79R1687 MTB-D
By: Van Arsdale H.B. No. 1370
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the liability of excavators for damage to certain
underground facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 251.157(c), Utilities Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) An excavator who has fully complied with this chapter
is [may] not [be] liable for damage to an underground facility that
was not marked in accordance with this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.