Utilities, counties, municipalities, authorities, transfer or use of public funds, for repair or replacement of private sewer laterals, authorized, recovery provided
Description
This bill would provide that the use of
public funds to repair or replace sewer laterals on
private property is a "public purpose," as that
term has been defined by the Supreme Court of
Alabama in Slawson v. Alabama Forestry Commission,
631 So.2d 953 (Ala. 1994), and related caselaw and
opinions of the Supreme Court of Alabama, and would
authorize a county, municipality, or authority
incorporated under Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975,
to repair or replace a private sewer lateral or to
transfer public funds for repair or replacement of
a private sewer lateral, and to recover the amount
of the transfer or the cost of repair or
replacement by prorating that amount on the utility
bill of the owner of the private sewer lateral
Relating to sewer laterals; to authorize a county,
municipality, or authority incorporated under Title 11, Code
of Alabama 1975, to transfer or use public funds for the
repair or replacement of private sewer laterals; and to
provide a method by which a county, municipality, or authority
transferring or using public funds to repair or replace sewer
laterals may recover those public funds.
Subjects
Utilities
Bill Actions
Action Date
Chamber
Action
February 23, 2021
H
Pending third reading on day 8 Favorable from County and Municipal Government
February 23, 2021
H
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 9, 2021
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government
February 9, 2021
S
Engrossed
February 9, 2021
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 103
February 9, 2021
S
Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 102
February 9, 2021
S
Gudger Amendment Offered
February 9, 2021
S
Third Reading Passed
February 3, 2021
S
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 2, 2021
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
