Cooperation with the Department of Transportation

(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. History. Code 1981, § 25-9-10.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 325, § 1/HB 1372. Effective date. This Code section became effective September 1, 2022. 25-9-11. Effect of chapter in relation to public road or street right of way. This chapter does not affect and is not intended to affect any rights, powers, interest, or liability of the state or the Department of Transportation with respect to the state highway system, the county road system, or the municipal street system, or of a county with respect to the county road system or of a municipality with respect to the city street system, with relation to any underground facility which is or may be installed within the limits of any public road or street right of way, whether the installation is by written or verbal permit, easement, or any form of agreement whatsoever. 145 History. Ga. L. 1978, p. 1659, § 4; Code 1981, § 25-9-10; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1069, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 805, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 780, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 325, § 1/HB 1372. The 2022 amendment, effective September 1, 2022, substituted “underground” for “utility” in the middle of this Code section. 25-9-12 Editor’s notes. This Code section formerly provided for the applicability of this chapter in the event of an emergency. Ga. L. 1986, p. 1069, § 1 in effect renumbered the former Code section as Code Section 25-9-12. Ga. L. 1986, p. 1069, § 1 in effect renumbered former Code Section 25-9-10 as this Code section.