Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB0199 Latest Draft

Bill / Draft Version Filed 01/16/2025

                             
SENATE BILL 113 
 By Johnson 
 
HOUSE BILL 199 
By Reeves 
 
 
HB0199 
000984 
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, 
Chapter 221, Part 4, relative to variances for 
subsurface sewage disposal systems. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-221-403(a)(10), is amended by 
adding the following as a new subdivision: 
(  )  The commissioner may issue a variance within the covered area or 
jurisdiction under ยง 68-221-410, which shall supersede any more stringent local 
requirements; 
SECTION 2.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-221-410(a), is amended by 
adding the following new subdivision:  
(  )  The commissioner may require a variance granted under this section to be 
filed and recorded with the county register of deeds with respect to the property subject 
to the variance. 
SECTION 3.  This act takes effect upon becoming law, the public welfare requiring it.