HB0716 - Tennessee - Highways, Roads And Bridges, Utilities, Utility Districts

Companion Bill SB0664. Utilities, Utility Districts - Requires persons excavating within 100 feet of a street or highway to give notice to appropriate utilities; precludes excavator liability for damage to facilities if the utility operator fails to locate its facilities within three working days of receiving notice and the excavator does not observe clear evidence of unmarked facilities; creates a general DIG certificate to be issued for agricultural land within 100 feet of a street or highway when no utilities are located within the area. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 31. Fiscal Summary for HB0716 / *SB0664 Local Govt. Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB0716 / *SB0664 ON APRIL 9, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 664, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 authorizes issuance of a general DIG [...]

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