| Sec. 1. Reimbursement. Resolved: That the Department of Environmental |
Protection and the Department of Human Services shall identify |
jointly all residential dwellings in the State having on-site |
peat sewage disposal systems installed on or after October 1, |
1988 that, due to improper installation, have failed or are |
currently malfunctioning. For each system that has failed or is |
currently malfunctioning, the Commissioner of Environmental |
Protection shall reimburse the owner of the dwelling for the full |
cost of repairing or replacing the system. Funds necessary for |
reimbursement must come from existing budgeted resources of the |
Department of Environmental Protection. All systems eligible for |
reimbursement under this section must be identified by July 1, |
2000 and all eligible homeowners must be reimbursed by December |
31, 2000; and be it further |