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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 480.3, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. A statewide notification center is established and 1 4 shall be organized as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to 1 5 chapter 504A. The center shall be governed by a board of 1 6 directors which shall represent and be elected by operators, 1 7 excavators, and other persons who participate in the center. 1 8 The boardshall, with input from all interested parties, shall 1 9 determine the operating procedures and technology needed for a 1 10 single statewide notification center,and establish a 1 11 notification processand. In addition, the board shall either 1 12 establish a competitive bidding procedure to select a vendor 1 13 to provide the notification service or retain sufficient and 1 14 necessary staff to provide the notification service.TheIf a 1 15 vendor is selected, terms of the agreement for the 1 16 notification service may be modified from time to time by the 1 17 board, and the agreement shall be reviewed, with an 1 18 opportunity to receive new bids, no less frequently than every 1 19 three years. If the board retains staff to provide the 1 20 notification service, the board, at the board's discretion, 1 21 may review the notification service at any time and make a 1 22 determination to use the competitive bidding procedure to 1 23 select a vendor. 1 24 Sec. 2. Section 480.4, subsection 1, Code 1997, is amended 1 25 to read as follows: 1 26 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, prior to 1 27 any excavation, an excavator shall contact the notification 1 28 center and provide notice of the planned excavation.This1 29 Except as otherwise provided, this notice must be given at 1 30 least forty-eight hours prior to the commencement of the 1 31 excavation, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. 1 32 The notification center shall establish a toll-free telephone 1 33 number to allow excavators to provide the notice required 1 34 pursuant to this subsection. 1 35 A notice provided pursuant to this subsection shall be 2 1 verbal and include the following information: 2 2 a. The name of the person providing the notice. 2 3 b. (1)The precise location of the proposed area of2 4excavation, including the range, township, section, and2 5quarter section, if known.If for a location within a city, 2 6 the information shall include the following: 2 7 (a) A street address or block and lot numbers, or both. 2 8 (b) Name of the housing development, if any and if known. 2 9 (c) Name of the property owner, if known. 2 10 (d) Approximate location on the property. 2 11 (2) If for a location outside a city, the information 2 12 shall include the following: 2 13 (a) Names of the county, range, township, section, and 2 14 quarter section. 2 15 (b) Name of the property owner, if known. 2 16 (c) E911 address and global positioning system coordinate, 2 17 if known. 2 18 (d) Name of the housing development, if any and if known. 2 19 (e) Street address or block and lot number for a housing 2 20 development outside the city limits. 2 21 c. The name and address of the excavator. 2 22 d. The excavator's telephone number. 2 23 e. The type and extent of the proposed excavation. 2 24 f. Whether the discharge of explosives is anticipated. 2 25 g. The date and time when excavation is scheduled to 2 26 begin. 2 27 If all the information required by this subsection is not 2 28 included in the notification, the operator, with notification 2 29 to the excavator, may require up to ninety-six hours to locate 2 30 the underground facility before excavation can be commenced. 2 31 For purposes of the requirements of this section, an 2 32 excavation commences the first time excavation occurs in an 2 33 area that was not previously identified by the excavator in an 2 34 excavation notice. 2 35 Sec. 3. Section 480.4, subsection 3, paragraph a, 3 1 subparagraph (1), Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 2 (1) An operator who receives notice from the notification 3 3 center shall mark the horizontal location of the operator's 3 4 underground facility and the excavator shall use due care in 3 5 excavating in the marked area to avoid damaging the 3 6 underground facility.TheExcept as otherwise provided in 3 7 this section, the operator shall complete such locating and 3 8 marking within forty-eight hours after receiving the notice, 3 9 excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, unless 3 10 otherwise agreed by the operator and the excavator. The 3 11 locating and marking of the underground facilities shall be 3 12 completed at no cost to the excavator. If, in the opinion of 3 13 the operator, the planned excavation requires that the precise 3 14 location of the underground facilities be determined, the 3 15 excavator, unless otherwise agreed upon between the excavator 3 16 and the operator, shall hand dig test holes to determine the 3 17 location of the facilities unless the operator specifies an 3 18 alternate method. 3 19 EXPLANATION 3 20 This bill provides that the board of directors of the 3 21 statewide underground facility notification center, in lieu of 3 22 establishing a competitive bidding procedure to select a 3 23 vendor to provide the notification service, may elect to 3 24 retain necessary and sufficient staff to provide the 3 25 notification service. The bill provides that if the board 3 26 retains staff to provide the notification service, the board 3 27 may review the notification service and decide at a later time 3 28 to use the competitive bidding procedure to select a vendor. 3 29 The bill establishes separate information to be provided 3 30 with respect to the location of a proposed excavation, 3 31 depending on whether the location is rural or within a 3 32 municipality. The bill also provides that if all required 3 33 information is not provided, the operator, with notification 3 34 to the excavator, may require up to 96 hours to locate the 3 35 underground facility. 4 1 LSB 4018HH 77 4 2 mj/sc/14
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