STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS26762
Idaho Code § 55-2205(2) requires underground facility owners to locate and mark all underground facilities
in the State of Idaho. Some underground facility owners are also end user consumers of utility services or
commodities. Service laterals are underground facilities located in public rights-of-way or utility easements.
End users do not have operational control of, locational knowledge of, or the expertise or equipment to locate
or mark service laterals, despite owning them, because the laterals are in rights-of-way or utility easements.
This legislative proposal will exempt end users from the requirement to locate and mark service laterals.
This legislative proposal will also require underground facility owners with the ability to locate and mark
service laterals to do so.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact, positive or negative, to any state funds, including the state General Fund and the
Damage Prevention Board fund. There will be a positive fiscal impact for those underground facility owners
who are exempted from the requirement to locate and mark service laterals. There will be a negative fiscal
impact to underground facility owners who are required to locate and mark service laterals; however, many
of these underground facility owners are already locating and marking service laterals.
Contact:
Ron Whitney, Deputy Administrator
Idaho Division of Building Safety
(208) 332-7150
DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and fiscal note are a mere attachment to this bill and prepared by a proponent
of the bill. It is neither intended as an expression of legislative intent nor intended for any use outside of the legislative
process, including judicial review (Joint Rule 18).
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 55-2202, 55-2205, 55-2206