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O.C.G.A. § 25-9-10.1

Cooperation with the Department of Transportation

Known as the Georgia Underground Facility Protection Act

The act spans §§ 25-9-1 to 25-9-9 (14 sections).

Effective date

(a)(1) On and after July 1, 2023, the Department of Transportation shall participate in and cooperate with the UPC for purposes of receiving locate requests in the Department of Transportation’s right of way for underground facilities following a process consistent with Code Sections 25-9-6, 25-9-7, and 25-9-8 and subsection (a) of Code Section 25-9-9.

(2) The Department of Transportation shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of Code Section 25-9-9 or the enforcement provisions of subsections (h) and (i) of Code Section 25-9-14.

(3) The Department of Transportation shall not participate in the funding of the UPC or its activities.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deem the Department of Transportation to be a utility owner or a utility provider.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.