< Section repealed effective June 7, 2012 by 2011 Act No. 48, Section 2 >

1. (a) When conducted after individual contacts with public utilities or after joint preconstruction conferences with public utilities and the person proposing the excavation or demolition has a statement in writing from all public utilities operating in the area that the proposed activity was reviewed and notification provided; or
2. (b) When the Department of Transportation or a public utility is carrying out excavation or demolition entirely on and within an easement or right-of-way owned and controlled or controlled by that public utility or department and where no other public utility's facilities have been permitted, are existing, or are likely to exist; or
3. (c) When a landowner installs or has installed facilities for his own purposes and under his direction on his own land provided: (1) he or his authorized representative has general knowledge of the location of underground utilities on his lands; and (2) the work location is remote from these utilities or facilities of a public utility serving the landowner or others.
4. (d) In those localities or communities and within recognized boundaries, the Department of Transportation and public utilities are exempt if they (1) are doing minor excavations such as for replacing or setting one or two poles, digging test holes, handholes, normal roadway maintenance, or similar minor excavations, and (2) there is a local agreement between public utilities and the Department of Transportation which includes notification before excavation or demolition.

Excavation is exempt from the provisions of this chapter under the following conditions:

HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 588 Section 5, eff July 18, 1978; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1569, eff July 1, 1993.