Code of Virginia
Chapter 10.3 - Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act
§ 56-265.31. Commission to establish advisory committee

A. The Commission shall establish an advisory committee consisting of representatives of the following entities: Commission staff, utility operator, notification center, excavator, municipality, Virginia Department of Transportation, Board for Contractors, and underground line locator. Persons appointed to the advisory committee by the Commission shall have expertise with the operation of the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. The advisory committee shall perform duties which may be assigned by the Commission, including the review of reports of violations of the chapter, and make recommendations to the Commission.
B. The members of the advisory committee shall be immune, individually and jointly, from civil liability for any act or omission done or made in performance of their duties while serving as members of such advisory committee, but only in the absence of willful misconduct.
1994, c. 890; 1996, c. 79.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 56 - Public Service Companies

Chapter 10.3 - Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act

§ 56-265.14. Short title

§ 56-265.15. Definitions; calculation of time periods

§ 56-265.15:1. Exemptions; routine maintenance

§ 56-265.16. Repealed

§ 56-265.16:1. Operators to join notification centers; certification

§ 56-265.17. Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site

§ 56-265.17:1. Notification and procedures for designers

§ 56-265.17:2. Procedures for project owners

§ 56-265.17:3. Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice

§ 56-265.18. Notification requirements

§ 56-265.19. Duties of operator; regulations

§ 56-265.19:1. Private sewer laterals and sewer system laterals

§ 56-265.20. Repealed

§ 56-265.20:1. Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines

§ 56-265.21. Marking by color

§ 56-265.22. Duties of notification center upon notification by person intending to excavate; record of notification made by telephone required

§ 56-265.22:1. Meetings between excavators and operators

§ 56-265.23. Exemption for roadway maintenance operations by the Virginia Department of Transportation and certain counties, cities, and towns

§ 56-265.24. Duties of excavator

§ 56-265.25. Liability of operator and excavator; penalties

§ 56-265.26. Repealed

§ 56-265.26:1. Utility line depth requirement

§ 56-265.27. Repealed

§ 56-265.28. Sovereign immunity

§ 56-265.29. Other similar laws

§ 56-265.30. Authority of the State Corporation Commission

§ 56-265.31. Commission to establish advisory committee

§ 56-265.32. Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations; establishment of Underground Utility Damage Prevention Special Fund