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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BAKER, GEIST, HESS, MAJOR, AUMENT, BOBACK, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CLYMER, COHEN, D. COSTA, DALEY, DAVIDSON, DONATUCCI, FLECK, GEORGE, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HORNAMAN, M. K. KELLER, KOTIK, KULA, MANN, MILLARD, MUNDY, MURT, PICKETT, PRESTON, QUINN, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROSS, SONNEY, SWANGER, TOOHIL AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 19, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, OCTOBER 19, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), |
2 | entitled, as amended, "An act to protect the public health |
3 | and safety by preventing excavation or demolition work from |
4 | damaging underground lines used in providing electricity, |
5 | communication, gas, propane, oil delivery, oil product |
6 | delivery, sewage, water or other service; imposing duties |
7 | upon the providers of such service, recorders of deeds, and |
8 | persons and other entities preparing drawings or performing |
9 | excavation or demolition work; and prescribing penalties," |
10 | further providing for definitions. |
11 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
12 | hereby enacts as follows: |
13 | Section 1. The definition of "line" or "facility" in section |
14 | 1 of the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to |
15 | as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, amended November |
16 | 29, 2006 (P.L.1593, No.181), is amended to read: |
17 | Section 1. As used in this act: |
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19 | "Line" or "facility" means an underground conductor or |
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1 | underground pipe or structure used in providing electric or |
2 | communication service, or an underground pipe used in carrying, |
3 | gathering, transporting or providing natural or artificial gas, |
4 | petroleum, propane, oil or petroleum and production product, |
5 | sewage, water or other service to one or more transportation |
6 | carriers, consumers or customers of such service and the |
7 | appurtenances thereto, regardless of whether such line or |
8 | structure is located on land owned by a person or public agency |
9 | or whether it is located within an easement or right-of-way. The |
10 | term shall include unexposed storm drainage and traffic loops |
11 | that are not clearly visible. [The term shall not include crude |
12 | oil or natural gas production and gathering lines or facilities |
13 | unless the line or facility is a regulated onshore gathering |
14 | line as defined in regulations promulgated after January 1, |
15 | 2006, by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant |
16 | to the Pipeline Safety Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-508, 49 |
17 | U.S.C. § 60101 et seq.), if the regulated gathering line is |
18 | subject to the damage prevention program requirements of 49 CFR |
19 | § 192.614.] |
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21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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