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Tex. Util. Code § 251.102

GENERAL DUTIES OF NOTIFICATION CENTER

Known as the Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act

The act spans §§ 251–251 (41 sections).

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.17(a), eff

A notification center shall:

(1) operate 24 hours a day every day of the year;

(2) have the capability to receive emergency information 24 hours a day from excavators and disseminate the information as soon as it is received to the appropriate operators and to all registered and affected notification centers operating in this state;

(3) have the capacity to receive extraordinary circumstance information 24 hours a day from operators and disseminate the information as soon as it is received to all registered and affected notification centers;

(4) submit to the corporation, not later than May 15 of each year, a pro rata share of the expense, as established by the corporation, of the statewide toll-free telephone number and the call router;

(5) provide, on request of an excavator, a contact name and telephone number of a representative of the operator for special circumstances; and

(6) have personnel capable of assisting Spanish-speaking customers.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.