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1996 SESSION

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HB 182 Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act.

Introduced by: Richard L. Fisher | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. Amends various provisions of the Act as follows: (i) brings certain gravity sewer systems under the Act's provisions, (ii) adds a definition for "contract locator," (iii) extends the exemption of routine roadway maintenance to include all paved portions of a street, (iv) eliminates burdens currently placed on notification systems due to work unrelated to proposed excavation, (v) makes contract locators subject to the same liabilities and civil penalties as operators when the locators, acting on behalf of operators, fail to perform the duties imposed by the Act, and (vi) provides statutory immunity to the advisory committee established by the Act.


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