2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 319 General Safety Requirements
Section 319.022. Notification centers, participation requirements and eligibility--names of owners and operators made available, when.

319.022. 1. Any person, except a railroad regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration, who installs or otherwise owns or operates an underground facility shall become a participant in a notification center upon first acquiring or owning or operating such underground facility. Except as provided in section 319.016, all owners and operators of underground facilities within the state shall maintain participation in a notification center.

2. All owners and operators of underground facilities which are located in a county of the first classification or second classification within the state who are not members of a notification center on August 28, 2001, shall become participants in the notification center prior to January 1, 2003. Any person who installs or otherwise becomes an owner or operator of an underground facility which is located within a county of the first classification or second classification on or after January 1, 2003, shall become a participant in the notification center within thirty days of acquiring or operating such underground facility. Beginning January 1, 2003, all owners and operators of underground facilities which are located in a county of the first classification or second classification within the state shall maintain participation in the notification center except as provided otherwise in section 319.016.

3. All owners and operators of underground facilities which are located in a county of the third classification or fourth classification within the state who are not members of a notification center on August 28, 2001, shall become participants in the notification center prior to January 1, 2005. Any person who installs or otherwise becomes an owner or operator of an underground facility which is located within a county of the third classification or fourth classification on or after January 1, 2005, shall become a participant in the notification center within thirty days of acquiring or operating such underground facility. Beginning January 1, 2005, all owners and operators of underground facilities which are located in a county of the third classification or fourth classification within the state shall maintain participation in the notification center except as provided otherwise in section 319.016.

4. The notification center shall maintain in its offices and make available to any notification center participant or excavator upon request a current list of the names and addresses of each notification center participant, including the county or counties wherein each participant has underground facilities. The notification center may charge a reasonable fee to notification center participants or excavators requesting such list as is necessary to recover the actual costs of printing and mailing.

5. Excavators shall be informed of the availability of the list of notification center participants required in subsection 3 of this section in the manner provided for in section 319.024.

6. An annual audit or review of the notification center shall be performed by a certified public accountant and a report of the findings submitted to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate.

(L. 1991 S.B. 214 & 264, A.L. 2001 H.B. 425, A.L. 2007 S.B. 613 Revision, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1779)

Effective 1-01-09

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