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2020 SESSION
HB 723 Underground pipelines and electrical transmission lines; agriculture.
Introduced by: David A. Reid | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Underground pipelines and conduit and electrical transmission lines; agriculture. Requires a utility company installing an underground pipeline or conduit with an inside diameter greater than 12 inches or an underground electric transmission or distribution line of greater than 115 kilovolts in capacity to mitigate the effects of the project if the project disturbs 10,000 square feet or more of agricultural land. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to adopt regulations requiring the utility company to remove topsoil from the planned construction site and either redistribute it to graded areas elsewhere on the land of the affected property owner or store it nearby, protected from erosion and compaction, for later redistribution on the disturbed area.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102155D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106632D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB723ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102155D
- 01/06/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/16/20 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/23/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106632D-H1
- 01/28/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/20 House: Read first time
- 01/31/20 House: Read second time
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106632D-H1
- 01/31/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB723H1
- 02/03/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 03/02/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB723ER)
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/17/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 666 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666)