Any person who engages in the business of sewer connections
in Suffolk County shall register with the Suffolk County Department
of Public Works prior to making any such connections. No request for
registration shall be approved or accepted unless satisfactory proof
of the following is submitted:
A. A valid plumber's license, issued by the town or village in which
the sewer connections are to be made. In the event that the town or
village in which the sewer connections are to be made does not provide
for the licensing of plumbers, then a valid plumber's license issued
by the Suffolk County Department of Consumer Affairs must be submitted.
B. A license or permit bond, including a one-year discovery term, or
other undertaking acceptable to the Administrator, in an amount determined
by the Administrator to be sufficient for the purpose of these rules
and regulations, which amount for general permits is to be determined
by the Administrator on the basis of the number of general permits
issued in a calendar year to the person engaging in the business of
sewer connections in Suffolk County, except that such amount shall
not be less than $5,000 annually nor exceed $25,000 annually, a schedule
of which amounts shall be made public by the Administrator, said bonds
commencing on January 1 of each year, indemnifying and saving harmless
the County of Suffolk, the town and/or village in which a sewer connection
is to be made, their departments or agencies and their officers, employees,
agents or servants from all damages or claims of damage to a public
sewer system, water service main or water pipe or to a highway or
the surface thereof; to insure compliance with the terms and conditions
of the general permit related to said sewer connection; or damages
to any other municipal facility in making connections with a public
sewer, in opening a public sewer or in making an opening or excavation
in a public highway or in maintaining, guarding, refilling, dewatering
or working in or about such openings or excavations. The bond shall
be in such form as is acceptable to the Administrator.
No person shall engage in the business of making sewer connections
in the County of Suffolk without first having registered with the
Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any person
who makes a sewer connection with real property of which the person
is the owner or one of the owners thereof.
Any person who engages in the business of sewer connections
without having first registered with the Commissioner of the Suffolk
County Department of Public Works shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than
$1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Each
such connection shall be deemed a separate offense.
Upon the request of the Commissioner of the Department of Public
Works, the Suffolk County Attorney may commence an action in the name
of the County of Suffolk to restrain, prevent and enjoin a violation
or a continuing violation of this article.
The District Attorney of the County of Suffolk is hereby designated
as the County officer charged with the enforcement of this article.
The Administrator shall adopt and promulgate such rules and
regulations as he may deem necessary to implement the provisions of
this article.