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Committee sends cleanup bill on sewer tie-ins to the calendar
Summary
Senate Bill 2057 clarifies that when a sewer line is adjacent to a property and capacity exists, utilities should allow connections even if the line is not physically on the property; the committee voted to move the bill to the calendar.
Senator Taylor presented Senate Bill 2057 as a cleanup measure to a prior law that required utilities to connect properties to sewer lines. The sponsor explained the bill clarifies that when capacity exists and a sewer line is adjacent to a property (for example, in a dedicated street), the utility must allow the property owner to tie in. Senator Taylor described the bill as a technical clarification and the committee voted to move the bill to the calendar.
"This bill is really just a cleanup bill from last year," Senator Taylor said, explaining the change is intended to resolve practical issues where sewer lines are not located on private property but are adjacent in dedicated rights-of-way. The committee recorded the ayes and advanced SB 2057.
