Amends and adds to existing law to create the Damage Prevention Board and to provide for its duties regarding the prevention of underground facilities damage.

The purpose of this legislation is to provide for Idaho primacy in the protection of the public health and safety regarding underground facilities and to reduce damages to those facilities by the creation of a representative stakeholder board housed at the Division of Building Safety that will providestatewideeducationandadministrativeenforcementoftheundergrounddamageprevention statutes. If adopted, this legislation also will prevent federal oversight and enforcement related to underground facilities that is authorized by 49 CFR Part 198 that took effect on January 1, 2016.