SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 5, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: (A) For the purposes of this section: “Section 575880. (1) any upgrading of the facility being ‘Betterment’ means relocated that is made solely for the benefit of the public water system and is not attributable to improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration of roads, streets, or highways undertaken by the department. (2) to relocating water and sewer means ‘Costs related lines’ the entire amount attributable to the relocation less the amount of any betterment made to the system. Costs related to relocating water and sewer lines include, but are not limited to, rightofway acquisition to accommodate the relocated utility, design, engineering, permitting, removal, installation, inspection, materials, and labor costs. (3) highway ‘Public system’ means: (a) the state highway system as defined in Section 57510; (b) roads, streets, and highways under the jurisdiction of a county or municipality; and (c) bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, and other similar facilities located throughout the State. (4) water has the same meaning as in ‘Public system’ Section 445520(13); (5) sewer any publicly or privately ‘Public system’ means owned sewer system that provides sewer services to the public; (6) or means the adjustment of a ‘Relocating’ ‘relocated’ public water system facility by removing and reinstalling the facility, including necessary temporary facilities; moving, rearranging, or changing the type of existing facilities; taking necessary safety and protective measures; the construction of a replacement facility that is both functionally equivalent to, but not a betterment of, the existing facility and necessary for continuous operation of the system’s service. (7) transportation improvement or ‘State project’ ‘project’ means a permanent improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration to the public highway system undertaken by the Department of Transportation, a county, or a municipality. (B) The department shall bear all costs related to relocating water and sewer lines:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 5, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: “Section 575880. (A) For the purposes of this section: (1) ‘Betterment’ means any upgrading of the facility being relocated that is made solely for the benefit of the public water system and is not attributable to improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration of roads, streets, or highways undertaken by the department. (2) ‘Costs related to relocating water and sewer lines’ means the entire amount attributable to the relocation less the amount of any betterment made to the system. Costs related to relocating water and sewer lines include, but are not limited to, rightofway acquisition to accommodate the relocated utility, design, engineering, permitting, removal, installation, inspection, materials, and labor costs. (3) ‘Public highway system’ means: (a) the state highway system as defined in Section 57510; (b) roads, streets, and highways under the jurisdiction of a county or municipality; and (c) bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, and other similar facilities located throughout the State. (4) ‘Public water system’ has the same meaning as in Section 445520(13); (5) ‘Public sewer system’ means any publicly or privately owned sewer system that provides sewer services to the public; (6) ‘Relocating’ or ‘relocated’ means the adjustment of a public water system facility by removing and reinstalling the facility, including necessary temporary facilities; moving, rearranging, or changing the type of existing facilities; taking necessary safety and protective measures; the construction of a replacement facility that is both functionally equivalent to, but not a betterment of, the existing facility and necessary for continuous operation of the system’s service. (7) ‘State transportation improvement project’ or ‘project’ means a permanent improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration to the public highway system undertaken by the Department of Transportation, a county, or a municipality. (B) The department shall bear all costs related to relocating water and sewer lines:
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