H.B. No. 0057

Damage to underground public utilities.

Sponsored By: Representative(s) Stubson, Harvey, Illoway, Kimble, Millin, Moniz, Roscoe, Throne and Zwonitzer, Dn. and Senator(s) Bebout

AN ACT relating to underground public utilities; providing for civil penalties for damages to underground public utilities; providing notification requirements before excavations; providing definitions; providing for mitigation of damages; providing for safety training programs; and providing for an effective date.

2/1/2010 Bill Number Assigned

2/8/2010 H Received for Introduction

2/9/2010 H Introduced and Referred to H09

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Anderson, R., Bagby, Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Brown, Buchanan, Byrd, Cannady, Carson, Childers, Cohee, Connolly, Craft, Davison, Diercks, Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hales, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Illoway, Jaggi, Jorgensen, Kimble, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Millin, Moniz, Patton, Peasley, Pedersen, Petersen, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Simpson, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Thompson, Throne, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays: Representative(s) Brechtel

Excused: Representative(s) Hallinan and Philp

Ayes 57 Nays 1 Excused 2 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/15/2010 H09 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Brechtel, Byrd, Craft, Harvey, Lockhart, Moniz, Roscoe, Stubson and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Ayes 9 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/15/2010 H Placed on General File

HB0057HS001/ADOPTED

Page 2-line 17 After "remedy" insert "available"; after "equity" delete balance of line and insert ".".

Page 2-lines 18 and 19 Delete entirely.

Page 7-line 1 After "excavator" insert "fails to comply with W.S. 37-12-302(c) and"; delete "a located" insert "an".

Page 7-line 2 Delete "by failing to utilize" insert "during an excavation, or fails to exercise"; after "care" insert "in excavating and damages a located underground facility". LOCKHART, CHAIRMAN

HB0057HW001/ADOPTED

Page 15-line 13 After "." insert "When excavating, reasonable care shall require hand digging, as necessary, to protect the underground facility.". STUBSON

2/16/2010 H Passed CoW

HB0057H2001/ADOPTED

Page 3-line 18 After "join" insert "and participate in".

Page 3-line 20 After "join" insert "or participate in".

Page 4-line 3 After "join" insert "or participate in".

Page 4-line 11 After "join" insert "or participate in". GINGERY

2/17/2010 H Passed 2nd Reading

2/18/2010 H Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Anderson, R., Bagby, Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Brown, Buchanan, Byrd, Cannady, Carson, Childers, Cohee, Connolly, Craft, Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hales, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Illoway, Jorgensen, Kimble, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Millin, Moniz, Patton, Peasley, Pedersen, Petersen, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Simpson, Steward, Stubson, Thompson, Throne, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays: Representative(s) Brechtel, Davison, Diercks, Jaggi and Teeters

Excused: Representative(s) Hallinan and Philp

Ayes 53 Nays 5 Excused 2 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/19/2010 S Received for Introduction

2/22/2010 S Introduced and Referred to S09

2/24/2010 S09 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Bebout, Cooper, Hunnicutt, Larson and Martin

Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/24/2010 S Placed on General File

HB0057SS001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 10–line 9 After "repair" delete "or" insert "and".

Page 15–line 4 After "injury" insert "." and strike balance of line. LARSON, CHAIRMAN

HB0057SW001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 15–line 4 Delete the First Senate Standing Committee Amendment (HB0057SS001/A) to this line and further amend as follows: strike "on proof of negligence" insert "when failing to utilize reasonable care". BEBOUT

2/26/2010 S Passed CoW

3/1/2010 S Passed 2nd Reading

HB0057S3001/FAILED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 1-line 4 After "excavations;" insert "providing for civil penalties and damages related to marking of underground facilities;".

Page 5-after line 16 Insert and renumber:

"(iv)  If an operator, after receipt of a notice from an excavator or notification center pursuant to W.S. 37-12-302(c), fails to mark the location of its underground facilities within the time period specified in W.S. 37-12-302(d), the operator may be liable for any costs or damage incurred by the excavator as a result of any delay in the excavation project caused by the operator's failure to mark or delay in marking its facilities." BEBOUT

HB0057S3002/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 5-after line 16 Delete the Bebout Third Reading Amendment (HB0057S3001/A) to this line and further amend as follows. Insert and renumber:

"(iv)  If an operator, after receipt of a notice from an excavator or notification center pursuant to W.S. 37-12-302(c), fails to mark the location of its underground facilities within the time period specified in W.S. 37-12-302(d), and unless the failure resulted from circumstances beyond the operator's control, the court shall impose upon the operator a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation. For purposes of this paragraph, each day of delay in marking underground facilities shall be a separate violation.". CASE

3/2/2010 S Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Bebout, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Dockstader, Elliott, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hunnicutt, Jennings, Johnson, Landen, Larson, Martin, Massie, Meier, Meyer, Nicholas, Peterson, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend and Von Flatern

Nays: Senator(s) Hines and Perkins

Ayes 28 Nays 2 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

3/2/2010 H Received for Concurrence

3/2/2010 H Did Concur

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Anderson, R., Bagby, Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Byrd, Cannady, Carson, Cohee, Connolly, Craft, Davison, Diercks, Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hales, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Illoway, Jaggi, Jorgensen, Kimble, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Millin, Moniz, Patton, Pedersen, Petersen, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Simpson, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Thompson, Throne, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Excused: Representative(s) Childers, Hallinan, Peasley and Philp

Ayes 56 Nays 0 Excused 4 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

3/2/2010 Assigned Number HEA No. 0035

3/3/2010 H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0035

3/3/2010 S President Signed HEA No. 0035

3/8/2010 Governor Signed HEA No. 0035

3/8/2010 Assigned Chapter Number

Chapter No. 0062 Session Laws of Wyoming 2010