Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
House Bill 575
MS One-Call System; prohibit liability from attaching to excavators who do not receive timely markings of underground utilities from.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF MISSISSIPPI ONE-CALL SYSTEM, INC., DOES NOT PROVIDE OPERATORS TO MARK UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES OR UNDERGROUND FACILITIES WITHIN 4 WORKING DAYS TO ANY PERSON THAT IS EXCAVATING AFTER THAT PERSON HAS PROVIDED CERTAIN NOTICE, THEN SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY OCCUR DUE TO HIS OR HER EXCAVATING ACTIVITIES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 77-13-7 AND 77-13-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Public UtilitiesJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 Jan 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
- Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives