Georgia Code
Chapter 9 - Blasting or Excavating Near Underground Facilities
§ 25-9-3. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:
History. Ga. L. 1969, p. 50, § 2; Ga. L. 1970, p. 226, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1659, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1577, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1069, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 805, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 515, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 177, § 1; Code 1981, § 25-9-3 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2000, p. 780, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1142, § 2/SB 274; Ga. L. 2014, p. 652, § 1/SB 117; Ga. L. 2022, p. 325, § 1/HB 1372.
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, substituted “shall not” for “may not” in the last sentence of paragraph (8); rewrote paragraph (12); added present paragraph (16); redesignated former paragraphs (16) through (21) as present paragraphs (17) through (22), respectively; substituted “designating” for “locating” in present paragraph (20); added present paragraph (23); redesignated former paragraphs (22) through (25) as present paragraphs (24) through (27), respectively; added paragraph (28); redesignated former paragraphs (26) through (35) as present paragraphs (29) through (38), respectively; and added paragraph (39).
The 2022 amendment, effective September 1, 2022, rewrote this Code section.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2005, paragraphs (33) and (34) were redesignated as paragraphs (34) and (35), respectively.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2005, paragraph (33), as enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 813, was redesignated as paragraph (34) and paragraph (34), as enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 813, was redesignated as paragraph (35).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2022, the definitions of “traffic management system” and “tolerance zone” were redesignated into alphabetical order.
Editor’s notes.
Former Code Section 25-9-3, concerning the requirement that utilities with gas pipes or underground facilities file information with superior court clerks, was repealed and reserved by Ga. L. 1990, p. 805, § 1, effective April 4, 1990, and was based on Ga. L. 1969, p. 50, § 3; Ga. L. 1975, p. 417, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code enactment Act); and Ga. L. 1986, p. 1069, § 1.

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