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Georgia Statutes, Title 25

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Title 25

15 chapters · 285 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 25285 Ch 15, OTHER SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND REGULATIONS66 Ch 2, REGULATION OF FIRE AND OTHER HAZARDS…48 Ch 12, REGULATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND…22 Ch 11, REGULATION OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM…19 Ch 10, REGULATION OF FIREWORKS17 Ch 4, FIREFIGHTER STANDARDS AND TRAINING16 Ch 9, BLASTING OR EXCAVATING NEAR UNDERGRO…16 Ch 3, LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS GENERALLY14 Ch 5, RESOLUTION OF WAGES, HOURS, WORKING …14 Ch 8, REGULATION OF BLASTING OPERATIONS GE…12 Ch 6, MUTUAL AID RESOURCE PACTS11 Ch 14, GEORGIA FIRE SAFETY STANDARD AND FIR…11 Ch 13, MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, AND VOLUNTEER FIR…10 Ch 7, GEORGIA FIRE ACADEMY8

16 sections·Filtered byTitle 25✕Ch 9✕

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-1 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Underground Facility Protection Act.” History. Code 1981, § 25-9-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 780, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 325, § 1/HB 1372. The 2022 amendment, effective September 1, 2022, substituted “Underground” for “…
O.C.G.A. § 25-9-10 Effect of chapter upon rights, titles, powers, or interests of facility owners or operators
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This chapter does not affect and is not intended to affect any right, title, power, or interest that any facility owner or operator may have with relation to any underground facility or to any easement, right of way, license, permit, or other interest in or with respect to the la…
O.C.G.A. § 25-9-10.1 Cooperation with the Department of Transportation
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(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 Sect…
O.C.G.A. § 25-9-11 Effect of chapter in relation to public road or street right of way

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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 …

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-11.1 Prohibition of local governing authorities from enforcing local ordinances or resolutions relating to certain marking or location requirements

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No local governing authority shall enforce any ordinance or resolution which imposes ﬁnes for a violation of a local ordinance or resolution that establishes requirements for white lining, marking of underground facilities, re-marking of underground facilities, or otherwise locat…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-12 Notice requirements for emergency excavations

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The appropriate notice requirements prescribed by Code Section 25-9-6 shall not be required of persons performing emergency excavations; provided, however, that any person that engages in an emergency excavation shall take all reasonable precautions to avoid or minimize damage to…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-13 Notice requirements for nonemergency excavations in an area declared to have extraordinary circumstances

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The appropriate notice requirements prescribed by Code Section 25-9-6 shall be required of persons performing nonemergency excavations in an area where one or more facility owners or operators has declared extraordinary circumstances in accordance with subsection (d) of Code Sect…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-14 Strict liability; bond authorization; civil penalties; advisory committee

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(a) Any person that violates the requirements of subsection (a), (f), or (g) of Code Section 25-9-6 and when resultant blasting or excavating damages underground facilities or sewer laterals such person shall be strictly liable for: (1) All costs incurred by the facility owner or…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-2 Purpose of chapter

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The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public from physical harm, prevent injury to persons and property, and prevent interruptions of service resulting from damage to underground facilities and sewer laterals caused by blasting or excavating operations by providing a meth…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-3 Deﬁnitions

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As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Abandoned underground facility” means an underground facility taken out of service by a facility owner or operator on or after January 1, 2001. (2) “Appropriate notice” means a notice period that: (A) Is associated with an effective date; (…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-4 Design locate request and response

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(a) Any person may submit a design locate request to the UPC. Such design locate request shall: (1) Describe the tract or parcel of land for which the design locate request has been submitted with sufficient particularity, as deﬁned by policies developed and promulgated by the UP…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-5 Cooperation with UPC; permanent markers for water and sewer facilities; accurate placement; point of contact list

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(a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b) of this Code section, all facility owners or operators operating or maintaining underground facilities within the state shall participate as members in and cooperate with the UPC. No duplicative center shall be established. The a…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-6 Prerequisites to blasting or excavating; marking of sites

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(a) No person shall commence, perform, or engage in blasting or in excavating with mechanized excavating equipment on any tract or parcel of land in any county in this state unless and until the person planning the blasting or excavating has submitted a locate request to the UPC …

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-7 Determining presence of underground facilities and sewer laterals

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(a)(1) Prior to 7:00 A.M. on the effective date, each facility owner or operator shall determine whether or not underground facilities are located on the tract or parcel of land upon which the blasting or excavating is to occur. If underground facilities are determined to be pres…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-8 Treatment of underground facilities by blasters and excavators; emergency notiﬁcations

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(a) Persons engaged in blasting or in excavating with mechanized excavating equipment shall not strike, damage, injure, or loosen any underground facility or sewer lateral which has been staked, ﬂagged, or marked in accordance with this chapter. (b) When blasting or excavating is…

O.C.G.A. § 25-9-9 Degree of accuracy required in underground facility location information; liability due to inaccurate, lack of, or delayed communication of location information

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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the location of underground facilities provided by a facility owner or operator in accordance with subsection (a) of Code Section 25-9-7 to any person engaging in scheduled blasting and excavating shall be accurate to within 18 inches, measur…