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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 20
Author: DeSaulnier (D)
Amended: 5/26/11
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 38-0, 3/21/11
AYES: Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Cannella,
Corbett, Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Dutton, Emmerson,
Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Harman, Hernandez, Huff,
Kehoe, La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete
McLeod, Padilla, Price, Rubio, Runner, Simitian,
Steinberg, Strickland, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright,
Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Pavley
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 6/15/11 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : California Safe Digging Month
SOURCE : Underground Service Alert of Northern
California and
Nevada
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims April as California
Safe Digging Month.
Assembly Amendments make several technical, nonsubstantive
changes.
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ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. California has two "One Call Centers" that provide a
free and effective damage prevention service for
Californians: Underground Service Alert of Northern
California and Nevada and Underground Service Alert of
Southern California. The One Call Centers, in
cooperation with California's public and private
utilities, provide an effective damage prevention
service that protects California's citizens,
communities, public services, environment, and
underground facilities at no cost to the caller.
2. The 811 "Call Before You Dig" program is a vital public
education and awareness program dealing with the safety
of subsurface excavation, and education is the key to
promoting safe digging practices.
3. Utility lines are often buried only a few inches
underground, making them easy to strike and cause damage
and harm even during shallow excavation projects, and
more than 170,000 underground utility lines are struck
each year in the United States and approximately 33
percent of all United States digging damages result from
not calling 811 before digging. Undesired consequences,
such as service interruption, outages, damage to the
environment, personal injury, and death, are risked by
failing to call 811 before digging or safely mark
utility lines.
4. The free notification service provided by Underground
Service Alert of Northern California and Nevada and
Underground Service Alert of Southern California has
dramatically reduced the number of accidents causing
property damage, personal injury, and interruption of
vital services.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/16/11)
Underground Service Alert of Northern California and Nevada
(source)
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Underground Service Alert of Southern California
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 6/15/11 (Consent)
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani,
Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara,
Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen,
Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner,
Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gorell, Halderman, Norby
JJA:mw 6/16/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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