Bill Text: TX HB2758 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the duties of excavators to notify operators of the location of planned excavations and the duties of operators to mark the location of underground facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HB2758 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2758-Introduced.html

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84R8172 JJT-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 2758

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of excavators to notify operators of the
location of planned excavations and the duties of operators to mark
the location of underground facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 251.151(a), Utilities Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Sections 251.155 and 251.156, a
person who intends to excavate shall notify a notification center
not earlier than the 14th day before the date the excavation is to
begin or later than the 48th hour before the time the excavation is
to begin, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. For a
planned excavation activity that will extend to a location that is
one-quarter mile or more from the beginning point of an excavation
project, each one-quarter mile portion of the planned excavation
project is considered a separate excavation and the excavator shall
provide a separate notification under this section for each
excavation.
SECTION 2. Section 251.152, Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 251.152. INFORMATION INCLUDED IN NOTICE. The
excavator shall include in the notice required under Section
251.151:
(1) the name of the person serving the notice;
(2) the location of the proposed area of excavation
and the location of the beginning point of the proposed excavation,
including:
(A) the street address, if available, and the
location of the excavation at the street address; or
(B) if there is no street address, an accurate
description of the excavation area using any available designations
such as the closest street, road, or intersection;
(3) the name, address, and telephone number of the
excavator or the excavator's company;
(4) the excavator's field telephone number, if one is
available;
(5) a telephone facsimile number, e-mail address, or
another electronic number or address approved by the board to which
an operator may send the notification required by Section
251.157(d);
(6) the starting date and time and the anticipated
completion date of excavation; and
(7) a statement as to whether explosives will be used.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.