MO HB1919

Repeals and re-enacts section 319.015 of Missouri Revised Statutes to update definitions related to underground facility safety and damage prevention.

Adds "sprinkler systems" to the definition of underground facilities subject to excavation notification requirements.

Clarifies that water and sanitary sewer lines providing service to private property and connected to a main line, when owned by a utility, municipal utility, water district, or other service provider, are considered underground facilities at locations crossing or within easements or rights-of-way dedicated to public use or owned by others.

Maintains existing exemptions for water and sewer lines owned solely by private property owners and excludes railroad excavations on railroad-owned or operated land from underground facility requirements.

Provides comprehensive definitions for terms used in underground facility safety statutes including "excavation," "marking," "notification center," "emergency," and "trenchless excavation."