Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 372

AN ACT TO WITHDRAW FROM THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH JURISDICTION OVER THE APPROVAL OF PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SEWAGE SYSTEMS OR ALTERATIONS THERETO AND TO VEST SUCH AUHORITY SOLELY IN THE WATER AND AIR RESOURCES COMMISSION BY ADDING A NEW SECTION KNOWN AS SECTION 6307 TO TITLE 7, CHAPTER 63, DELAWARE CODE, AND BY AMENDING TITLE 16, SECTION 1506, DELAWARE CODE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Title 7, Chapter 63, Delaware Code is amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

§ 6307. Submission of construction plans

All plans for the construction or alteration of sewage systems shall be submitted to the Water and Air Resources Commission for its approval before construction shall be started upon same. The Water and Air Resources Commission is the only agency of the State of Delaware vested with the authority to require such approval prior to construction notwithstanding any other statute or rule or regulation to the contrary.

Section 2. Title 16, Chapter 15, Section 1506, Delaware Code, is amended by deleting the words "sewerage or" from line one thereof.

Approved June 28, 1968.