Amendment S-5142 to HF 2581
Relating to required timing for notices regarding underground facility excavations and enforcement of excavation provisions, and including penalties
Adopted · April 16, 2024
Filed April 10, 2024 in the Senate by Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a rule that if a locator employed by a company violates the law, the company is responsible for the fine. It also ensures that a company cannot be penalized twice for the same violation as both a locator and an operator.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 4, line 24, after “general.” by inserting “If a locator employed by an operator violates this paragraph, the operator employing the locator shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount determined by the attorney general, which shall be the same as though assessed against the locator.”
- Page 5, lines 9 and 10, by striking “and engages in location services under a contract with an operator”
- Page 5, by striking line 23 and inserting “operator except as provided in section 480.6, subsection 1, paragraph “c” .”
- Page 5, before line 24 by inserting: “
- Any enforcement action taken against a locator employed by an operator for a violation of this chapter shall not result in the operator being subject to penalties as both a locator and an operator.”