CHAPTER 429
An Act to require the Department of Health to develop a plan for oversight and enforcement of certain requirements governing onsite sewage treatment systems.
[H 2322]
Approved March 18, 2019
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That the Department of Health shall develop a plan for the oversight and enforcement by the Department of requirements related to the inspection and pump-out of onsite sewage treatment systems that do not require a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit established pursuant to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (§ 62.1-44.15:67 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) and are located in counties eligible for participation in the Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority pursuant to Chapter 76 (§ 15.2-7600 et seq.) of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia. The Department shall present such plan to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health prior to implementing the plan.