REPORT TITLE:
Property; Sewer Inspection


DESCRIPTION:
Requires the seller of residential real property to ensure the
proper working condition of the sewer lateral and cleanout on the
property before the sale of the property and authorizes the
counties to inspect residential laterals and cleanouts five years
after the effective date of this Act.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.31         
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL SALES OF REAL PROPERTY.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 508D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "�508D-     Prohibitions on sales of residential real
 
 5 property.   (a)  No owner of residential real property may sell
 
 6 that property unless the sewer lateral and sewer cleanout, if
 
 7 any, located on the owner's property, are in proper working
 
 8 condition and the owner provides written assurances of that
 
 9 condition to the buyer before the sale of the property.
 
10      (b)  Counties may inspect residential sewer laterals and
 
11 cleanouts as they deem necessary beginning five years after the
 
12 effective date of this Act, or sooner if provided by county
 
13 ordinance."
 
14      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
15      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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17                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________