SB19 - Transportation, Department of; pay costs of removal, relocation, or adjustment of utility facilites necessitated by construction of public roads
SB19 - Transportation, Department of; pay costs of removal, relocation, or adjustment of utility facilites necessitated by construction of public roads
Sponsored by: Whitehead, Sr.,Jim 24th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-6-170 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the authority of the Department of Transportation to pay costs of removal, relocation, or adjustment of certain utility facilities necessitated by construction of public roads, so as to allow the payment of the costs of certain facilities where the cost is in the public interest and the work is performed by the department’s contractor; to amend Code Section 32-6-171 of the O.C.G.A, relating to the authority of the department to order the removal, relocation, or adjustment of utility facilities occupying any part of the public road system, so as to provide that a utility that fails to remove, relocate, or adjust a facility in a timely manner shall be responsible for failure to comply; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Status: Read and referred to Senate Committee on Transportation (01/09/07)