technical assistance must be provided by a licensed 
  1.20  individual sewage treatment system professional designated by 
  1.21  the county.  The governing body of a county, watershed district, 
  1.22  or watershed management organization shall provide for the 
  1.23  operation and administration of the program through the 
  1.24  comprehensive local water plan under chapter 103B and by 
  1.25  ordinance.  Section 103C.501, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, 
  2.1   apply to the program. 
  2.2      Subd. 2.  [PRIORITIES.] Cost-share funds must be used to 
  2.3   address local priorities identified in the comprehensive local 
  2.4   water plan that affect human health and must specifically 
  2.5   address septic systems that directly affect drinking water 
  2.6   sources or that directly affect surface waters used for 
  2.7   recreation. 
  2.8      Subd. 3.  [LIMITATIONS.] Cost-share funds may not be used 
  2.9   to: 
  2.10     (1) increase the capacity of an individual sewage treatment 
  2.11  system beyond what is reasonably required to serve existing 
  2.12  buildings and lots; 
  2.13     (2) finance seasonal homes or rental unit individual sewage 
  2.14  treatment systems; 
  2.15     (3) finance more than one system per landowner; 
  2.16     (4) finance a system that has already used cost-share funds 
  2.17  under this section; 
  2.18     (5) finance a system for a home that does not have a life 
  2.19  expectancy of at least 20 years; 
  2.20     (6) finance more than 75 percent of the cost of a system; 
  2.21  or 
  2.22     (7) finance any construction cost inside the house except 
  2.23  for the cost associated with installing a pump or lift station. 
  2.24     Subd. 4.  [ORDINANCES, CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.] A county, 
  2.25  watershed district, or a watershed management organization may 
  2.26  not establish a cost-share program unless ordinances adopted 
  2.27  under section 115.55 and rules adopted under it are in effect.  
  2.28  All repairs and improvements made to individual sewage treatment 
  2.29  systems under this section must be performed by a licensed 
  2.30  individual sewage treatment professional and must comply with 
  2.31  section 115.55, and rules adopted under it, and other applicable 
  2.32  requirements. 
  2.33     Subd. 5.  [DISSOLUTION.] The county, watershed district, or 
  2.34  watershed management organization may dissolve the cost-share 
  2.35  program by ordinance. 
  2.36     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  3.1      $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the board 
  3.2   of water and soil resources for the purposes of section 1.  The 
  3.3   appropriation is available for the biennium ending June 30, 1999.
  3.4      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.5      Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  3.6   enactment.