l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 1338

Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of the Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE REGULATION OF EXCAVATIONS NEAR UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS TO OPERATORS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF MISSISSIPPI ONE-CALL SYSTEM, INC.; TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF DAMAGED UTILITY LINES OR FACILITIES TO BE GIVEN TO MISSISSIPPI ONE-CALL SYSTEM, INC., AND ALL OPERATORS OF SUCH DAMAGED LINES OR FACILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE REFERENCES TO NONMEMBER OPERATORS OF MISSISSIPPI ONE-CALL SYSTEM, INC., AND TO REVISE MARKING DESIGNATIONS OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NOTICE MAY BE EFFECTED BY TELEPHONE, FAX OR ELECTRONIC MEANS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH MISSISSIPPI ONE-CALL SYSTEM, INC.; TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE OPERATORS WHO HAVE UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES OR FACILITIES WITHIN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO BE A MEMBER OF MISSISSIPPI ONE-CALL SYSTEM, INC.; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

February 4 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Public UtilitiesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Feb 19

  1. Feb 4Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives