480.11  Locator enforcement authority.
  1.  A locator who operates in this state shall satisfy all of the following requirements:
  a.  Take responsibility for completing location services as required under section 480.4.
  b.  Correctly notify the notification center that a location service could not be completed due to a lack of response by the excavator and include in the notice the date, time, and method of the attempted contact with the excavator, and the name and contact information of any representative of the excavator.
  2.  A locator operating in this state is subject to enforcement requirements as established in chapter 476. Any enforcement action taken for a violation of this chapter by a locator shall be taken solely against the locator and not the operator except as provided in section 480.6, subsection 1, paragraph “c”.
  3.  Any enforcement action taken against a locator employed by an operator for a violation of this chapter shall not result in the operator being subject to penalties as both a locator and an operator.
2024 Acts, ch 1120, §10
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