Architects and engineers-underground facilities notice.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0305
Numbered
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0047

Architects and engineers-underground facilities notice.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Laursen, Crank, Gierau, Miller and Simpson and Senator(s) Bebout and Von Flatern

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to underground public utility facilities; modifying requirements for architectural and engineering plans to include information concerning underground facilities; specifying information required to be provided by operators of underground facilities; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 37
‑
12
‑
302(b) is amended to read:

37
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12
‑
302
.

Notice of excavation by excavator; information to be supplied upon notice; exceptions; penalty.

(b)

Any person requiring or
designing
preparing
architectural or engineering drawings
or designs
that call for excavation

in or adjacent to any public street, alley
,
sidewalk
or right
‑
of
‑
way dedicated to public use or
a
utility easement
shall obtain information from operators
,
as to the nature, location, and depth if known, of underground facilities
. If the information is not available, the person requiring or designing architectural or engineering drawings that call for excavation shall determine at their expense the nature and location of the underground facilities. The person requiring or designing architectural or engineering drawings that call for excavation

and

shall

make the information
and location
a part of the plan by which the excavators operate.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, o
perators shall
upon request
make available all records showing the location of underground facilities
within ten (10) business days of the request
and shall at the operator's expense u
se
reasonable care to mark the location of underground facilities
in the same manner as provided i
n subsection (d) of this section.
An o
perator
may require additional information from
any
person making
a
request
under this subsection
including
information concerning the person's
criminal background
history or professional credentials
.
An o
perator
may
deny
unreasonable or illegitimate requests
made under this subsection
and
shall notify the person of the reason for denial within ten (10) business days of the request
.

Section
2
.

This act is effective July 1, 201
8
.

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