Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Utilities Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2670
Excavations near underground utility lines; certain persons who remove markings shall be subject to civil penalty.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHENEVER THE TERM "MISSISSIPPI ONE-CALL SYSTEM, INC." APPEARS IN THE CHAPTER REGULATING EXCAVATIONS, THE TERM SHALL MEAN "MISSISSIPPI 811, INC."; TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE METHOD OF MARKING THE LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES OR UNDERGROUND FACILITIES UPON RECEIVING ADVANCE NOTICE OF AN EXCAVATION; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PERSONS WHO REMOVE, ALTER OR OTHERWISE DAMAGE MARKINGS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO PROVIDE THAT ANY OPERATOR WHO SUFFERS DAMAGES AS A RESULT OF NOT PARTICIPATING AS A MEMBER OF MISSISSIPPI 811, INC., WAIVES THE RIGHT TO RECOVER CERTAIN DAMAGES IF THE EXCAVATOR COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 14 to February 2, 2010, 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 SenateJan 14 to Feb 2 · stopped19 days
Public UtilitiesJan 14 to Feb 2 · stopped19 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 Senate Jan 14 – Feb 2
- Jan 14Referred to the Senate committee on Public Utilities
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 14Referred To Public UtilitiesSenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate