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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 988
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E WORKFORCE AND THE SAFE
DELIVERY OF NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Each construction 1
contractor hired by a public utility to engage in the installation or 2
replacement of natural gas distribution infrastructure shall (1) employ 3
on site only employees who have successfully completed all of the 4
training and obtained all certifications required by this state for the 5
performance of such installation or replacement of natural gas 6
distribution infrastructure, and (2) notify the Gas Pipeline Safety Unit 7
of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority when hiring or utilizing a 8
contractor who is not a resident of this state. Such notification shall 9
include confirmation that such contractor has successfully completed 10
the training and obtained the certifications specified in subdivision (1) 11
of this section. 12
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To protect the public by ensuring that workers who perform natural
gas delivery work are properly trained and certified.
[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.]