PRINTER'S NO. 1064
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
161
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DiSANTO, JUNE 29, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 29, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Commending the Pennsylvania Utility Contractors Association,
doing business as the National Utility Contractors
Association of Pennsylvania, and recognizing its 50th
anniversary as a trade association.
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Utility Contractors Association
(PUCA), doing business as the National Utility Contractors
Association (NUCA) of Pennsylvania, is a 50-year-old nonprofit
trade association representing the underground utility
construction industry; and
WHEREAS, PUCA's mission is to promote safe and responsible
installation of new underground utility infrastructure and
rehabilitation of existing underground utility infrastructure,
including water, sewer, gas, electrical, telecommunications,
water and wastewater treatment plants, dams and landfills; and
WHEREAS, PUCA brings the underground utility construction
industry, policymakers and stakeholders together as they focus
on long-range underground utility infrastructure development,
encouraging adequate government services, catalyzing consensus
on damage prevention issues and convening discussion relating to
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safe and responsible installation; and
WHEREAS, PUCA is composed of a diverse membership of
recognized underground utility contractors, site developers,
engineers, heavy equipment dealers, equipment suppliers, law
firms, insurance bonding agents and anyone with an interest in
underground utility contracting in Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The Western Pennsylvania Utility Contractors
Association (WPUCA) was incorporated on April 20, 1967, with 20
contractor members and 12 associate members; and
WHEREAS, WPUCA hosted the First Annual Convention of NUCA in
Pittsburgh on June 27 through 28, 1969; and
WHEREAS, WPUCA served the northwest, central and western
regions of Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The Utility Contractors of Eastern Pennsylvania
(UCAEP) was incorporated on August 11, 1969, and was affiliated
with NUCA National in late 1969; and
WHEREAS, UCAEP served the northeast, capital and eastern
Pennsylvania regions; and
WHEREAS, In 1984, in recognition of common interests and
needs, the WPUCA and UCAEP were dissolved as corporations and
the new Statewide association was formed of stakeholders and
elected officials, administrators and professional staff
representing local government agencies along with State agencies
and legislative and executive leadership; and
WHEREAS, PUCA is committed to the mission of promoting safe
and responsible infrastructure installation and is proactively
involved in the formulation of policy and legislation critical
to the utility construction industry by addressing safety
issues, regulatory compliance and underground utility
infrastructure needs within this Commonwealth; and
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WHEREAS, PUCA continues to increase its influence among
stakeholders, policymakers and elected officials Statewide; and
WHEREAS, PUCA is hosting its 50th anniversary celebration on
September 8 through 9, 2017, in State College to raise awareness
of the industry and the need for safety and to have its message
resonate among members of the subsurface utility industry and
the General Assembly; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate commend the Pennsylvania Utility
Contractors Association for its efforts to promote safe and
responsible installation of underground utilities in this
Commonwealth; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the celebration on
September 8 through 9, 2017, marking the association's 50th
anniversary as a leading trade association; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit a copy of
this resolution to the Pennsylvania Utility Contractors
Association.
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