89R12289 CS-F     By: Dyson H.B. No. 3791       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the time frame required for excavation notification.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 251.002, Utilities Code, is amended by   amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as   follows:                (1)  "Business day" means a day other than:                      (A)  a Saturday or Sunday; or                      (B)  a legal holiday.                (1-a) "Class A underground facility" means an   underground facility that is used to produce, store, convey,   transmit, or distribute:                      (A)  electrical energy;                      (B)  natural or synthetic gas;                      (C)  petroleum or petroleum products;                      (D)  steam;                      (E)  any form of telecommunications service,   including voice, data, video, or optical transmission, or cable   television service; or                      (F)  any other liquid, material, or product not   defined as a Class B underground facility.          SECTION 2.  Section 251.151(a), Utilities Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Sections 251.155 and 251.156, a   person who intends to excavate shall notify a notification center   not earlier than the 14th business day or later than the 3rd   business day before the date the excavation is to begin [or later   than the 48th hour before the time the excavation is to begin,   excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays].          SECTION 3.  Sections 251.157(a) and (d), Utilities Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Each Class A underground facility operator contacted by   the notification system shall mark the approximate location of its   underground facilities at or near the site of the proposed   excavation if the operator believes that marking the location is   necessary. The operator shall mark the location not later than:                (1)  11:59 p.m. on the second business day [48th hour]   after the date [time] the excavator gives to the notification   system notice of intent to excavate[, excluding Saturdays, Sundays,   and legal holidays]; or                (2)  [11:59 a.m. on the Tuesday following a Saturday   notification unless the intervening Monday is a holiday;                [(3)  11:59 a.m. on the Wednesday following a Saturday   notification if the intervening Monday is a holiday; or                [(4)]  a time agreed to by the operator and the   excavator.          (d)  Not later than 11:59 p.m. on the second business day   [48th hour] after the date [time] the excavator gives to the   notification center notice of intent to excavate, an operator   contacted by the notification center shall notify the excavator of   the operator's plans to not mark the proximate location of an   underground facility at or near the site of the proposed   excavation.  The operator must provide the notification by e-mail   or facsimile or by another verifiable electronic method approved by   the board.          SECTION 4.  The following provisions of the Utilities Code   are repealed:                (1)  Section 251.002(14); and                (2)  Section 251.151(b).          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.