Kentucky Senate Bill 165 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-19 - recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
Pending: Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 367.4903 to define "positive response," "unique identification number", and "locator"; amend KRS 367.4909 to require operators to update the positive response system documenting the status of marking the approximate location of its underground facilities and to require excavators to give additional time to operators of underground facilities transporting gas or hazardous liquids or transmitting electricity; amend KRS 367.4911 to require excavators that find evidence of an unmarked underground facility to notify the protection notification centers and give the operators 6 hours to identify the facility; provide that if an operator of underground facilities other than one transporting gas or hazardous liquids or transmitting electricity fails to respond to locate requests and to update the positive response system the excavator shall not be liable for damages resulting from the operator's failure to comply with the duties provided in the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994; amend KRS 367.4913 to clarify the duties of the protection notification centers and to require the centers to maintain certain information for 5 years and file an annual report with the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission.

AN ACT related to underground facility protection.

Sen. Paul Hornback [R]

Sen. Rick Girdler [R]

Sen. Jared Carpenter [R]

Sen. John Schickel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-19	Senate	recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
2020-03-18	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2020-03-17	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2020-03-17	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17, 2020
2020-03-11	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-10	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-02-14	Senate	to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
2020-02-12	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb165.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb165/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/sb165/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/sb165/SCS1LM.pdf