66-1810. Contact with or damage to facility; procedure; notification requirements. When any contact with or damage to any underground facility occurs, the operator shall be informed immediately by the excavator. Upon receiving such notice, the operator immediately shall dispatch personnel to the location to provide necessary temporary or permanent repair of the damage. If the protective covering of an electrical line is penetrated or dangerous gases or fluids are escaping from a broken line, the excavator immediately shall inform emergency personnel of the municipality in which such electrical short or broken line is located and take any other action as may be reasonably necessary to protect persons and property and to minimize hazards until arrival of the operator's personnel, emergency medical responders or first responders.
History: L. 1993, ch. 217, § 10; L. 1998, ch. 78, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 41, § 7; L. 2010, ch. 119, § 18; Jan. 15, 2011.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 18 - Utility Damage Prevention
66-1801 Kansas underground utility damage prevention act.
66-1803 Excavator's duty to ascertain location of facilities.
66-1804 Notice of intent of excavation.
66-1805 Notification center; duties and operation; fees; annual report; audits.
66-1806 Identification of location of facilities; duties of operator; liability for damages.
66-1807 Emergency excavations.
66-1808 Application of other laws.
66-1809 Excavator's duty to exercise reasonable care; trenchless excavation; rules and regulations.
66-1810 Contact with or damage to facility; procedure; notification requirements.
66-1811 Effect of violation of act, liability for damages; application of other laws.
66-1812 Violation of act, civil penalties and injunctive relief.
66-1813 Administration and enforcement by corporation commission.
66-1815 Kansas underground utility damage prevention act; rules and regulations.
66-1816 Underground potable water and sanitary sewage facilities; locatable.