The purpose of this part is to prevent injury to persons and property and interruptions of utility service resulting from accidental or inadvertent contact with high-voltage electric lines by providing that no work shall be done in the vicinity of such lines unless and until the owner or operator thereof has been notified of such work and has taken one of the safety measures prescribed in this part.
(Code 1981, §46-3-31, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2141, § 1.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1992, p. 2141, § 1, effective July 1, 1992, repealed former Code Section 46-3-31, which related to the protection of employees from accidental contact with high voltage lines. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1960, p. 181, § 2; and Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8, Code Enactment Act.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Power company not liable if notice not given.
- The 1992 "High-voltage Safety Act", O.C.G.A. § 46-3-30 et seq., immunizes a power company's negligence of omission and commission in placement and maintenance of such lines when there has been no notice given; thus, liability was barred because there had been no notice. Williams v. Mitchell County Elec. Mbrshp. Corp., 255 Ga. App. 668, 566 S.E.2d 356 (2002), aff'd, 276 Ga. 759, 582 S.E.2d 107 (2003).
Georgia High-voltage Safety Act, O.C.G.A. § 46-3-30 et seq., barred recovery in a wrongful death action as the decedent failed to give the statutory notice that decedent would be working within 10 feet of a sagging power line with which decedent came into contact and which electrocuted the decedent. Williams v. Mitchell County Elec. Mbrshp. Corp., 276 Ga. 759, 582 S.E.2d 107 (2003).
Cited in Glass Sys. v. Ga. Power Co., 288 Ga. 85, 703 S.E.2d 605 (2010).