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| 14 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING MA RKINGS MADE PURSUANT TO CAL L |
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| 15 | 20 | | BEFORE YOU DIG REQUI REMENTS. |
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| 16 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 17 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 19 | 24 | | Section 1. Section 16-351 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 20 | 25 | | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 |
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| 21 | 26 | | A public utility receiving notice pursuant to section 16-349 shall 3 |
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| 22 | 27 | | inform the person, public agency or public utility proposing to 4 |
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| 23 | 28 | | excavate, discharge explosives or demolish of the approximate location 5 |
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| 24 | 29 | | of its underground facilities in the area in such manner as will enable 6 |
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| 25 | 30 | | such person, public agency or public utility to establish the actual 7 |
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| 26 | 31 | | location of the underground facilities, and shall provide such other 8 |
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| 27 | 32 | | assistance in establishing the actual location of the underground 9 |
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| 28 | 33 | | facilities as the authority may require by regulations adopted pursuant 10 |
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| 29 | | - | to section 16-357. Such person, public agency or public utility shall 11 |
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| 30 | | - | designate the area of the proposed excavation, demolition or discharge 12 |
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| 31 | | - | of explosives as the authority may prescribe by regulations adopted 13 |
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| 32 | | - | pursuant to section 16-357. The public utility receiving notice shall 14 |
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| 33 | | - | mark the approximate location of its underground facilities in such 15 |
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| 34 | | - | manner and using such methods, including color coding, as the 16 |
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| 35 | | - | authority may prescribe by regulations adopted pursuant to section 16-17 |
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| 36 | | - | 357. The authority shall prescribe by regulations adopted pursuant to 18 |
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| 37 | | - | section 16-357, that any designation or mark made pursuant to this 19 Substitute Bill No. 678 |
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| 34 | + | to section 16-357, as amended by this act. Such person, public agency 11 |
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| 35 | + | or public utility shall designate the area of the proposed excavation, 12 |
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| 36 | + | demolition or discharge of explosives as the authority may prescribe 13 |
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| 37 | + | by regulations adopted pursuant to section 16-357, as amended by this 14 |
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| 38 | + | act. The public utility receiving notice shall mark the approximate 15 |
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| 39 | + | location of its underground facilities in such manner and using such 16 |
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| 40 | + | Committee Bill No. 678 |
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| 44 | | - | section that includes markings on streets, sidewalks or other surfaces 20 |
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| 45 | | - | shall be made with a material that begins to fade not more than three 21 |
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| 46 | | - | months after such markings are made. If the actual location of the 22 |
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| 47 | | - | underground facilities cannot be established, the person, public agency 23 |
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| 48 | | - | or public utility shall so notify the public utility whose facilities may be 24 |
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| 49 | | - | affected, which shall provide such further assistance as may be needed 25 |
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| 50 | | - | to determine the actual location of the underground facilities in 26 |
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| 51 | | - | advance of the proposed excavation, discharge of explosives or 27 |
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| 52 | | - | demolition. 28 |
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| 45 | + | methods, including color coding, as the authority may prescribe by 17 |
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| 46 | + | regulations adopted pursuant to section 16-357, as amended by this 18 |
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| 47 | + | act. The authority shall prescribe by regulations adopted pursuant to 19 |
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| 48 | + | section 16-357, as amended by this act, that any designation or mark 20 |
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| 49 | + | made pursuant to this section that includes markings on streets, 21 |
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| 50 | + | sidewalks or other surfaces shall be made with a material that begins 22 |
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| 51 | + | to fade not more than three months after such markings are made. If 23 |
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| 52 | + | the actual location of the underground facilities cannot be established, 24 |
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| 53 | + | the person, public agency or public utility shall so notify the public 25 |
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| 54 | + | utility whose facilities may be affected, which shall provide such 26 |
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| 55 | + | further assistance as may be needed to determine the actual location of 27 |
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| 56 | + | the underground facilities in advance of the proposed excavation, 28 |
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| 57 | + | discharge of explosives or demolition. 29 |
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| 58 | | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: |
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| 59 | | - | In Section 1, ", as amended by this act" was deleted four times for |
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| 60 | | - | accuracy. |
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| 63 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 64 | + | To require certain proposed excavation markings to be made with |
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| 65 | + | materials that begin to fade three months after such markings are |
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| 66 | + | made. |
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| 67 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 68 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 69 | + | not underlined.] |
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