To enact section 3718.026 of the Revised Code to authorize a board of county commissioners or municipal legislative authority to reject the application of any rule adopted after January 1, 2014, by the Department of Health governing the design of household sewage treatment systems.

Section 1.  That section 3718.026 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 3718.026.  (A) A board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by a majority vote of the full membership of the board or legislative authority, may reject the application within the county or municipal corporation, as applicable, of any rule governing the design of a household sewage treatment system adopted by the department of health after January 1, 2014.

(B) If the board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation votes to reject the application of a rule under division (A) of this section, the board of health of the applicable health district shall administer within the county or municipal corporation, as applicable, the rules adopted by the department governing the design of a household sewage treatment system that existed on January 1, 2014.