2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 — Public health and safety
RS 40:1749.15 — Emergency excavation
§1749.15. Emergency excavation
A. The notice required pursuant to R.S. 40:1749.13 shall not apply to any person conducting an emergency excavation. Oral notice of the emergency excavation shall be given as soon as practicable to the regional notification center or each operator having underground utilities and facilities located in the area and, if necessary, emergency assistance shall be requested from each operator in locating and providing immediate protection to its underground utilities and facilities.
B. The excavator shall orally certify in the notice required in Subsection A of this Section that the situation poses an imminent threat or danger to life, health, or property and requires immediate action and that the excavator has a crew on site.
Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 506, §1, eff. June 29, 1999; Acts 2011, No. 38, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.
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