Private Acts of 1998 Chapter 145

SECTION 1. No utility service shall be connected to any building or improvement to real property in Roane County after the effective date of this act unless proof is furnished to the provider of such utility service that a building permit for such building or improvement to such real property has been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 279 of the Private Acts of 1974, as amended by Chapter 255 of the Private Acts of 1980, and any other acts amendatory thereto.

SECTION 2. The provisions of this act shall only apply to the owner or owners of real property in Roane County who plan to build, erect, construct or remodel, or who plan to cause or allow to be built, erected, constructed, or remodeled, any building or improvement upon their real property which is subject to the provisions of Chapter 279 of the Private Acts of 1974, as amended by Chapter 255 of the Private Acts of 1980, and any other acts amendatory thereto.

SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Legislative Body of the County of Roane. Its approval or non-approval shall be proclaimed by the Presiding Officer of the Legislative Body of the County of Roane and certified to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 4. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective as provided in Section 3.

Passed: April 9, 1998.