Amend CSHB 2295 as follows:
      (1)  On page 4, between lines 10 and 11, insert:
            (15)  "Routine maintenance" means operations, not to
exceed 24 inches in depth, within a road or drainage ditch
involving grading and removal or replacement of pavement and
structures.
      (2)  On page 4, line 11, strike "(15)" and substitute "(16)".
      (3)  On page 4, line 16, strike "(16)" and substitute "(17)".
      (4)  On page 17, line 17, strike "or".
      (5)  On page 17, line 22, strike the period and substitute ";
or".
      (6)  On page 17, between lines 22 and 23, insert:
            (7)  routine maintenance by a county employee on a
county road right-of-way to a depth of not more than 24 inches.
      (7)  On page 23, between lines 20 and 21, insert the
following:
      SECTION 22.  FACILITY ON COUNTY ROAD.  (a)  Section 16 of
this Act does not apply to an excavation by a county employee on a
county road, except an excavation within a recorded easement.
      (b)  This Act does not affect any contractual or statutory
right of a county to require an operator to relocate, replace, or
repair its underground facility.
      (8)  Renumber existing SECTIONS 22 and 23 as SECTIONS 23 and
24, respectively.