2015 Tennessee Code
Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 31 - Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act
§ 65-31-107 - Operator associations for mutual receipt of notifications.
(a) Subject to the requirements of subsection (b), operators may form and operate a one-call service providing for mutual receipt of notifications of excavation or demolition operations, pursuant to § 65-31-106, in a defined geographical area. Any operator that suffers damage as a result of not participating in a one-call service providing for receipt of the notification of excavation or demolition operations in a defined geographic area, pursuant to § 65-31-106, waives the right to recover damages to the operator's underground utilities from the excavator; provided, that the provisions of this chapter were met by the excavator.
(b) (1) All operators are required to join the one-call service and utilize the services of the notification center as follows:
(A) Operators that are members of the existing one-call service on May 20, 2015, shall remain members;
(B) Operators with more than fifty thousand (50,000) customers served underground or one thousand (1,000) miles of facilities underground, who are not members, shall join the one-call service no later than January 1, 2016;
(C) Operators with more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) customers served underground or five hundred (500) miles of facilities underground, who are not members, shall join the one-call service no later than January 1, 2017; and
(D) All operators that do not meet the thresholds described in subdivision (b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), or (b)(1)(C) shall join the one-call service no later than January 1, 2018.
(2) This subsection (b) shall not apply to operators whose total amount of underground facilities constitutes less than twenty percent (20%) of their total utility plant in service.
(c) There shall be only one (1) one-call service for this state.
(d) The one-call service shall provide for a proportional method of apportioning the cost of operating the notification center among its members.
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