Georgia Code
Chapter 9 - Blasting or Excavating Near Underground Facilities
§ 25-9-9. Degree of Accuracy Required in Underground Facility Location Information; Effect of Inaccurate Information on Liability of Blaster or Excavator; Liability of Facility Owners for Losses Resulting From Lack of Accurate Information

History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 417, § 5; Code 1981, § 25-9-8 ; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1069, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 805, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 780, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1142, § 8/SB 274; Ga. L. 2014, p. 652, § 6/SB 117; Ga. L. 2022, p. 325, § 1/HB 1372.
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, substituted “18 inches” for “24 inches” in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (a).
The 2022 amendment, effective September 1, 2022, substituted “underground” for “utility” throughout this Code section; in subsection (a), deleted “which is”, substituted “engaging in scheduled blasting and excavating shall” for “must”, and inserted a comma following “inches” in the first sentence, and, in the second sentence, substituted “the excavator” for “such excavator” and inserted “engaging in scheduled blasting or excavating”; and, in subsection (b), substituted “such facility” for “the facility” and “such person” for “that person”.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, “its” was substituted for “their” in the second sentence in subsection (a).
Editor’s notes.
This Code section formerly provided for the effect of this chapter on the rights, duties, etc. of gas companies. Ga. L. 1986, p. 1069, § 1 in effect renumbered the former Code section as Code Section 25-9-10.
Ga. L. 1986, p. 1069, § 1 in effect renumbered former Code Section 25-9-8 as this Code section.

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