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§ 56-265.14. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Underground Utility Damage...
§ 56-265.15. Definitions; calculation of time periods - A. As used in this chapter: "Abandoned" means no longer...
§ 56-265.15:1. Exemptions; routine maintenance - Nothing in this chapter shall apply to: 1. Any hand...
§ 56-265.16. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 448, effective July 1, 1990.
§ 56-265.16:1. Operators to join notification centers; certification - A. Every operator, including counties, cities and towns, but excluding...
§ 56-265.17. Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site - A. Except as provided in subsection G, no person, including...
§ 56-265.17:1. Notification and procedures for designers - A. Each designer, who prepares drawings and plans for projects...
§ 56-265.17:2. Procedures for project owners - The project owner shall provide copies of those portions of...
§ 56-265.17:3. Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice - An operator, upon notification by a designer in accordance with...
§ 56-265.18. Notification requirements - Every notice served by any person on a notification center...
§ 56-265.19. Duties of operator; regulations - A. If a proposed excavation or demolition is planned in...
§ 56-265.19:1. Private sewer laterals and sewer system laterals - A. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,...
§ 56-265.20. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 890, effective January 1, 1995.
§ 56-265.20:1. Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-257.1, any plastic or other...
§ 56-265.21. Marking by color - In marking the approximate location of underground utility lines or...
§ 56-265.22. Duties of notification center upon notification by person intending to excavate; record of notification made by telephone required - A. The notification center shall, upon receiving notice by a...
§ 56-265.22:1. Meetings between excavators and operators - A. Any person planning excavation or demolition in such proximity...
§ 56-265.23. Exemption for roadway maintenance operations by the Virginia Department of Transportation and certain counties, cities, and towns - Employees of the Virginia Department of Transportation acting within the...
§ 56-265.24. Duties of excavator - A. Any person excavating within two feet on either side...
§ 56-265.25. Liability of operator and excavator; penalties - A. 1. If any underground utility line is damaged as...
§ 56-265.26. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 890, effective January 1, 1995.
§ 56-265.26:1. Utility line depth requirement - Every operator having the right to install underground utility lines...
§ 56-265.27. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 709, cl. 2.
§ 56-265.28. Sovereign immunity - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate the...
§ 56-265.29. Other similar laws - Compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall not exempt...
§ 56-265.30. Authority of the State Corporation Commission - A. The Commission shall enforce the provisions of the Underground...
§ 56-265.31. Commission to establish advisory committee - A. The Commission shall establish an advisory committee consisting of...
§ 56-265.32. Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations; establishment of Underground Utility Damage Prevention Special Fund - A. The Commission may, by judgment entered after a hearing...