HB 1539-S.E - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Provides that any excavator who fails to notify the one-number locator service and causes damage to a hazardous liquid or gas pipeline is subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation.

Provides that any excavator who excavates, without a valid excavation confirmation code when required under chapter 19.122 RCW, within thirty-five feet of a transmission pipeline is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Provides that any person who intentionally provides an operator with a false excavation confirmation code is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Requires that, upon receipt, during normal business hours, of notice of an intended excavation, the one-number locator service shall provide an excavation confirmation code.