Bill Text: TX HB1224 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to compliance of excavators of underground utilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HB1224 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1224-Introduced.html
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| By: Bell | H.B. No. 1224 | |
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| relating to compliance of excavators of underground utilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 251.157, Utilities Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) In a civil action brought against an excavator for | ||
| damages related to an excavation, the plaintiff must show that the | ||
| proximate cause of the damages was the excavator's failure to | ||
| comply with Section 251.151. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a cause of action that | ||
| accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of | ||
| action that accrued before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law applicable to the cause of action immediately | ||
| before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
