PRINTER'S NO. 2204
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
432
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY M. QUINN, JULY 7, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 7, 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 House of Representatives 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 House of Representatives 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 Chief Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to the
Pennsylvania Utility Contractors Association.
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