PRINTER'S NO. 270
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
284
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, WATSON, MACKENZIE, HEFFLEY, D. COSTA, MOUL,
STAATS, MILLARD, PHILLIPS-HILL, MURT, EVERETT, SCHEMEL,
M. QUINN, IRVIN AND WARD, FEBRUARY 1, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 1, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287),
entitled, as amended, "An act to protect the public health
and safety by preventing excavation or demolition work from
damaging underground lines used in providing electricity,
communication, gas, propane, oil delivery, oil product
delivery, sewage, water or other service; imposing duties
upon the providers of such service, recorders of deeds, and
persons and other entities preparing drawings or performing
excavation or demolition work; and prescribing penalties,"
further providing for title of act, for definitions,
providing for start date, further providing for duties of
facility owners, for duties of the One Call System, for
duties of designers, for duties of excavators, for duties of
project owners and for penalties, providing for Damage
Prevention Committee, for enforcement and for compliance and
further providing for One Call System authority and for
expiration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The title and section 1 of the act of December
10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as the Underground
Utility Line Protection Law, are amended to read:
AN ACT
To protect the public health and safety by preventing
excavation or demolition work from damaging underground
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