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  1  1                                             HOUSE FILE 2502
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE NOTIFICATION CENTER AND PROVIDING
  1  5    FOR ALTERNATIVE STAFF AND THE INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS 
  1  6    ASSOCIATED WITH THE NOTICE OF AN EXCAVATION.  
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  Section 480.3, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1 11 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    a.  A statewide notification center is established and
  1 13 shall be organized as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to
  1 14 chapter 504A.  The center shall be governed by a board of
  1 15 directors which shall represent and be elected by operators,
  1 16 excavators, and other persons who participate in the center.
  1 17 The board shall, with input from all interested parties, shall
  1 18 determine the operating procedures and technology needed for a
  1 19 single statewide notification center, and establish a
  1 20 notification process and.  In addition, the board shall either
  1 21 establish a competitive bidding procedure to select a vendor
  1 22 to provide the notification service or retain sufficient and
  1 23 necessary staff to provide the notification service.  The If a
  1 24 vendor is selected, terms of the agreement for the
  1 25 notification service may be modified from time to time by the
  1 26 board, and the agreement shall be reviewed, with an
  1 27 opportunity to receive new bids, no less frequently than every
  1 28 three years.  If the board retains staff to provide the
  1 29 notification service, the board, at the board's discretion,
  1 30 may review the notification service at any time and make a
  1 31 determination to use the competitive bidding procedure to
  1 32 select a vendor.
  1 33    Sec. 2.  Section 480.4, subsection 1, Code 1997, is amended
  1 34 to read as follows:
  1 35    1.  a.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, prior
  2  1 to any excavation, an excavator shall contact the notification
  2  2 center and provide notice of the planned excavation.  This
  2  3 notice must be given at least forty-eight hours prior to the
  2  4 commencement of the excavation, excluding Saturdays, Sundays,
  2  5 and legal holidays.  The notification center shall establish a
  2  6 toll-free telephone number to allow excavators to provide the
  2  7 notice required pursuant to this subsection.
  2  8    b.  A notice provided pursuant to this subsection for a
  2  9 location within a city shall be verbal and include the
  2 10 following information:
  2 11    a.  The name of the person providing the notice.
  2 12    b.  The precise location of the proposed area of
  2 13 excavation, including the range, township, section, and
  2 14 quarter section, if known.
  2 15    (1)  A street address or block and lot numbers, or both, of
  2 16 the proposed area of excavation.
  2 17    c. (2)  The name and address of the excavator.
  2 18    d. (3)  The excavator's telephone number.
  2 19    e. (4)  The type and extent of the proposed excavation.
  2 20    f. (5)  Whether the discharge of explosives is anticipated.
  2 21    g. (6)  The date and time when excavation is scheduled to
  2 22 begin.
  2 23    (7)  Approximate location of the excavation on the
  2 24 property.
  2 25    (8)  If known, the name of the housing development and
  2 26 property owner.
  2 27    c.  A notice provided pursuant to this subsection for a
  2 28 location outside a city shall include the following
  2 29 information:
  2 30    (1)  The name of the county, township, range, and section.
  2 31    (2)  The name and address of the excavator.
  2 32    (3)  The excavator's telephone number.
  2 33    (4)  The type and extent of the proposed excavation.
  2 34    (5)  Whether the discharge of explosives is anticipated.
  2 35    (6)  The date and time when excavation is scheduled to
  3  1 begin.
  3  2    (7)  Approximate location of the excavation on the
  3  3 property.
  3  4    (8)  If known, the quarter section, E911 address and global
  3  5 positioning system coordinate, name of property owner, name of
  3  6 housing development with street address or block and lot
  3  7 numbers, or both.
  3  8    d.  For purposes of the requirements of this section, an
  3  9 excavation commences the first time excavation occurs in an
  3 10 area that was not previously identified by the excavator in an
  3 11 excavation notice.  
  3 12 
  3 13 
  3 14                                                             
  3 15                               RON J. CORBETT
  3 16                               Speaker of the House
  3 17 
  3 18 
  3 19                                                             
  3 20                               MARY E. KRAMER
  3 21                               President of the Senate
  3 22 
  3 23    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  3 24 is known as House File 2502, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  3 25 
  3 26 
  3 27                                                             
  3 28                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  3 29                               Chief Clerk of the House
  3 30 Approved                , 1998
  3 31 
  3 32 
  3 33                         
  3 34 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
  3 35 Governor
     
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