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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 678
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4093
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT CONCERNING MA RKINGS MADE PURSUANT TO CAL L
BEFORE YOU DIG REQUI REMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 16-351 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
A public utility receiving notice pursuant to section 16-349 shall 3
inform the person, public agency or public utility proposing to 4
excavate, discharge explosives or demolish of the approximate location 5
of its underground facilities in the area in such manner as will enable 6
such person, public agency or public utility to establish the actual 7
location of the underground facilities, and shall provide such other 8
assistance in establishing the actual location of the underground 9
facilities as the authority may require by regulations adopted pursuant 10
to section 16-357, as amended by this act. Such person, public agency 11
or public utility shall designate the area of the proposed excavation, 12
demolition or discharge of explosives as the authority may prescribe 13
by regulations adopted pursuant to section 16-357, as amended by this 14
act. The public utility receiving notice shall mark the approximate 15
location of its underground facilities in such manner and using such 16
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methods, including color coding, as the authority may prescribe by 17
regulations adopted pursuant to section 16-357, as amended by this 18
act. The authority shall prescribe by regulations adopted pursuant to 19
section 16-357, as amended by this act, that any designation or mark 20
made pursuant to this section that includes markings on streets, 21
sidewalks or other surfaces shall be made with a material that begins 22
to fade not more than three months after such markings are made. If 23
the actual location of the underground facilities cannot be established, 24
the person, public agency or public utility shall so notify the public 25
utility whose facilities may be affected, which shall provide such 26
further assistance as may be needed to determine the actual location of 27
the underground facilities in advance of the proposed excavation, 28
discharge of explosives or demolition. 29
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 16-351
Statement of Purpose:
To require certain proposed excavation markings to be made with
materials that begin to fade three months after such markings are
made.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.
S.B. 678