During construction, improvements or alterations, public agencies may require facility operators to follow prescribed procedures for relocation, including, but not limited to, proper coordination, planning, and time line expectations.   Official Text and Analysis.

To strike the provisions of the underlying bill. Requires public agencies to notify an affected utility as soon as practicable if a project in the right-of-way may require relocation of utility facilities. Requires public agencies to include an affected utility in a preliminary design meeting. Provides that public agencies and affected utilities must make reasonable efforts to avoid or minimize factors that could cause delay of the project, relocation of utility facilities and associated costs and costs to public agencies. Specifies that these notice provisions do not apply to the relocation of utility facilities in the event of an emergency, nor do they preempt existing agreements between public agencies and utilities.