Texas Utilities Code
§ 251.157 — DUTY OF OPERATOR TO PERSON EXCAVATING
UT § 251.157Title 5. PROVISIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF UTILITY FACILITIES · Ch. 251. UNDERGROUND FACILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION AND SAFETY · Art. D. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXCAVATION
Statute text
View on source(a)Each Class A underground facility operator contacted by the notification system shall mark the approximate location of its underground facilities at or near the site of the proposed excavation if the operator believes that marking the location is necessary. The operator shall mark the location not later than:
(1)the 48th hour after the time the excavator gives to the notification system notice of intent to excavate, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays;
(2)11:59 a.m. on the Tuesday following a Saturday notification unless the intervening Monday is a holiday;
(3)11:59 a.m. on the Wednesday following a Saturday notification if the intervening Monday is a holiday; or
(4)a time agreed to by the operator and the excavator.
(b)An operator shall refer to the American Public Works Association color coding standards when marking.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.17(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 858, Sec. 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.