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Bill to Expand Optional Connections to Public Water, Sewers Advances to Hearing
Summary
Representative Steve Fitzpatrick told the Senate Natural Resources Committee House Bill 629 expands the circumstances under which a proposed subdivision can connect to an existing public water or sewer system from a narrow optional carve‑out to any subdivision within 501–1,000 feet of a compliant system.
Representative Steve Fitzpatrick, sponsor of House Bill 629, told the Senate Natural Resources Committee the bill would expand the optional hookup zone for subdivisions near public water and sewer systems from the narrowly permitted circumstance in prior law to any subdivision located 501 to 1,000 feet from a compliant public water system.
Ben Rigby, executive director of Montana Rural Water, supported the…
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