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 Section repealed effective June 7, 2012 by 2011 Act No. 48, Section 2 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

1. (1) The approximate location and description of all of its underground utilities which may be damaged as a result of the excavation or demolition;
2. (2) The location and description of all utility markers indicating the approximate location of the underground utilities;

3. (3) Any other information that would assist that person in locating and thereby avoiding damage to the underground utilities including providing adequate temporary markings, when necessary, indicating the approximate location of the underground utility in locations where permanent utility markers do not exist.

   For the purposes of this section the approximate location of underground utilities is defined as a "strip of land at least five feet wide, but not wider than the width of the utility plus two and one-half feet on either side of the utility."

   Should there be no response by the operators of all the public utilities at the site within three working days of telephonic notification, the person responsible for the excavation or demolition is free to proceed as though the location of all utilities had been determined as described earlier in this section.

Each operator or designated representative, including an association established in accordance with Section 58-35-70, notified in accordance with Section 58-35-60, shall, not less than one working day in advance of the proposed excavation or demolition, unless another period is provided by agreement between the person responsible for the excavation or demolition and the operator or designated representatives, supply, by use of maps or other appropriate means, the following information to the person responsible for the excavation or demolition:

HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 588 Section 8, eff July 18, 1978.