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HCS/SB 958 - This act authorizes any rural electric cooperative and certain electrical corporations that operate on the not-for-profit cooperative business plan to trim trees and control vegetation within the legal description in a recorded easement, or when no easement exists, within the following areas: 1) within 10 feet of electric lines located in a city and potentially energized at or below 34.5 kilovolts; 2) within 30 feet of electric lines located outside of a city and potentially energized at or below 34.5 kilovolts; 3) within 50 feet of electric lines potentially energized between 34.5 and 100 kilovolts; and 4) within 75 feet or within a federally required clearance for electric lines potentially energized at 100 kilovolts or more. In claims for property damage, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the electric utility acted with reasonable care and within its rights when controlling vegetation in these areas. Electric cooperatives may control vegetation in excess of [...]

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  • 05/29/2008 - Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee
  • 05/29/2008 - Signed by Senate President
  • 05/29/2008 - Signed by House Speaker
  • 05/29/2008 - Delivered to Governor
  • 05/08/2008 - Motion to dissolved conference committee S adopted

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Bill Summary
File name Last Updated
SB958 Bill Summary Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed HTML05/09/2008
SB958 Bill Summary House Committee Substitute HTML04/15/2008
SB958 Bill Summary Perfected HTML02/27/2008
SB958 Bill Summary Introduced HTML01/16/2008

Bill Text
File name Last Updated
SB958 Bill Text Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed PDF05/09/2008
SB958 Bill Text House Committee Substitute PDF04/15/2008
SB958 Bill Text Perfected PDF02/26/2008
SB958 Bill Text Introduced PDF01/16/2008

Fiscal Notes
File name Last Updated
SB958 Fiscal Notes House Comm Sub (Truly Agreed) PDF05/27/2008
SB958 Fiscal Notes House Comm Sub PDF04/14/2008
SB958 Fiscal Notes House Comm Sub HTML04/14/2008
SB958 Fiscal Notes Perfected PDF02/26/2008
SB958 Fiscal Notes Perfected HTML02/26/2008
SB958 Fiscal Notes Introduced PDF02/06/2008
SB958 Fiscal Notes Introduced HTML02/06/2008