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IN SB0225
Bill
Status
1/6/2015
Primary Sponsor
Michael Crider
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AI Summary
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Exempts the practice of surveying from Indiana's 811 underground utility locating and marking law, with specified exceptions effective July 1, 2015.
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Requires sections 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, and 22 of the underground utility chapter to apply to surveying activities that involve mechanized equipment or driving survey markers into the ground at depths greater than 12 inches.
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Confirms the 811 law applies to blasting, setting drainage tile, subsoiling, and other subsurface activities.
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Extends sections 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, and 22 of the law to construction and installation of railroad signal facilities and drainage facilities at public grade crossings.
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Changes terminology from "advisory board committee" to "advisory committee" in the underground plant protection advisory committee provisions related to violation investigations and penalty recommendations.
Legislative Description
Underground utility facilities. Provides that the statute concerning the locating and marking of underground utility facilities (Indiana's 811 law) does not apply to the practice of surveying, except with respect to certain specified activities. Makes a technical change.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
1/6/2015