Substitute House Bill 430 Summary

• Underground Utility Facilities: Establishes procedures for public authorities and contractors to locate, mark, and protect underground utility facilities during construction projects, including requirements for notification and marking within specified timeframes.

• Idle and Orphaned Wells: Revises plugging requirements for abandoned oil and gas wells, allowing the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management to spend at least 30% of annual oil and gas well fund revenue on plugging and restoring idle and orphaned well sites.

• Building Regulations: Exempts mobile computing units (structures housing computers not attached to permanent foundations) from certain building code requirements; allows emergency door-locking devices in schools and nonresidential buildings.

• Landlord-Tenant Law and Rent Control: Prohibits political subdivisions from enacting rent control or rent stabilization measures on private residential premises, declaring such matters a statewide concern requiring uniform regulation.

• Telecommunications Regulation: Prevents the Public Utilities Commission from imposing notice requirements, buildout requirements, or other regulatory restrictions on telecommunications, wireless, or internet protocol-enabled service providers that are not generally applicable in other contexts.