§ 56-265.17:3 Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice
An operator, upon notification by a designer in accordance with § 56-265.17:1, shall:
1. Respond to the designer’s request for underground utility line information within 15 working days in accordance with subdivisions 2, 3, and 4;
2. Provide designers with the operator’s name, the type of underground utility line, and the approximate horizontal location of the utility line. The foregoing information may be provided to the designer through the means that include field locates, maps, surveys, installation records or other means. Marking shall be done by both paint and flags whenever possible;
3. Provide such information about the location of the utility lines to designers for informational purposes only. Operators will not be liable for any incorrect information provided or for the subsequent use of this information, nor will they be subject to civil penalties for the accuracy of the information or marks provided. Any concerns about the accuracy of information or marks should be directed to the appropriate operator; and
4. Respond to the positive response system by no later than 7:00 a.m. on the sixteenth working day following the designer’s locate request.
History
This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 841 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapters 299 and 300.
2002, c. 841; 2023, cc. 299, 300.