SB178 — Sewage - As enacted, prohibits the commissioner of environment and conservation from denying a permit for a septic system solely because a public sewer system is accessible in certain circumstances; requires that for residential real estate sales involving property consisting of one to four residential units, the potential future obligation to connect to the public sewer system must be disclosed by the seller to the purchaser in the same manner as, and subject to the same remedies, as other known defects. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 4.

SB178 — Sewage - As enacted, prohibits the commissioner of environment and conservation from denying a permit for a septic system solely because a public sewer system is accessible in certain circumstances; requires that for residential real estate sales involving property consisting of one to four residential units, the potential future obligation to connect to the public sewer system must be disclosed by the seller to the purchaser in the same manner as, and subject to the same remedies, as other known defects. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 4. · Informed CitizenryThe bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated Section 68-221-409 by adding two new subsections. First, a commissioner cannot deny a permit for a subsurface sewage disposal system solely because a public…Open in Informed Citizenry