Effective - 01 Jan 2015, 2 histories
319.050. Exemptions from requirement to obtain information. — 1. The provisions of sections 319.025 and 319.026 shall not apply to any excavation when necessary due to an emergency as defined in section 319.015. An excavation may proceed regarding such emergency, provided all reasonable precautions have been taken to protect the underground facilities. In any such case, the excavator shall give notification, substantially in compliance with section 319.026, as soon as practical, and upon being notified that an emergency exists, each underground facility owner in the area shall, within two hours after receiving such notice, provide markings or contact the excavator with any information immediately available to assist the excavator and shall inform the excavator if not able to mark within the two hours of when the underground facility will be marked at the site of the emergency.
2. For a request submitted as an emergency request that does not meet the definition of an emergency as defined in section 319.015, the facility owner shall notify the excavator within two hours that the request does not meet the requirements of an emergency, and the locate request will be marked within two working days under subsection 1 of section 319.030.
3. The excavator may be liable to the owner or operator for costs directly associated with the locating of any such underground facility relating to a notification of an emergency that does not meet the definition of emergency as stated in section 319.015.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 583 § 9, A.L. 1991 S.B. 214 & 264, A.L. 2001 H.B. 425, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1779, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1867)
Effective 1-01-15
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals
Chapter 319 - General Safety Requirements
Section 319.010 - Short title.
Section 319.015 - Definitions.
Section 319.024 - Public notice of excavations, duties of owner and operator.
Section 319.027 - Design requests, how made — marking location required.
Section 319.031 - Sewer system owner duties upon notification of intent to excavate.
Section 319.033 - Public right-of-way, installation within, requirements.
Section 319.037 - Excavation sites included in requirements — equipment prohibited at such sites.
Section 319.042 - No abrogation of contractual obligations with railroads.
Section 319.046 - Arbitration of disputes, when.
Section 319.050 - Exemptions from requirement to obtain information.
Section 319.075 - Citation of law.
Section 319.078 - Definitions.
Section 319.080 - Activities within ten feet of power lines prohibited, exceptions.
Section 319.083 - Special devices and precautions required — costs.
Section 319.085 - Presumption of negligence, when, rebuttable.
Section 319.088 - Exemptions from law.
Section 319.090 - Violations, penalty.
Section 319.100 - Definitions.
Section 319.109 - Releases and corrective actions to be reported, standards — rules authorized.
Section 319.111 - Closure of tanks, requirements — notice — department to establish.
Section 319.125 - Certificate denied or invalidated by department, procedure, grounds.
Section 319.127 - Violations, procedure — penalty, disposition.
Section 319.135 - No liability for release of petroleum at direction of coordinator, exception.
Section 319.203 - Ordinance to apply to certain buildings, structures and state leases.
Section 319.205 - Notice to cities and counties required to adopt ordinance, contents.
Section 319.300 - Citation of law — purpose statement.
Section 319.303 - Definitions.
Section 319.321 - Inapplicability of law, when.
Section 319.324 - State blasting safety board created, members, terms, officers, meetings, duties.
Section 319.327 - Duties of the division — enforcement.
Section 319.330 - Missouri explosives safety act administration fund created, use of moneys.
Section 319.333 - Notice of violation, procedure.
Section 319.336 - Grievance procedure.
Section 319.339 - Notification of division prior to use of explosives required — exception.
Section 319.343 - Inapplicability of prohibition on local preemption, when.