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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers
Chapter 36 - Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act
Section 58-36-80. Emergency excavations or demolitions exempt from notice requirement; liability for damages.
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SC Code § 58-36-80 (2023)
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(A) An excavator performing an emergency excavation or demolition is exempt from the notice requirements in Section 58-36-60. However, the excavator must give, as soon as practicable, oral notice of the emergency to the notification center and the facility operator. The excavator must provide a description of the circumstances to the notification center and request emergency assistance from each affected operator in locating and providing immediate protection to the facilities.
(B) The declaration of an emergency excavation or demolition does not relieve any party of liability for causing damage to an operator's facilities, even if those facilities are unmarked.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 48, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
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