HB93 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ron Johnson

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Utility and other underground facilities, One-Call Notification System or Call Before You Dig, all underground facility operators required to be members, responsibility of operators conducting in-house program regarding notifications, further provided for, person further defined, Secs. 37-15-2, 37-15-5 am'd. (2012-20143)

Description

Under existing law, a person conducting excavation on property, or demolition near property, where a public easement exists, or where an underground facility operator such as a utility has an easement, is required to notify the underground facility operator so that the underground facility operator can mark the location of its underground facilities. To facilitate notification, the law has authorized the formation of a "one-call notification system" which receives and processes the notices, but participation in the designated "one-call" system is optional with an underground facility operator if the underground facility operator elects to conduct its own "in-house" program for notification. Thus, a person excavating in an area may be required to determine which underground facility operators are operating in the area and to notify an underground facility operator separately if it does not participate in the one-call system.

This bill would provide that an operator of underground facilities which elects not to participate in the "one-call notification system" would be responsible for damages to its facilities if the operator fails to meet the operational requirements for an in-house system.

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Subjects

One-Call Notification System