Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 2295 creates the Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act. It sets up a statewide system for identifying underground facilities and notifying their owners of proposed excavations or damage. The act creates a nonprofit corporation, whose board members are representatives of specified types of underground facilities, excavators, and the general public, to operate a statewide 1-800 number and route calls to regional notification centers. Operators of these types of underground facilities are required to supply a map of the facilities to the appropriate notification center. Any entity, with certain exceptions, excavating with a powered excavation device is required to contact the center before excavation. The corporation is funded by an annual fee paid by facility operators and other user fees. A civil penalty is created for an excavator who violates provisions of the act and for a notification center that does not meet the requirements of the act.