§6106 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

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The Secretary may give grants to qualified States to improve one-call notification systems. Grants can fund system quality, connecting systems, locating buried utilities (including training and technology), record keeping, public education, participation, and enforcement. When awarding grants, the Secretary must consider the State’s commitment, including laws or rules adopted after this chapter became law. A State may pass funds to any one-call system that largely adopts the best practices in section 6105.

Title 49, §6106

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(a)The Secretary may make a grant of financial assistance to a State that qualifies under section 6104(b) to assist in improving—

(1)the overall quality and effectiveness of one-call notification systems in the State;

(2)communications systems linking one-call notification systems;

(3)location capabilities, including training personnel and developing and using location technology;

(4)record retention and recording capabilities for one-call notification systems;

(5)public information and education;

(6)participation in one-call notification systems; or

(7)compliance and enforcement under the State one-call notification program.

(b)In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall take into consideration the commitment of each State to improving its State one-call notification program, including legislative and regulatory actions taken by the State after the date of enactment of this chapter.

(c)A State may provide funds received under this section directly to any one-call notification system in such State that substantially adopts the best practices identified under section 6105.

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The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 105–178, which was approved June 9, 1998.

§6106 Grants to States

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