HB 1961 -- Highway Right-of-Way

Sponsor:  Tilley

This bill removes the provision that requires the Highways and
Transportation Commission to notify companies with utility lines
within a highway right-of-way when there is a plan for
maintenance.  Currently, the commission must provide a written
notice to a utility company of a plan or chart indicating the
places on the right-of-way where the lines, poles, wires,
conduits, pipelines, or tramways may be maintained.  The notice
must include the time when the work of hard surfacing of a road
will take place and the location and date of the hearing on the
proposed plan.  After the hearing, the commission must notify the
company of its findings and orders and give the company a
reasonable time to comply.  If a company fails to comply with an
order to remove or perform other maintenance on the lines,
poles, wires, conduits, pipelines, or tramways, the commission
may have the work done and billed to the company.  The bill also
repeals the authority of the commission to institute the
necessary actions to enforce these provisions.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:45 am