This bill aims to amend the Code of West Virginia by prohibiting counties and municipalities from imposing fees on private landowners who have their own private sanitary sewer systems. Specifically, it states that these landowners cannot be charged fees based on the county or municipal sanitary sewer systems, nor can they be required to connect to these systems or be held responsible for costs associated with improvements or construction of county or municipal sanitary sewer systems.

The bill introduces new legal language that clarifies the definition of "user" to exclude private landowners with pre-existing sanitary sewer systems from being classified as users of county or municipal systems. Additionally, it modifies the language regarding the powers of municipalities to ensure that similar protections are afforded to private landowners at the municipal level. Overall, the legislation seeks to protect private landowners from financial obligations related to public sewer systems that they do not utilize.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 7-20-3, 8-18-1