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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 1093
Introduced by Ballard, 21.
Read first time January 15, 2026
Committee: Transportation and Telecommunications
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the One-Call Notification System Act; to1
amend section 76-2308, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to2
redefine a term; and to repeal the original section.3
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,4
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Section 1. Section 76-2308, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is1
amended to read: 2
76-2308 Excavation shall mean any activity in which earth, rock, or3
other material in or on the ground is moved or otherwise displaced by4
means of tools, equipment, or explosives and shall include grading,5
trenching, digging, ditching, drilling, augering, tunneling, scraping,6
and cable or pipe plowing or driving but shall not include (1) normal7
maintenance of roads if the maintenance does not change the original road8
grade and does not involve the road ditch, (2) tilling of soil and9
gardening for seeding and other agricultural purposes, (3) digging of10
graves or in landfills in planned locations, (4) maintenance or11
rebuilding of railroad track or facilities located on a railroad right-12
of-way by the railroad company or its contractors when such maintenance13
or rebuilding does not change the track grade, or (5) hand digging around14
the base of a pole for pole inspection as part of routine maintenance or15
replacement of a pole when the replacement pole is similarly sized and is16
installed in the existing hole , or (6) hand digging by a17
telecommunications service, community antenna television service, or18
broadband service provider to a depth not exceeding eighteen inches for19
the purpose of connecting a customer to the service provider's network.20
Sec. 2. Original section 76-2308, Reissue Revised Statutes of21
Nebraska, is repealed. 22
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