04/01/1998 04:00 PM Senate RES

             SB 330 - LOCATING UNDERGROUND FACILITIES                          
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN HALFORD announced SB 330 to be up for consideration.                  
                                                                               
MS. ANNETTE KREITZER, Staff to Senator Leman, explained the changes            
in the committee substitute, LS120H by Cramer, dated April 1, 1998.            
                                                                               
SENATOR LEMAN moved to adopt the committee substitute to SB 330.               
There were no objections and it was so ordered.                                
                                                                               
SENATOR SHARP moved on page 5, line 6 to delete "three" and on line            
7 delete "times" which deletes treble damages.                                 
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN HALFORD noted that he had problems with having treble                 
damages on one side and single on the other side which wasn't fair.            
                                                                               
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SENATOR LEMAN responded if someone intentionally damages or knows              
of something and does it anyway, they are already liable for the               
costs of the repair and there ought to be some additional                      
incentive, but he didn't know what it was.  He didn't have strong              
objections to removing the treble damages, because he agreed with              
Senator Sharp about protection of the small operator.                          
                                                                               
There were no objections to the amendment and it was adopted.                  
                                                                               
MS. KREITZER noted that the title was also very broad.                         
                                                                               
SENATOR LEMAN moved a conceptual amendment to tighten up the title.            
There were no objections and it was so ordered.                                
                                                                               
SENATOR LEMAN moved to pass CSSB 330 (RES) with individual                     
recommendations.  There were no objections and it was so ordered.