| 1 | 1 | | H.B. 472 |
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| 2 | 2 | | LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL |
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| 3 | 3 | | 6 Approved for Filing: E.A. Evans 6 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 6 02-14-23 4:22 PM 6 |
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| 5 | 5 | | H.B. 472 |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1 GROUNDBEARI NG EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS |
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| 7 | 7 | | 2 2023 GENERAL SESSION |
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| 8 | 8 | | 3 STATE OF UTAH |
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| 9 | 9 | | 4 Chief Sponsor: Calvin R. Musselman |
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| 10 | 10 | | 5 Senate Sponsor: ____________ |
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| 11 | 11 | | 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | 7LONG TITLE |
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| 13 | 13 | | 8General Description: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 9 This bill addresses construction groundbearing equipment requirements. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 10Highlighted Provisions: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 11 This bill: |
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| 17 | 17 | | 12 <defines terms; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 13 <requires a real property owner to: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 14 Cobtain a geotechnical report before using groundbearing equipment as part of a |
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| 20 | 20 | | 15construction project; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 16 Cdevelop a solution to ensure groundbearing equipment soil and subgrade support |
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| 22 | 22 | | 17before using groundbearing equipment as part of the project. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 18Money Appropriated in this Bill: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 19 None |
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| 25 | 25 | | 20Other Special Clauses: |
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| 26 | 26 | | 21 None |
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| 27 | 27 | | 22Utah Code Sections Affected: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 23ENACTS: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 24 15A-6-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 25 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 26Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 27 Section 1. Section 15A-6-301 is enacted to read: |
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| 33 | 33 | | *HB0472* H.B. 472 02-14-23 4:22 PM |
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| 35 | 35 | | 28 Part 3. Groundbearing Equipment Requirements |
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| 36 | 36 | | 29 15A-6-301. Groundbearing equipment geotechnical report. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 30 (1) As used in this section, "groundbearing equipment" means a power-operated |
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| 38 | 38 | | 31machine used in construction, demolition, or excavation work. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 32 (2) Before using groundbearing equipment for a construction project on real property, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 33the owner of the real property shall: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 34 (a) obtain a geotechnical report detailing whether the existing soil and subgrade |
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| 42 | 42 | | 35conditions of the real property are able to support the groundbearing equipment in addition to |
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| 43 | 43 | | 36the other equipment or materials to be used or structures to be built as part of the project; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 37 (b) if the owner determines from the geotechnical report that the soil and subgrade |
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| 45 | 45 | | 38conditions on the real property are unable to support the groundbearing equipment in addition |
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| 46 | 46 | | 39to the other equipment, materials, and structures, develop or design a solution to ensure the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 40support. |
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