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1996 SESSION
HB 182 Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act.
Introduced by: Richard L. Fisher | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 961017845 pdf
- 01/23/96 House: Printed as engrossed 961017845-E pdf
- 02/19/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB182ER) pdf
- 03/07/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 961017845
- 01/10/96 House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
- 01/18/96 House: Reported from C. I. B. w/amds. (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/19/96 House: Read first time
- 01/22/96 House: Read second time
- 01/22/96 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/23/96 House: Read second time
- 01/23/96 House: Amendment by Mr. Forbes agreed to
- 01/23/96 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/23/96 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/23/96 House: Printed as engrossed 961017845-E
- 01/24/96 House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N)
- 01/24/96 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N)
- 01/24/96 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/25/96 Senate: Read first time
- 01/25/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/12/96 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/96 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/96 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/96 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/14/96 Senate: Amendment by Mr. Colgan agreed to
- 02/14/96 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/14/96 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/96 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/96 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/96 Senate: Emergency clause added
- 02/16/96 House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB182ER)
- 02/26/96 House: Enrolled
- 02/27/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/96 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 79 (effective 3/5/96)
- 03/07/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079)