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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-698" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Sanitary Commissions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before a person may dig in or do any other construction on any way in a service area, the person shall obtain from the sanitary commission approval of the digging or construction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To obtain approval, the person shall file with the sanitary commission a plan for the digging or construction that shows the depth and location of each:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Conduit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Main;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Pipe;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Pole; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Other structure.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If approval of the plans has been obtained from the sanitary commission, before a person may do any digging or construction different from the approved plans, the person shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Submit a new plan that shows the changes in the information required for the original plan; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Obtain approval from the sanitary commission to do the digging or construction according to the new plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If any obstruction has been constructed in, on, or under a way in violation of this section and if the sanitary commission is required to move that obstruction to build or operate a project:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The district may move the obstruction and charge the cost of moving the obstruction to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The person who constructed or installed the obstruction; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any successor in interest to that person;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The owner of the obstruction is not entitled to compensation under this subtitle for moving the obstruction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The district is not liable for damage done to the obstruction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Before beginning work on the plumbing system on any property in a service area, a person shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Obtain from the district a permit to do the plumbing work;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pay to the district the permit fee that the sanitary commission requires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Allow the sanitary commission to inspect the plumbing work.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Before connecting the plumbing system of any property to a water pipe or sewer pipe operated by the district, a person shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Obtain from the district a permit to make the connection; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Comply with any additional conditions that the sanitary commission requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
