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SB 288: Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety

GENERAL BILL by Richter

Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety; Requiring all member operators including those with state-owned underground facilities located within the right-of-way of a state highway to be notified through the free-access notification system of a proposed excavation or demolition; creating an additional noncriminal infraction for the failure of an excavator to notify the member operator in certain circumstances; requiring an excavator to provide notice through the free-access notification system before beginning certain excavations, demolitions, or maintenance activities, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 2/7/2014 Senate - Withdrawn prior to introduction -SJ 31
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/17/2013 Senate • Filed
11/4/2013 Senate • Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and Conservation
1/6/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 01/14/14, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
2/7/2014 Senate • Withdrawn from Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and Conservation
• Withdrawn prior to introduction -SJ 31