Statewide notification center.

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A. This act recognizes the value of and authorizes the establishment of a statewide notification center.

B. Upon establishment, the notification center shall operate twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. Notification, as required by Section 142.6 of this title, to operators who are members of or participants in the notification center, shall be given by notifying the notification center by telephone or other acceptable means of communication, the content of such notification to conform to Section 142.6 of this title.

C. All operators who have underground facilities within the defined geographical boundary of the notification center shall be required to be members in good standing of the notification center .

D. A suitable record shall be maintained by the notification center to document the receipt of the notices from excavators and positive responses from operators as required by this act.

Public agencies, as defined in this act, shall have access to the record of underground facilities.

Added by Laws 1981, c. 94, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 362, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2020, c. 65, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 453, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.


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