2021 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 40 - Public Health and Safety
§1749.21. Miscellaneous provisions

RS 1749.21 - Miscellaneous provisions

A. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the provisions of this Part shall not affect any civil remedies for personal injury or property damage, including damage to underground facilities or utilities.

B. Nothing in this Part shall affect any permitting process granted to a parish, municipal, local, or state governing authority. If a permit is issued in conjunction with excavation or demolition subject to the provisions of this Part, upon issuing the permit, the governing authority is encouraged to distribute to the permittee information regarding compliance with the provisions of this Part. The regional notification centers shall provide the information to the governing authority for distribution. The failure of the governing authority to distribute the information shall not for that reason alone create any liability on the part of the governing authority or permittee nor otherwise reduce or limit the duties and responsibilities of excavators or demolishers under this Part.

C. Any owner or operator of a natural gas pipeline that is inactive, has a diameter of a minimum of fifteen inches and a maximum of seventeen inches, and is located in a parish with a population between forty-five thousand and seventy-five thousand shall maintain the minimum amount of ground cover as provided by 49 CFR Part 192. If the minimum amount of ground cover has not been maintained then the owner or operator of the natural gas pipeline shall, at his own expense, restore the minimum amount of cover over the pipeline prior to the pipeline being reactivated.

D. The provisions of Subsection C of this Section shall become null and void on June 30, 2023.

Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 2021, No. 46, §1.