HB 1019 — An Act amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, requiring the use of steel products produced in the United States.

PRINTER'S NO.   1099

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1019
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY BURNS, KENYATTA, SCHLOSSBERG, GIRAL, NEILSON,
        MALAGARI AND INGLIS, MARCH 24, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 24, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287),
 2      entitled "An act to protect the public health and safety by
 3      preventing excavation or demolition work from damaging
 4      underground lines used in providing electricity,
 5      communication, gas, propane, oil delivery, oil product
 6      delivery, sewage, water or other service; imposing duties
 7      upon the providers of such service, recorders of deeds, and
 8      persons and other entities preparing drawings or performing
 9      excavation or demolition work; and prescribing penalties,"
10      requiring the use of steel products produced in the United
11      States.
12      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13   hereby enacts as follows:
14      Section 1.    The act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287),
15   referred to as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, is
16   amended by adding a section to read:
17      Section 6.2.    (a)   Any construction, reconstruction,
18   alteration, repair, improvement or maintenance of gathering
19   lines that requires use of steel products shall only use steel
20   products produced in the United States.
21      (b)   This section shall apply to construction of gathering
22   lines performed on or after the effective date of this section.
1      (c)   As used in this section, the following words and phrases
2   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
3   the context clearly indicates otherwise:
4      "Gathering line" means a pipeline used to transport natural
5   gas from a production facility to a transmission line.
6      "Steel products" shall have the same meaning as defined in
7   section 6 of the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), known as
8   the Steel Products Procurement Act.
9      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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