(a) The requirements of this chapter apply to government agencies that own or operate underground facilities or that perform excavation or demolition, with the exception of underground emergency repair to traffic control devices used on any street or highway under the agency’s jurisdiction. The government agency shall notify the Notification Center of the emergency repair site at the earliest opportunity and take all reasonable precautions to protect any Underground Facility.
(b) A government agency that installs, relocates, or improves conduits within the public rights-of-way, including a government agency that receives federal funding in whole or in part to install, relocate, or improve conduits, shall ensure that the conduit is of sufficient size to accommodate use by multiple communication providers for their use in providing service, or shall permit a communications provider to install its own conduit at the option of and cost to the communications provider, and shall place hand-holes and manholes for fiber access and pulling with respect to such conduit at intervals consistent with industry standards and practice. A government agency subject to this section shall provide reasonable notice to communication providers and shall ensure that any requesting communication provider has access to the conduit on a competitively neutral and non-discriminatory basis for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate.