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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY KLEMME and VANDE HOEF
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 2636SS BY BLACK)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the Legislative
1 5 Council to establish an interim study committee
1 6 to review the "one-call" statewide underground
1 7 facility notification system.
1 8 WHEREAS, chapter 480 establishes a "one-call"
1 9 statewide notification system designed to provide
1 10 notification of excavations for the purpose of
1 11 protecting underground facilities as well as
1 12 protecting individuals who could be harmed by
1 13 disruption of the underground facilities; and
1 14 WHEREAS, the "one-call" notification system is
1 15 dependent upon the participation in the system of
1 16 every person owning or operating an underground
1 17 facility in order to finance the system and protect
1 18 persons and property; and
1 19 WHEREAS, many of the goals of the "one-call"
1 20 notification system have not been achieved, resulting
1 21 in the introduction of a number of legislative
1 22 proposals because of alleged inefficiencies and the
1 23 failure to meet the expectations of the law as
1 24 enacted; and
1 25 WHEREAS, the "one-call" notification system may
1 26 place an unfair financial burden upon current
1 27 participants in the system while failing to achieve
1 28 the expected goals of protection of people and
1 29 property with a minimum of administrative complexity;
1 30 NOW THEREFORE,
2 1 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 2 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Legislative Council is
2 3 requested to establish an interim study committee
2 4 consisting of members of both houses of the General
2 5 Assembly, as well as citizen members or advisory
2 6 groups representing "one-call" members or persons
2 7 knowledgeable or having expertise regarding the "one-
2 8 call" system; and
2 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the committee shall
2 10 review current law, notification center procedures,
2 11 the impact of the notification system upon "one-call"
2 12 participants, and the intent of the law, for the
2 13 purpose of developing recommendations relating to the
2 14 "one-call" system; and
2 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That available private
2 16 funds may be used for the employment of consultants or
2 17 experts and for the payment of other costs associated
2 18 with the study as determined by the committee with the
2 19 approval of the Legislative Council and based on
2 20 recommendations of appropriate advisory groups, and
2 21 for which state funding is not otherwise available;
2 22 and
2 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the committee shall
2 24 prepare a written report including any recommendations
2 25 of the committee and including any recommended bill
2 26 drafts designed to implement such recommendations, and
2 27 deliver the report to the General Assembly by no later
2 28 than January 8, 1996.
2 29 LSB 2636HH 76
2 30 mj/sc/14
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