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<br /> Pete Hoffrnann, Chair <br /> <br /> May 7, 2007 <br /> <br /> Page 2 <br /> 2. Anew section 17-19 was added. This section that relates to a temporary amnesty <br /> period, replaces language inadvertently left out of this bill. This section reads as follows: <br /> "Section 17-17.1. Amnesty period. <br /> (a) For the period beginning October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007, <br /> persons may apply for plumbing permits for residential building or farm <br /> structures completed before January 1, 2006 without proper plumbing <br /> permits. These special circumstance permits shall be called "amnesty <br /> permits:' Only persons eligible to obtain a permit, pursuant to section 17-15, <br /> may apply for an amnesty permit. <br /> (b) Amnesty permit holders will be exempt from all civil and criminal penalties <br /> pursuant to section 17.9 that might otherwise be imposed for constructing a <br /> structure without a plumbing permit, if they otherwise comply with all <br /> applicable provisions of the County plumbing code, as well as the following <br /> listed conditions: <br /> (1) An application for a plumbing permit, that satisfies the requirements of <br /> the County plumbing code, shall be submitted within the amnesty <br /> period; and <br /> (2) The unpermitted construction shall be brought into full compliance with <br /> the requirements of the County plumbing code, and the permit closed in <br /> compliance with the code. <br /> (c) If these conditions are not being met, exemption from all civil and criminal <br /> penalties pursuant to sections 17-9, arising from the grant of an amnesty <br /> permit, shall lapse. <br /> (d) Any exemption from civil and criminal penalties granted pursuant to this <br /> section, arising from the grant of an amnesty permit, shall not relieve any <br /> person from the obligation to otherwise comply with all requirements of this <br /> code. <br /> (e) This section shall be repealed on October 1, 2007. All persons who have <br /> applied for and obtained an amnesty permit before the expiration of this <br /> section, shall be allowed to proceed pursuant to the terms of such permit, as <br /> long as they remain in full compliance with this section and the County <br /> plumbing code." <br /> 3. In article 3, section 17-47, paragraphs were renumbered as appropriate. <br /> An updated table that summarizes the changes proposed to chapter 17 by this bill is also <br /> attached. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Casey Jar:han <br /> County Clerk <br /> CJ/]c <br /> Enclosure <br /> <br />