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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0831* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 831 |
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| 8 | 8 | | M3 3lr1750 |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Stein |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 9, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Environment – Septic Systems – Online Database 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of the Environment to develop and maintain 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | a certain online database of all septic systems installed in the State to track certain 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | information; requiring a local jurisdiction to report certain information to the 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Department in a certain manner; requiring the Department to establish a workgroup 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | to oversee the development and population of the database; and generally relating 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | to an online database for septic systems. 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – Environment 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 9–1114 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2014 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – Environment 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9–1114. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION , THE DEPARTMENT 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SHALL DEVELOP AND MA INTAIN AN ONLINE DATABASE OF ALL SEPT IC SYSTEMS 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | INSTALLED IN THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRACKING THE FOLLOWING 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | INFORMATION : 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) LOCATION, INCLUDING PROPERTY A DDRESS AND LOCATION ON 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | THE PROPERTY; 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 831 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) PERMIT NUMBER ; 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) DATE OF INSTALLATION ; 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | |
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| 54 | 54 | | (4) SOIL EVALUATION TESTS ; 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | (5) NAME OF DESIGNER AND I NSTALLERS; 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | |
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| 58 | 58 | | (6) TYPE OF SYSTEM; 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (7) WHETHER THE PROPERTY IS RESIDENTIAL , COMMERCIAL , OR 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | INDUSTRIAL; 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | |
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| 63 | 63 | | (8) LOCATION OF THE BACKUP DRAIN FIELD , IF APPLICABLE; AND 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (9) REPAIR HISTORY, IF A PERMIT WAS REQUIRED . 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | |
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| 67 | 67 | | (B) (1) EACH LOCAL JURISDICTI ON SHALL REPORT INFORMATION ON 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO THE DEPARTMENT IN A MANNE R DETERMINED BY THE 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | DEPARTMENT . 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (2) A LOCAL JURISDICTION T HAT ALREADY MAINTAIN S AN ONLINE 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | DATABASE FOR SEPTIC SYSTEMS : 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | |
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| 74 | 74 | | (I) MAY PROVIDE THE LINK TO THE DATABASE WEBSITE TO 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | THE DEPARTMENT TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | SUBSECTION; AND 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | |
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| 78 | 78 | | (II) SHALL MAINTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION. 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (C) IN INITIALLY MAINTAINING THE DATABASE REQUIRE D UNDER 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION , THE DEPARTMENT SHALL UPDATE THE 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | DATABASE: 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (1) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, WITH INFORMATION FOR ALL 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | SEPTIC SYSTEMS INSTA LLED IN THE STATE SINCE THE YEAR 2000; AND 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (2) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2033, WITH INFORMATION FOR ALL 25 |
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| 89 | 89 | | SEPTIC SYSTEMS INSTA LLED IN THE STATE BEFORE THE YEAR 2000. 26 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (D) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTA BLISH A WORKGROUP TO 27 |
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| 92 | 92 | | OVERSEE THE DEVELOPM ENT AND POPULATION O F THE DATABASE . 28 HOUSE BILL 831 3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (2) THE WORKGROUP SHALL I NCLUDE: 1 |
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| 97 | 97 | | |
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| 98 | 98 | | (I) ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT ; 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | |
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| 100 | 100 | | (II) ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADV OCACY 3 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ORGANIZATION ; 4 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (III) ONE REPRESENTATIVE TH AT IS AN ENVIRONMENT AL 5 |
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| 104 | 104 | | HEALTH SPECIALIST ; 6 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (IV) ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE BOARD OF ON–SITE 7 |
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| 107 | 107 | | WASTEWATER PROFESSIONALS ; AND 8 |
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| 108 | 108 | | |
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| 109 | 109 | | (V) ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION 9 |
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| 110 | 110 | | OF REALTORS. 10 |
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| 112 | 112 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11 |
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| 113 | 113 | | October 1, 2023. 12 |
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