HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 578        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 734

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to assure uniformity in the regulation of sanitary sewage treatment and disposal..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 31 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the third and fourth sentences and inserting in place thereof the following:- No such regulation may impose standards, procedures or other requirements more stringent than or otherwise exceeding those set forth in the state environmental code, and in particular Title 5 thereof, concerning any matter relating to the subsurface treatment or disposal of sanitary sewage, including without limitation the construction, alteration or inspection of any system therefore.