Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes, during a state of emergency that is based on a natural emergency, an emergency utility worker to travel upon public roads and enter areas subject to curfew or restricted access orders when such access is necessary to perform emergency utilities restoration activities; provides that an emergency utility worker, and the emergency utility worker's employer, are immune from civil liability for injury, death, or property damage resulting from ...

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The law permits designated utility workers to travel on public roads and enter curfew‑restricted areas during a natural‑disaster emergency to restore power and other services, and shields them and their employers from civil lawsuits when acting in good faith. It also adds a requirement that a local chief executive lower public‑building flags to half‑mast for at least one day if a first responder from the local emergency management agency is killed in the line of duty. These measures aim to speed critical repairs while honoring fallen emergency personnel.

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