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Locators, contractors and damage‑prevention groups press for law modernization, stronger enforcement and statewide mapping
Summary
Locating companies, contractors and national damage‑prevention groups told the subcommittee Texas law is more than two decades old and needs modernization to reflect large‑scale broadband, grid and pipeline projects. Proposed priorities included expanding or adjusting the locate window for complex projects, capping routine ticket length, white‑l
Jeremy Moore (USIC) and other locating and mapping witnesses urged the subcommittee to modernize Texas's Underground Damage Prevention Act to distinguish routine short‑scope digs from large, complex projects and to give locators the routing flexibility to improve quality. Moore recommended three priorities: expand the timeframe for completing locates (move away from a rigid 48‑hour clock), separate routine tickets from complex project tickets (he suggested…
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