By Turner of Coleman                                  H.B. No. 1669
         77R4035 CBH-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the duty of an operator of an underground facility to
 1-3     notify an excavator of the operator's intentions.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 251.157, Utilities Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
 1-7           (d)  Not later than the 24th hour before the time excavation
 1-8     is to begin, an operator contacted by the notification center shall
 1-9     notify the excavator of the operator's plans to mark or not mark
1-10     the proximate location of an underground facility at or near the
1-11     site of the proposed excavation.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.