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 bill lets utility workers and their employers travel on public roads and enter areas under curfew or restricted access when a natural‑disaster emergency is declared, so they can restore power and water services. It also protects them from civil lawsuits for injury, death, or property damage if they act in good faith. Additionally, it requires local officials to lower flags to half‑mast for a day if a first responder dies on duty.

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