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66-1810

Chapter 66.--PUBLIC UTILITIES Article 18.--UTILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION

66-1810. Contact with or damage to facility;procedure; notification requirements.When any contact with or damage to any underground facilityoccurs, the operator shall be informed immediately by the excavator. Uponreceiving such notice, the operator immediately shall dispatchpersonnel tothe location to provide necessary temporary or permanent repair of thedamage. Ifthe protective covering of an electrical line ispenetratedor dangerous gases orfluids are escaping from a broken line, the excavator immediately shallinform emergency personnel of the municipality in which such electrical shortor broken line is located and take any other action as may be reasonablynecessary to protect persons and property and to minimize hazards until arrivalof the operator's personnel or emergency first responders.

History: L. 1993, ch. 217, § 10;L. 1998, ch. 78, § 2;L. 2002, ch. 41, § 7; Jan. 1, 2003.

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66-1810

Chapter 66.--PUBLIC UTILITIES Article 18.--UTILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION

66-1810. Contact with or damage to facility;procedure; notification requirements.When any contact with or damage to any underground facilityoccurs, the operator shall be informed immediately by the excavator. Uponreceiving such notice, the operator immediately shall dispatchpersonnel tothe location to provide necessary temporary or permanent repair of thedamage. Ifthe protective covering of an electrical line ispenetratedor dangerous gases orfluids are escaping from a broken line, the excavator immediately shallinform emergency personnel of the municipality in which such electrical shortor broken line is located and take any other action as may be reasonablynecessary to protect persons and property and to minimize hazards until arrivalof the operator's personnel or emergency first responders.

History: L. 1993, ch. 217, § 10;L. 1998, ch. 78, § 2;L. 2002, ch. 41, § 7; Jan. 1, 2003.

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66-1810

Chapter 66.--PUBLIC UTILITIES Article 18.--UTILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION

66-1810. Contact with or damage to facility;procedure; notification requirements.When any contact with or damage to any underground facilityoccurs, the operator shall be informed immediately by the excavator. Uponreceiving such notice, the operator immediately shall dispatchpersonnel tothe location to provide necessary temporary or permanent repair of thedamage. Ifthe protective covering of an electrical line ispenetratedor dangerous gases orfluids are escaping from a broken line, the excavator immediately shallinform emergency personnel of the municipality in which such electrical shortor broken line is located and take any other action as may be reasonablynecessary to protect persons and property and to minimize hazards until arrivalof the operator's personnel or emergency first responders.

History: L. 1993, ch. 217, § 10;L. 1998, ch. 78, § 2;L. 2002, ch. 41, § 7; Jan. 1, 2003.